This isn't idiocy, this is the infancy of automation! What if you could get
Ann entirely new PC and then you could run "a thing" on it to completely
provision and configure all your settings and files just how you want it?!?
This thing already exists, it's free, and easy to learn.
Welcome to the wonderful and exciting world of ANSIBLE!
It's called "Configuration Management", and in the world of ANSIBLE, you
write playbooks and those playbook execute tasks.
If you're interested to know more, let me know. Aside from being a big fan
of Ansible, it's also literally my day job.
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Thanks,
Alexander
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On Wed, Jul 24, 2024, 07:34 Michael via PLUG-discuss <
plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
> what I mean by easier is if I have to reinstall the OS/get a new computer
> it is easier to write it into a text file, save it in gmail as a draft, and
> then open up that draft if I need it. I have a LOT of drafts like this.
> Commands, paragraphs that I have to repeat, stuff like that. You might
> think I'm an idiot but let my idiocy inspire you!
>
> On Wed, Jul 24, 2024 at 10:26 AM Michael <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> as for doing this graphically I think it is easier to copy-n-paste into a
>> terminal:
>> sudo apt-mark hold package1 package2 package3
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 24, 2024 at 10:15 AM Michael <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Look at what I just discovered: The apt-mark hold <package> command is
>>> used to prevent a specific package from being upgraded on Debian-based
>>> systems.
>>> I hated waiting for firefox to update! (I don't use ff) Could we start a
>>> list of other big packages that don't need to be updated?
>>> --
>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>
>
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