On Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:06:42 -0700, Darren New wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> And when the automated updates screw the machine up, the user is
>> basically screwed.
> 
> That's what System Restore is for. Which Linux doesn't have, to my
> chagrin. :-)

I've tried using System Restore in the past; nice idea, but I could never 
get it to work properly.

My solution is to use VMware and take a snapshot before doing something 
potentially bad.  No fuss, no muss.

Jim

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