On Monday, 15 July 2019 at 20:39:54 -1000, David W. Jones wrote: > On 7/13/19 8:38 PM, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: >> I've tried all three of these distros. I decided against Fedora, but >> that was well over 10 years ago, so it's not relevant to modern >> releases. I think that if I were to start using Linux again, I'd go >> for Debian, but for casual use Ubuntu is close enough. > > Ubuntu's easiest to install, I think.
Yes, that was my consideration. >>> Ubuntu has a very effective upgrade process, too, but I think it >>> only applies from LTS version to next LTS. >> >> Not really the issue here: I just want to see if the problems I see >> also occur under Linux. I'd be happy to reinstall every time. > > Try under VirtualBox, maybe? Hugin doesn't really run well under VirtualBox. I've tried it, but it's a pain, and since I have the hardware lying around, there's no reason not to use it. >>> In both cases, I'd make a partition image or an fsarchiver copy >>> before trying it. >> >> Not a snapshot? > > Not knowing what you mean by a snapshot... partition images. VirtualBox offers snapshots: you can effectively freeze the contents of the disk and return to older versions if you want. But I was thinking of file system snapshots, available on UFS and ZFS. They do pretty much the same thing. I don't know which Linux file systems support them. Greg -- Sent from my desktop computer. Finger groog...@gmail.com for PGP public key. See complete headers for address and phone numbers. This message is digitally signed. If your Microsoft mail program reports problems, please read http://lemis.com/broken-MUA -- A list of frequently asked questions is available at: http://wiki.panotools.org/Hugin_FAQ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hugin and other free panoramic software" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to hugin-ptx+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/hugin-ptx/20190716064454.GD26125%40eureka.lemis.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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