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From: John McCue <jmccue@qball.jmcunx.com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Linux upgrade.
Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:23:43 -0000 (UTC)
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Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Dec 2024 22:04:35 -0000 (UTC), John McCue wrote:
> 
>> ... my yearly tradition is to do multiple full system backup of
>> my workstation and server this time a year.
> 
> The only things I consider crucial to back up are my own work. I don?t 
> bother backing up OS installations, apart from the contents of /etc.

Yes, that is what I do, backup data, static data dirs with
various OS Config Dirs.

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