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    Restore points

    Hi,
    I think that having the possibility to go back  to a previous status of the system (similar to Windows restore points)  is something very useful and is currently missing in linux.

    To do a task, you may need to download many programs to see which can best meet your needs. To satisfy the dependences and because many programs are not kde, a lot of stuff (libs or other stuff) are installed. After having chosen the best program for you, you remove the others but the supplementary stuff stays. I have at this moment about 200mb of useless stuff and dont know how to get rid of it.

    Or you may make a mistake. One day I run kleansweep to klean the system and it seems it cleaned it deeper than I wanted. The system got unusable and I had to reinstall it.

    Or you may edit system files. The backup file which is created contains the data before the last editing (and not the first one). So if you edit many times, you cannot restore the initial file (in case of mistake)

    What are your thoughts about this subject?  And what does one have to do to face this problem?

    Thanks for replies


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    PS I put this subject in this section, because I suggest the restore points concept to the developers. If a mod thinks it must be moved to other section, no problem...





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    Re: Restore points

    Hi,

    It seems that aptitude is able to do this, I've heard that when you're installing something with it, it's remembering what packages you've installed with it, then if you want to remove, it will delete all other packages installed with.
    Anyway, not sure about this...

    Cheers
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      Re: Restore points

      Thank you for your suggestion.

      I have recently removed aptitude as problematic.After launching it, it was impossible to properly close it. It was staying working backround and I couldnt use Adept even after a log out...

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      I am really thinking of something like backup of the system (/) before downloading a lot of programs for testing...

      I am searching, for exemple, at this time for software special for authors and I downloaded about 15 programs that could probably be useful. One program installed about 50 mb of stuff. When I removed it, only 1200 kb of space was freed.

      I think that stuff that is useless must be removed, because it compromises the security of the system (many lines of code, so many possibilities of problems)

      I think,as well, that a lot of people install/remove a lot of programs to try them or by simple human curiosity...or they make mistakes. So a restore points system would be helpful IMHO...

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        Re: Restore points

        Instead of launching aptitude, just use it.

        In other words...

        Bad:
        Code:
        aptitude
        [b]Good[/b[:
        Code:
        sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude install programname
        For more info, go here:
        http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/aptitude
        Linux is ready for the desktop--but whose desktop?<br />How to install software in Kubuntu
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          Re: Restore points

          Aptitude is you like it or you hate it . I dont like it because archaeology is not my favorite sport.  .... I know how to use it, but it must have been buggy because I really had problems with it.

          Even if it could work well, I dont think it is a modern tool and it could never replace a good restore point concept.

          That being said, I thank you for the link. Gtkorphan looks interesting...
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