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This is your annual reminder to do a snapshot (timeshift or whatever you prefer) before doing relatively minor changes to your system.

I was supposed to be in bed now, but instead I am stuck troubleshooting xorg refusing to start after an apt-get dist-upgrade.

And as far as friendly reminders go, I should've given myself an unfriendly reminder beforehand, as it's not the first time....

UPDATE: Fuck nvidia 545. All my homies hate nvidia 545. 535 4 lyf!

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[–] Potatofish -1 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] TheGrandNagus 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That people should do backups...

[–] Potatofish -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] TheGrandNagus 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Don't take this the wrong way, but are you like... new to human interaction or something?

All they said was basically "Friendly reminder, guys, remember to do regular backups, because my system is borked and I'd have loved to roll back to a previous snapshot if I had one."

Sounds to me like there was a point. And it also does sound like a PSA.

[–] Potatofish 1 points 1 year ago

I asked why not Wayland. I don't care to circle back to his PSA.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Backup before you break it