[cumbria_lug] Cumbria Digest, Vol 175, Issue 5

[Damian Hellstrom]

@Joachim

You could create an live/install distro using your settings & packages...

Damian

On 31 March 2011 14:53, Joachim <joachim.jahn at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> On 31/03/11 13:00, cumbria-request at mailman.lug.org.uk wrote:
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>>    1. Separate user groups (Joachim)
>>    2. Re: Separate user groups (Les Pounder)
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 12:12:30 +0100
>> From: Joachim<joachim.jahn at yahoo.co.uk>
>> Subject: [cumbria_lug] Separate user groups
>> To: cumbria at mailman.lug.org.uk
>> Message-ID:<4D94619E.90203 at yahoo.co.uk>
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>> Hello,
>>
>> I don't think we should have separate user groups but I do agree there
>> should be maybe a meeting in the south lakes i.e Barrow area (pure self
>> interest ;-) only ) and one in the North Lakes i.e. Carlisle or Penrith.
>>
>> Simon - Thanks for the offer for the lift to the ManLUG, I might take
>> you up on this in the future. At the moment the miss is complaining that
>> I spent to much time on the computer and I don't think she would be too
>> happy me leaving her for a full day for a Linux meeting.
>>
>> Does anyone know a good way to backup your system, mainly packages
>> installed and settings? i back up my files already to a SD card and
>> additionally to dropbox. I just want to know a way of quickly recovering
>> my system if I bugger it up again. Not Linux fault usually my fault
>> changing some settings or something.
>>
>> Nice to get some activity on here.
>>
>> Joachim
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>> Message: 2
>> Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 12:22:01 +0100
>> From: Les Pounder<lespounder at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [cumbria_lug] Separate user groups
>> To: Cumbria LUG<cumbria at mailman.lug.org.uk>
>> Message-ID:
>>        <AANLkTimpCzfk5SyScfYy7QhopCSuWdZs7WMXwAT5SZg6 at mail.gmail.com>
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>> Hi Joachim, everyone.
>>
>> You could always use clonezilla to create an image of your computer, then
>> just regularly update the image, thats what I do most of the time.
>>
>> Another idea, and its a quick way to backup a list of all the packages
>> installed into an Ubuntu / Debian machine would be
>> *
>> dpkg --get-selections>  FILENAME.txt*
>>
>> This command will run dpkg and using standard output, generate a list of
>> all
>> the packages installed on your computer.
>>
>> To restore, you need to run the command
>> *
>> dpkg --set-selection<  FILENAME.txt&&  apt-get update&&  apt-get upgrade*
>>
>> This will then install all of your packages, upade the repo, and upgrade
>> your box to the latest versions.
>>
>> All the best
>>
>> Les Pounder
>> Blackpool LUG
>> Hello Les,
>>
>
> Thank you for this help it is very much appreciated. I did create a list
> with the dpkg command and saved it in my documents, lets hope I will never
> need to use it. Do you know who maintains the dpkg packages - is that
> Debian?
>
> Can I ask why you have signed with Blackpool LUG - do you subscripe to both
> mailing lists?
>
> Joachim
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