System Restore

[ToddTheMod]

For like windows you can resore your os to a state of peace kind of. If you messed up your vital files you could go back in time and restore you computer to a selected time. I was wondering if you could do that for ubuntu thanks

[oz]

Welcome to the forums!

There is no "system restore" in Linux like that in Windows, but there are various apps that allow incremental backups, full backups, or system images. I personally like using FSArchiver for creating system archives of my own systems. Using it, my complete system is archived in under 3 minutes and it can be restored in just over 30 seconds. Clonezilla is another very popular app for imaging systems. Additional options can be found here:

Backup & Recovery | Linux App Finder

[ToddTheMod]

um, when i installed updates now when i turn on my computer there are 2 linux things. total of 4, Two linux normal and 2 linux safe mode
how can i onlt have one, it is not that big of a deal though

[tyho]

The update installed a new kernel, which is totally normal. To remove the old one, start Synaptic and search for "linux-image-generic" (supposing you have the generic kernel). It should show at least two packages installed, one called linux-image-generic (which is the one you want to keep) and another one called something like "linux-image-2.6.35-22-generic" (numbers might be different). This is the one you want to remove (make sure the version is older than the one of the linux-image-generic package). Just mark it for removal and "Apply".

In general, it's not a bad idea to keep two different kernel versions, just in case the newest one doesn't work. Then, you can just boot your older kernel and fix your system.

[ToddTheMod]

OK i am confuesed so i took a picture

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please help me