• CannonGoBoom@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    An update black screened his system and corrupted his time shift backups. So he gave Linux Mint a shot and has been using it for several weeks.

    • Ulrich@feddit.org
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      9 days ago

      Could very well happen on Mint as well. Should switch to atomic, if that’s his main concern.

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        9 days ago

        Mint is a good choice because it has an easy timeshift option, so a problem in an update is just a rollback/recover. Same as Snapper Rollback on distros like OpenSUSE, it means a non savvy Linux user can reboot and have it fixed. That is appealing for a lot of users that don’t want to bother with finding the fix

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          9 days ago

          Does ubuntu have this? Or does one need to install something to set this up

        • Ulrich@feddit.org
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          9 days ago

          According to the previous comment, he had Time Shift but the files were corrupted.

      • spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works
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        9 days ago

        It could happen with anything, but since Mint 17.3 (2015) the only serious corruption I’ve experienced is during a major OS upgrade. I had far more problems with Windows.