[-] waspentalive@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

I actually did this **dd if=(running system root volume) of=(local usb attached hard drive file) ** This gives me a full disk backup that would be no worse than if power got yanked. (I know laptops have batteries, for this case we are pretending to be a desktop with no UPS)

[-] waspentalive@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Even for a home system? Not a fleet of data center servers. I am currently using rsync to backup /home/<>/ to the ssh server. I tend to make a lot of changes to the base Debian/KDE install.

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submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by waspentalive@lemmy.ml to c/debian@lemmy.ml

What is the best way to back up as much as possible of Debian 12 on my laptop to a server that has SSH available? I am currently backing up my users /home/ folder, but I would like to be able to nuke and restore the system from a backup.

I have ventoy on an external drive if that helps any.

P.S. I would like to be able to do incremental backups too.

[-] waspentalive@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Here is the problem.

I had been running X before last night. I switched to Wayland just before knocking off. When I started again today I was now running Wayland. I just now switched back to X and now my icon for kpat works properly.

Is there some issue with the Icons-Only Task Manager under Wayland?

I was going back to Wayland because it seems important Distros are dropping X. I should be running under Wayland because at some point I will have to. I am back on X for now.

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It has been on / off this morning. One moment I can get in, later I get a "try refreshing your browser or come back later" screen. Right now It is back, it had been gone a moment ago.

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[-] waspentalive@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

As fill-in ads are a vector for computer viruses and other malware I for one will NOT be disabling my ad blocker unless YouTube is willing to provide a lifetime subscription to something like Life Lock and make me whole for anything lost to whatever malware arrives as a part of an ad.

Where else can I watch sci-show, Linus-tech-tips, and all the other channels I subscribe to?

[-] waspentalive@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Personally, I will only be going back to Reddit if I need help with some specific thing and I can't find it in Lemmy anywhere. And only for that thread.

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submitted 1 year ago by waspentalive@lemmy.ml to c/haiku@lemmy.ml

Works Great!

Virtual Machine Manager VM / 1 beta 4

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A place where I can pick up subroutines for my Lua programs?

Lua Users! Welcome to Lemmy!

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submitted 1 year ago by waspentalive@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

I have a pretty comfortable Kubuntu 23.04 installation. I have run Debian in the past, What will I gain or lose if I clean install from Kubuntu to Debian (besides snaps, which is also a major inducement)

[-] waspentalive@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

OOOH Wahhh OOOOH EEEEE Woooo EEE OOO ohhh ooooh ooooh oooh

[-] waspentalive@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I can only speak for myself - I don't want to have to package and mail the things I am getting rid of. They don't have much monetary value, but I feel good someone needed it and is using it.

There are scams that sellers have to deal with like the scammer that will send a bogus check to pay for the thing and ask for change back. You deposit the check and a small number of weeks later your bank takes back the money because the check was bad. The scammer gets their 'change' back and the item they bought. You get left with a possibly negative bank account.

[-] waspentalive@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

It's like the Ikea lamp commercial. A person has a well-used lamp they have had for a long time. They go to Ikea and find a new lamp that is better and nicer. In the next scene, the old lamp is left on the curb. In the rain. alone. abandoned. The Ikea person comes on and asks "Do you feel bad for the old lamp?"

I only hope we eventually have some of the local communities that were subreddits of yore - like SacramentoBuyNothing - a place to share your old lam so it does not have to sit out in the rain at the curb.

[-] waspentalive@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

How can I find out if there is an instance for Sacramento?

[-] waspentalive@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Kubuntu 23.04 With the panel to the left.

[-] waspentalive@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Did you become a teachable moment for your classmates?

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submitted 1 year ago by waspentalive@lemmy.ml to c/kubuntu@lemmy.ml

I, for one, am running Kubuntu 23.04

[-] waspentalive@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I use https://ninite.com/ to download an installer/updater for the major packages I can get there - Firefox and Chrome are both available amongst others. But mostly I don't use Windows.

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