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#61

Distributions / Re: Latest Linux Mint Upgrade ...

Last post by fox - September 15, 2024, 07:36:32 AM

If you've already done that, wouldn't you restore your home files from your backup? Or is your backup of the entire drive?

I still have a partition with Mint 21.3. I have a backup of it with TimeShift, but not a specific backup of my Home folder. (Note that the Home folder is not on a separate partition.) Can I then go to the Mint 22 partition (also without the Home folder on a separate partition) and restore just the Home folder from Mint 21.3? If not, what if I made a backup of just the Home folder on Mint 23 with a program like Backup? Could I then "restore" that folder in Mint 22?

Interestingly, I now have good reason not to get rid of the Mint 21.3 partition. I have a piece of statistical software called JMP on it; a very old version that works on Linux (with certain old 32 bit libraries installed). Getting that to work in Mint 22 would take a lot of work, unless those libraries transfer over with the Home folder, so I would keep 21.3 just for that program.

I believe I can back up that Home folder with software called Backup?

#62

Support / Re: Running a Virtual Linux Ma...

Last post by fox - September 15, 2024, 07:26:24 AM

Hackintosh is term that specifically refers to running the Mac OS on a PC computer. One can run a virtual machine with the Mac OS on a Mac; it's easy to do that if you run it with the Mac OS as host. Many years ago, I figured out how to run a virtual Mac OS on a Mac running Ubuntu. I can't remember whether it was on VMware or VirtualBox, but I used a hack that was posted on the Insanely Mac website. It worked, but it was slow, and I only did it for fun.

I asked about this on this thread because I thought maybe cod3poet found a better way to do it using Hyper-V. Apparently not. As for whether I would use Linux as a VM with the Mac OS as host, sure that's easy to do, but I wouldn't feel good about it. I would feel like I gave up. My needs for the Mac OS are minimal, but there are a few things I still use it for. I have an iPhone, and it would be useful to access iMessage on my computer without having to boot into the Mac OS. Sure I can use the phone itself, but I have always found it easier to read and respond to messages on a device with a larger display and a keyboard.

The other main annoyance with using Linux continues to be Microsoft Office, particularly Word and Excel. I try using them as little as possible in favour of LibreOffice, but I still do manuscript reviews and other collaborative work where the MS Track Changes are important. MS Office 2010 runs pretty well on Linux using Crossover and I have a few legal copies of Office 2010, but now I'm finding that every time I upgrade Crossover, I have to re-register the Office software with Microsoft. This is a pain in the butt when it does work, and it doesn't always. As a result, I am now using an unregistered copy on two of my installations.

These are relatively minor annoyances, and not enough to get me off of Ubuntu as my main OS.

#63

Distributions / Re: Latest Linux Mint Upgrade ...

Last post by Jason - September 15, 2024, 04:30:16 AM

FYI, when I do a new install of Mint 22, the internet works.

If you've already done that, wouldn't you restore your home files from your backup? Or is your backup of the entire drive?

#64

Support / Re: Running a Virtual Linux Ma...

Last post by Jason - September 15, 2024, 04:26:40 AM

It wouldn't be a Hackintosh because the computer is a Mac.

But a VM doesn't see the host. It sees the emulated environment provided. I usually see that environment as a PC (which isn't the same as the PC host). That's why I thought maybe a Hackintosh within the VM would work. But I'm shooting in the dark as I don't know much about UTM or Hackintosh. As much as it shames me to say if you want to avoid dual-booting, run a Linux guest VM within Mac OS. Hey, at least you're still using Linux.

My brain hurts. 

#65

Support / Re: "Clean install" of Mint 22

Last post by Jason - September 15, 2024, 03:58:12 AM

If you're looking to install Linux Mint over itself while retaining /home, you're out of luck. You can't do this in the install AFAIK. A fresh install is going to overwrite the entire partition including/home.

Do you have a backup of your home files? Just do a fresh install and make a separate /home this time around and restore the backup.

Or you could make a separate partition, copy the files over to it and then during the install, call it /mnt/storage. Once you've finished the installation, you can copy the files over from that partition to /home/username. It's more work than restoring from a backup but probably faster since it's all on the same drive.

#66

Politics, Society and News. / Re: Harris-Trump post-debate r...

Last post by Jason - September 15, 2024, 03:35:15 AM

I appreciate hearing other opinions.

Reuters has this article about a Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted right after the debate and it had some interesting numbers. This one caught my attention:

Some 53% of Republican voters in the poll said Trump won the debate, compared to 91% of Democrats who said she was the victor. Among Republicans, 31% said no one won and 14% said Harris got the better of Trump.

And Harris leads Trump by 47%-42% nationally. I know it's the battleground states that decide it and it's still a narrow fight, most narrow in your old stomping grounds, Fox. The article notes that national polls "give important signals on the views of the electorate". I don't know what the signals are but I'll chew on that for a bit.

#67

Politics, Society and News. / Re: Harris-Trump post-debate r...

Last post by buster - September 13, 2024, 05:15:38 PM

Debate seems the wrong word. But our world has lost it's way. It's become memes and arguments for candidates to win politically, not plans and policies.

It's not much above NFL football forums, where comments range from 'Miami sucks' to 'you know FA about football.' I used to read the forums sometimes, but there is no real information. The writers are miniTrumps.

I did read one beautiful comment about four years ago. 'I wish I had a lower IQ so I could enjoy this forum.'

#68

Support / "Clean install" of Mint 22

Last post by fox - September 13, 2024, 07:42:00 AM

As noted in a previous thread, I am unable to upgrade my Mint 21.3 installation to Mint 22 because after I do it, my internet stops working. (I don't know why, because when booting up with a Mint 22 USB drive, the interet works fine.) I know I can keep 21.3 for quite awhile, but I'm wondering if there isn't an easy way to just install a new Mint 22 and then graft my home file onto it so that I have all of my apps and settings working as they are on 21.3. Note that my Home folder in Mint 21.3 is not on a separate partition.

#69

Politics, Society and News. / Re: Harris-Trump post-debate r...

Last post by fox - September 13, 2024, 07:35:25 AM

I thought she creamed him too, but as more neutral commentators mentioned, she has to get her policies out there to convince more fence sitters to vote for her. She was able to do less of that because of the air time she used to bait Trump. I listened to some post-debate interviews with undecided voters, and I was amazed at how many can let Trump go for all of his impropieties and dictatorial tendencies, just because they perceived that they were better off economically when Trump was president.

#70

Support / Re: Running a Virtual Linux Ma...

Last post by fox - September 13, 2024, 07:22:19 AM

Hackintosh might work but that might open up another can of worms.

It wouldn't be a Hackintosh because the computer is a Mac.