No, you can jusy restore to a second location...it depends on whether everything was backed up, or just a few test files.
I prefer backing up specific folders rather than "everything", so it's easier to test. (I'd just reinstall the OS if that was nuked)
Let's say I want to do a test restore of all my photos. I just rename that folder to simulate that it's been accidentally deleted... then I just do a normal restore - and do a bit-by-bit comparison of the two folders and check it all went well.
Also setup a bootable USB stick with a backup program like clonezilla to do full machine backups.
You'll get the hang of OS vs data backups later, but for now, do a full backup, play around installing / removing stuff and if you break it, you're back in business in no time
I think the main thing is for you to try doing a test restore of your data before you need to (and you already have a local backup anyway if your test goes wrong)
That will give you a better understanding of the whole process - they might be 100% reliable in storing data which is totally unusable by you because you've lost your decryption key, weren't backing it up correctly, etc (for example).
Ooh, nice, I didn't know them - thanks!
Thanks, good to know... although I'll do one other thing first... a full backup with clonezilla first ;)
That's comforting to know.
I have kinda the opppsite: a machine that isn't changing it's hardware, but it hasn't had updates in ~2 years (due to some issues with an AUR package back then...)
I wonder if it'll upgrade...?
I've kept arch-keyring updating now & again... so it should work, but I know packages change dependencies so, it'll be an interesting one (ie full backup first)
Do you have any other hardware between computer & monitor? (Ie a KVM Switch?)
The other post about display ID jogged my memory that KVMs (etc) don't pass through the data (sometimes?), so just wondering whether there's another factor here...
Not sure how it would only trigger this on updates, but just building a complete picture of the issue.
If you do find their site works on a other browser (and I mean, the browser, not due to an addon, etc.) then complain to the company / bank / etc.
If they take your complaint seriously then I'd persevere with them... if they don't then they're not customer focused and your business (money) goes elsewhere.
It's not just browsing discussed there. Re-read that again with cybersecurity in mind... online banking shouldn't be done whilst you're sharing a browser with tiktok (as an example)
Yep, there's private / incognito modes, but they just drop all the local session data, they're not any more secure.
:) you don't have to use containers, but they do simplify the install.
I don't use containers.
There's also no Setup.exe to download run where you just Next, Next, Finish.
So, instead, I have to install separate packages, configure them, deal with conflicting requirements, etc...
Did I have to learn Docker? No. Did I have to learn something else? Yes.
As someone else mentioned, spending some time learning what / how / why you're doing will help massively later on. Probably why you're getting Docker answers, they're auto-suggesting it to start you off with something simpler...
Yeah, good summary - I'm not using the latest version, but LiveTV channel changing still takes a second (on a dual tuner machine), but, like you said, we rarely watch LiveTV now and if we do, we're not really channel hopping either.
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