We've drifted pretty far from the original topic. OTOH, it's your thread, so if the mods are okay with the drift, no worries.
Augie77 wrote: ↑2024-03-26 04:47
... will stay with FF ESR as it seems faster than the non-ESR version. Of course, that may be all in my noodle.
Not that I've noticed. The reason Debian uses ESR is that it's more stable. I switched my installation to the standard version because I like to share profiles, for which all OSs need to be using the same version.
... some form of Harry Potter magic makes [Timeshift snapshots] nearly impossible to move with a file manager. However, the Terminal seems to trump the Harry Potter magic and I was able to move folders,
For anyone following along, the magic is hard links. The Terminal solution is to use rsync with the -H flag.
... I now have a happy backup of my Debian install.
Sort of. Timeshift is useful for its intended purpose, system restore. Not so great as a backup app. Can be done, but complicated.
I will play with Kup next, just to get a feel for it and see if it is preferable to Timeshift.
Now I'm worried. I hope you're not using Timeshift to back up data files. That would be a very bad idea. Backup system and data separately.