All, Since I've been using it so much.... figured I'd give it a review. On 2008-beta it doesn't quite go automagic.. this IMHO is good. You do a normal Flash install. Then as expected it notices your backup (the backup HAS to be done under 2008 for all of this to work.) completes a restore, reboots and asks if you want to now restore software. At this point it opens the Applications Manager for you. Then nothing. This is a bit un-expected as it had already asked if you wanted to begin. So I connect to my WiFi and then traverse the menu to Tools > Application Restore Boom, it takes off immediately it updates the apt-get lists, calculates a list of all the "missing" applications. (not versions btw) and presents you with a list of what it thinks it needs to install (this list is dumbed up in that it only includes apps not their dependencies. ) Installation from there procedes as normal. There are interuptions for configuration related questions (just as it would happen if you installed the app as a singlet.) but otherwise no other human input is needed. One big plus is how it handles the non installable ( Bad file ... not in any of the repositories etc) it asks if you want to skip... and does so without a problem. Additionally if you have to stop in the middle for any reason it will allow you to run it over and over each time calculating anew what is missing. Problems: Minor but there. 1. If at any time for any reason it can't install a file the last "screen" is a popup that says "Operation Failed" This rather ominous alert is inaccurate. Actually the overall program succeeded but the install of a single deb failed. 2. The dead spot when the Application Manager is first opened. If I hadn't been nosy I never would have found the link I needed to click to get it all going. 3. Pidgin config files still don't make it into a backup for some reason. Overview. Overall a big 4.5 out of 5 stars and a very useful app. James
