All you need to do is select what you want to be included or not (can include everything) and click start then go have dinner / lunch etc.
Also when backing up, you may simply copy or archive (compress) the home folder.. Will keep all your customizations simply and quickly.. can save it anywhere..
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Now I have setup my MX I will go ahead, and create my first snapshot. Many thanks :)Huckleberry wrote: Tue Dec 10, 2019 10:49 am All you need to do is select what you want to be included or not (can include everything) and click start then go have dinner / lunch etc.
Also when backing up, you may simply copy or archive (compress) the home folder.. Will keep all your customizations simply and quickly.. can save it anywhere..
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You're welcome. See you.
That will be one of the best things you did in your life :)
That will be one of the best things you did in your life :)
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Yep! You could be right there :)Huckleberry wrote: Tue Dec 10, 2019 10:54 am You're welcome. See you.
That will be one of the best things you did in your life :)
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Always check if the snapshot boots before borking anything though 
I need to make a new one.. for some reason it didn't find an... whatever it is in the beginning that it needs to start loading from haha.. can't remember.

I need to make a new one.. for some reason it didn't find an... whatever it is in the beginning that it needs to start loading from haha.. can't remember.
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Thank you, will do :)Eadwine Rose wrote: Tue Dec 10, 2019 11:04 am Always check if the snapshot boots before borking anything though
I need to make a new one.. for some reason it didn't find an... whatever it is in the beginning that it needs to start loading from haha.. can't remember.
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snapshot is a lovely comfort blanket...especially if you are me
in fact, it was seeing dolphin oracle talking about it on big daddy linux that brought me to mx in the first place
in fact, it was seeing dolphin oracle talking about it on big daddy linux that brought me to mx in the first place
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Well...

naw, nevermind. Surely the similarity is purely coincidental...
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lol
are you also Gaius Baltar?

btw ... a user here messaged me a few weeks back thinking i was someone he knew based on the avatar of a fictional character ... i think maybe he was looking for you skidoo...
are you also Gaius Baltar?

btw ... a user here messaged me a few weeks back thinking i was someone he knew based on the avatar of a fictional character ... i think maybe he was looking for you skidoo...