My set up is that I use prior Debian versions such as Debian 11 as backup computers so that they are virtually identical to the computers that have the latest version Debian. I buy those $50-70 Dell/Lenovo refurbished computers on newegg/amazon so it's cheap to have multiple PCs already set up and running. Recovering a single computer/system is not necessary for me as long as I keep backing up everything regularly onto the computers with older Debian versions. I'll look into encrypting my hard drives for peace of mind. Well anyway thanks for all the feedback learned a few new things.Don't know, but likely enough. USB drives are incredibly useful, though, especially for home users. Disabling them because of a theoretical risk would be a poor trade. Meanwhile, chroot in a live session is one your best tools for repairing the system. You would be throwing out that baby with the bath water also.The IT dept. set it up so that it restricts a non admin. user from attaching external media/drives such as USB flash drives to the laptop. If that is possible on a WIndows machine then it must be so on a Linux machine as well.
By the way, if you end up going with system encryption (very few people need it, as distinguished from data file encryption), be aware an encrypted system is more difficult to repair. Requires an advanced understanding of LUKS, LVM, mounts, and block devices. All of that can be learned, but it's not a simple topic and I know of no good tutorial on encrypted system recovery to recommend.
Statistics: Posted by DebianMan — 2023-12-23 18:18 — Replies 15 — Views 288
