Am 26.07.22 um 16:39 schrieb Chris Murphy:
OK thanks for the responses so far. I have followup questions for
everyone, even if you didn't previously respond.
Do you think a graphical rescue environment would be helpful in troubleshooting system
problems?
Do you think a graphical rescue environment using volatile storage, would be useful?
i.e. similar to a Live boot, by default no changes to the system or Live user environment
would be written to persistent media; e.g. Firefox cache files and history, or even
installing software, would be entirely lost on reboot from this graphical rescue
environment
Do you think a mechanism for system snapshots and rollbacks would be useful in
troubleshooting system problems?
Do you think a snapshot+rollback mechanism would be more or less useful than a graphical
rescue environment, for troubleshooting system problems?
"No" to all.
In almost all cases, I have encountered in the last 10 years and more,
either "switching back to an older kernel" (i.e. cases of kernel bugs)
or landing in a "root shell" is sufficient.
Ralf