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Re: Upgrade rant

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On 2025-01-26, Alan K. <alan@invalid.com> wrote:
> On 1/26/25 09:16 AM, Monsieur wrote:
>> RonB wrote:
>> 
>>> I'm not particularly thrilled with 22.1 either. It seems like it's taken a
>>> few steps back. (At least the Live USB version.) No Synaptic by default
>>> (already mentioned) and Software Sources no longer allow you to unclick the
>>> CD repository (which gets in the way when updating) — you have to do it
>>> manually. Also the right-click desktop menu half the time only shows some of
>>> the Menu. I think I had noticed the font change as well, but I hadn't really
>>> that (at least not on my Desktop computer — on the laptop it might be a
>>> different story). There's a couple other things (like repository not
>>> allowing the update because Security concerns can't be met, but I think that
>>> probably an issue with syncing servers. I can't remember everything now.
>>> This is the USB Version (without updates) so it's probably not a fair test.
>>>
>>> 22.0 seems pretty solid. I think I'll stick with it (and 21.3) for now (or
>>> maybe until EOL).
>>>
>> 
>> I've timeshifted back to 21.3 now, but unfortunately it has "inherited" some of the 
>> annoyances of 22.1, like a missing "paste" option in the right-click menu when copying a 
>> file, and Thunderbird that's still not fully functional (no more notifications when a mail 
>> arrives). Timeshift really does not restore everything to its previous state it seems.
>> 
>> 
>> 
> Isn't timeshift just system files, not home files?
>
This is the case for the default option in Mint, but there is an option to
include the home directory. Still the data files should be backed up
elsewhere.

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  Re: Upgrade rant "Alan K." <alan@invalid.com> - 2025-01-25 14:43 -0500
  Re: Upgrade rant azigni <azigni@yahoo.com> - 2025-01-26 03:01 +0000
  Re: Upgrade rant RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2025-01-26 07:36 +0000
    Re: Upgrade rant "Alan K." <alan@invalid.com> - 2025-01-26 09:14 -0500
      Re: Upgrade rant Monsieur <Monsieur@notreal.invalid> - 2025-01-26 15:19 +0100
    Re: Upgrade rant Monsieur <Monsieur@notreal.invalid> - 2025-01-26 15:16 +0100
      Re: Upgrade rant "Alan K." <alan@invalid.com> - 2025-01-26 09:36 -0500
        Re: Upgrade rant Monsieur <Monsieur@notreal.invalid> - 2025-01-26 15:54 +0100
          Re: Upgrade rant Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2025-01-27 14:27 +0000
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              Re: Upgrade rant Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2025-01-27 18:18 +0000
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                Re: Upgrade rant "Alan K." <alan@invalid.com> - 2025-01-27 14:45 -0500
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                Re: Upgrade rant Monsieur <Monsieur@notreal.invalid> - 2025-01-28 06:58 +0100
                Re: Upgrade rant "Alan K." <alan@invalid.com> - 2025-01-28 08:28 -0500
        Re: Upgrade rant Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> - 2025-01-26 20:04 +0000
  Re: Upgrade rant Gerald H <geenspam@yahoo.co.uk> - 2025-01-26 20:24 +0000
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