Ubuntu-devel-discuss Digest, Vol 135, Issue 5

[Technical Clarity]

I think we would need an installer like Antergos, that would check separate
database of Ubuntu and derivatives before installing, by updating the
installer first then fixing an known bugs and continuing with install.

On Sat, Feb 3, 2018 at 7:00 AM, <
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>    1. Re: Ubuntu and its derivatives (Lubuntu, Xubuntu etc.) should
>       really consider adding cross-distribution installation/upgrade
>       feature in Ubiquity (Ralf Mardorf)
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> Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2018 10:17:13 +0100
> From: Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf at alice-dsl.net>
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> Subject: Re: Ubuntu and its derivatives (Lubuntu, Xubuntu etc.) should
>         really consider adding cross-distribution installation/upgrade
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>         in Ubiquity
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> On Sat, 3 Feb 2018 08:56:25 +0000, Colin Law wrote:
> >On 2 February 2018 at 16:08, Βασίλης Κατσαρέλιας wrote:
> >> I had to copy my `/home` folder over to a USB stick
> >Of course you will have backed up everything before hand
> >anyway just in case something goes wrong.
>
> Let alone that a user regularly should backup important data to an
> external device, which is appropriate for this task, such as an USB
> HDD. Coping data to an USB stick is nearly as risky, as no backup at
> all. The term "copy" is squishy, if using the "cp" command to backup
> data, then using the "-a, --archive" option and at best with root
> privileges, even if those privileges shouldn't be required to backup
> $HOME.
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> https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2018/01/spectre_and_mel_1.html
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