Eric S. Raymond commentary from a few years back but still right on point:

slashdot snippet:
https://linux.slashdot.org/story/20/09/27/193250/eric-s-raymond-is-microsoft-switching-to-a-linux-kernel-that-emulates-windows

eric's commentary at his website:
http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=8764

edited post: added content

another much earlier post regarding "Teen Sex vs. Adult Resentment" as food for thought and introspection:
http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=78

for work or pleasure?

when we worked on used equipment, we were always amazed at the poor condition of some units and that they even continued to provide functional operations. a good visual inspection(preferably with magnification and sufficient illumination) may offer some clues. cabling and their plugs should also be inspected(and perhaps switched with other "known-good" components). batteries and power adapters can also create intermittent problems.

sometimes searching for others who are also having similar problems(with your specific hardware or otherwise) may give additional clues to pursue possible corrective actions.

good luck and keep us posted on your progress!

today's AI is certainly not the _same_ as grandma's AI, but it's not all that different either.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_during_World_War_II

also see:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_and_the_Holocaust

perhaps we will need to add pagers and walkie-talkies to the Ottawa Treaty...

https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/04/1135252

additional references:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa_Treaty

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-personnel_mine#See_also

https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/17/1721229/exploding-pagers-injure-thousands-across-lebanon

https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/09/14-dead-as-hezbollah-walkie-talkies-explode-in-second-deadlier-attack/

oh the humanity...indeed...

https://wiki.debian.org/Doas

FUD at wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear,_uncertainty,_and_doubt

and a link from that wiki:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_S._Raymond

which naturally reminded of:
https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=2537

and a catchy tune(potential earworm?):
https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?pid=14836#p14836

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earworm

enjoy

thanks for posting this! we'll keep watching for thread updates!

as long as you are adequately backed-up, you can always make alterations and see what happens(especially after a warm-restart and/or cold-boot)

had a similar experience when my active partition had very little free space left. don't remember how "little" the actual amount was. as always, your mileage may vary.

@greenjeans

just touching base. curious on status of a new Vuu-do?

thanks,

sg1

have used clonezilla and partedmagic for many years with much success

clonezilla is free
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clonezilla

partedmagic is more "full-service" and well-worth their minimal charge(imho)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PartedMagic

copying _anything_ in an incorrect way has the potential to alter ownerships and/or permissions
(hard to check 1000's of files/folders for complete correctness)

hopefully your original is _still_ intact and completely correct

unless you can verify the complete correctness of any/all copies you should consider them _not_authentic_duplicates_
(especially and specifically with respect to ownerships and permissions)

also, just to clarify, a backup isn't a backup if it is just on a different partition of the same physical device

operations on the underlying formating/partitioning of any/all storage devices should be considered totally destructive of _all_data_ on that device

keep us posted on your progress!