[PLUG] Linux Mint System Restore question

Ben Koenig techkoenig at gmail.com
Wed Oct 16 05:06:35 UTC 2019


On Tue, Oct 15, 2019 at 9:34 PM John Jason Jordan <johnxj at gmx.com> wrote:

> Oh damn, I think I just rekindled the war between the 'fresh install'
> people and the 'just keep upgrading' folks.
>

There are pros and cons to everything, and slow package installation is a
tradeoff all debian-based distros accept.

As for the actual question, there is a way to create a "backup image". It
doesn't function in the way that was originally stated but it is something
that is possible on ubuntu systems. When I remember the name of the program
that does this, I'll post here. It's been a long time since I touched
apt/dpkg package management, so it might take a while before the name comes
back to me.

The program I used would be installed (and run) from an actively used
ubuntu install. It would create a list of all installed packages, and wrap
up your home directory as a custom ubuntu install. This allows you to go
through the normal installation steps for ubuntu, but the resulting OS is
neither a fresh install or a rolling installation.

If someone else remembers the name of the program that wraps up a running
Ubuntu install into a "custom iso" feel free to remind me. I think it
starts with an R, but for some reason unetbootin keeps popping into my head
which is something else...



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