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Linux - Laptop and Netbook Having a problem installing or configuring Linux on your laptop? Need help running Linux on your netbook? This forum is for you. This forum is for any topics relating to Linux and either traditional laptops or netbooks (such as the Asus EEE PC, Everex CloudBook or MSI Wind).

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Old 04-03-2018, 03:24 AM   #121
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Originally Posted by llewellen View Post
Start-Date: 2018-03-30 07:22:16
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Requested-By: ken (1000)

Start-Date: 2018-03-31 08:24:27
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Requested-By: drew (1001)
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I changed the user name
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Originally Posted by llewellen View Post
drew@ken-X200CA ~ $ ls -la /home
total 20
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Oct 19 19:23 .
drwxr-xr-x 23 root root 4096 Mar 14 08:17 ..
drwxr-xr-x 22 drew drew 4096 Mar 31 17:26 drew
drwxr-xr-x 18 drew drew 4096 Jan 27 2017 kad
drwxr-xr-x 81 ken ken 4096 Mar 30 22:51 ken
drew@ken-X200CA ~ $
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I turned it off Friday night (Mar 30) and when I booted it up on Mar 31, it started what appears to be a fresh install of Mint 18.3
No, just a fresh user profile.
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I did install some updates from Mint's Update Manager and I'm convinced that' where the problem lies.
No, no package upgrades will delete any user data from your home dir. Unless you removed them yourself, everything should be where you left it (in ken's profile is my guess).
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My confidence in Mint has plummeted.
It's your confidence in your sysadmin you should be re-examining
 
  


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