Yes, please!
On Wed, Jul 24, 2024 at 11:20 AM Snyder, Alexander J <
alexander@snyderfamily.co> wrote:
> 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.
>
> --
> Thanks,
> Alexander
>
> Sent from my Google Pixel 7 Pro
>
> 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?
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>>>
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