OT: Thunderbird spontaneously unsubscribing folders.

[poma]

On 07/13/2014 02:36 AM, Rolf Turner wrote:
> On 13/07/14 09:11, poma wrote:
>
> <SNIP>
>
>>>> Always try to contact the admins if there are problems.
>>>> It is always good practice.
>>>
>>> I have in the past not found the U. of Auckland IT people to be very
>>> helpful.  They don't like the fact that I am using my own laptop on
>>> which I have superuser privileges and am thus not under their complete
>>> control.  Also they are Windoze oriented, with Ubuntu insisted upon if
>>> one insists on running Linux.  Fedora is a no-no.
>>>
>>> cheers,
>>>
>>> Rolf Turner
>>>
>>
>> Théâtre de l'Absurde.
>
> Indeed.
>
>> BTW I see you've solved it with the TBird upgrade, however man,
>> do not stay on Fedora 17, upgrade or start fresh with the CentOS, really.
>
> Well, I have managed to upgrade Thunderbird, modulo a wee glitch (which
> may be irrelevant anyway) with which Ed Greshko may be able to help me.
>
> It remains to be seen whether this will have any impact upon the
> "subscribe" problems that I have from time to time.  (I am inclined to
> doubt it.)
>
> I agree that I should upgrade or move to CentOS.  I like the latter
> idea; if I understand correctly what I read on this list, CentOS is more
> stable and less demanding.
>
> I hesitate to do such a "radical" thing however lest I break something
> and leave myself essentially bereft of computer.  I can't afford to do
> that.  As I have said a couple of times previously, I have insufficient
> knowledge of Linux myself and have no local resources to draw on to
> compensate for this insufficiency.
>
> In particular, installing a new OS or upgrading an old one often seems
> to involve mucking about with "partitions" of the hard drive.  I don't
> grok partitions and when I get called upon, by an installer program, to
> make some choice in respect of partitions I collapse in terror lest my
> choice causes some vital part of the file system to be erased.
>
> cheers,
>
> Rolf Turner
>

All you need is another storage drive to freshly install on, so that you can safely exclude the existing one with the data on it from the installation process.
All the rest are excuses not to do what is recommended.
The credibility of the CentOS is already explained in enough places.

Elvis has left the building.


poma