System Restore

[#1]

Windows has system restore but is there anything similar in Linux ?
I Had used Transmission a few times and it worked ok but something seems to have messed it up (probably me) Can I just uninstall it with the hope it takes any errors with it and then reinstall it again or is there an alternative approach to this ?

[#2]

No there isn't a system restore.
As to transmission I find it a PITA!
I had it installed on a previous laptop, moved the files and config to a new one and it refuses to start.
I did:-
sudo apt remove --purge transmission*
rm -rf ~/.config/transmission
sudo rm -rf /etc/transmission/
sudo apt install transmisison*
Then tried loading the config again but ended up creating a new config
The 2+3rd lines remove the config files.

[#3]

I currently have:-

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jeremy@HECTOR:~$ locate transmission /home/jeremy/.cache/transmission /home/jeremy/.cache/transmission/favicons /home/jeremy/.cache/transmission/favicons/1337x.org /home/jeremy/.cache/transmission/favicons/careland.com.cn /home/jeremy/.cache/transmission/favicons/ccc.de /home/jeremy/.cache/transmission/favicons/cpleft.com /home/jeremy/.cache/transmission/favicons/demonoid.me /home/jeremy/.cache/transmission/favicons/h33t.com /home/jeremy/.cache/transmission/favicons/hotplug.ru /home/jeremy/.cache/transmission/favicons/ilovetorrents.com /home/jeremy/.cache/transmission/favicons/istole.it /home/jeremy/.cache/transmission/favicons/linuxmint.com /home/jeremy/.cache/transmission/favicons/openbittorrent.com /home/jeremy/.cache/transmission/favicons/publicbt.com /home/jeremy/.cache/transmission/favicons/rarbg.com /home/jeremy/.cache/transmission/favicons/raspberrypi.org /home/jeremy/.cache/transmission/favicons/thebox.bz /home/jeremy/.cache/transmission/favicons/thegeeks.bz /home/jeremy/.cache/transmission/favicons/thepiratebay.org /home/jeremy/.cache/transmission/favicons/torrent.to /home/jeremy/.cache/transmission/favicons/torrentbay.to /home/jeremy/.cache/transmission/favicons/torrentbox.com /home/jeremy/.cache/transmission/favicons/yify-torrents.com /home/jeremy/.config/transmission /home/jeremy/.config/transmission/Incomplete /home/jeremy/.config/transmission/blocklists /home/jeremy/.config/transmission/dht.dat /home/jeremy/.config/transmission/resume /home/jeremy/.config/transmission/settings.json /home/jeremy/.config/transmission/stats.json /home/jeremy/.config/transmission/torrents /home/jeremy/.config/transmission/blocklists/blocklist.bin /home/jeremy/.local/share/applications/transmission-gtk.desktop /usr/bin/transmission-gtk /usr/lib/mime/packages/transmission-gtk /usr/share/transmission /usr/share/app-install/desktop/transmission-gtk:transmission-gtk.desktop /usr/share/app-install/desktop/transmission-qt:transmission-qt.desktop /usr/share/app-install/icons/transmission.png /usr/share/applications/transmission-gtk.desktop /usr/share/doc/transmission-common /usr/share/doc/transmission-gtk /usr/share/doc/transmission-common/AUTHORS /usr/share/doc/transmission-common/NEWS.Debian.gz /usr/share/doc/transmission-common/README /usr/share/doc/transmission-common/README.Debian /usr/share/doc/transmission-common/changelog.Debian.gz /usr/share/doc/transmission-common/copyright /usr/share/doc/transmission-common/examples /usr/share/doc/transmission-common/examples/send-email-when-torrent-done.sh /usr/share/icons/Elementary Mint/apps/16/transmission-tray-icon.svg /usr/share/icons/Elementary Mint/apps/22/transmission-tray-icon.svg /usr/share/icons/Elementary Mint/apps/24/transmission-tray-icon.svg /usr/share/icons/Elementary Mint/apps/24/transmission.svg /usr/share/icons/Elementary Mint/apps/24/transmission.xpm /usr/share/icons/Elementary Mint/apps/48/transmission.svg /usr/share/icons/Elementary Mint/apps/48/transmission.xpm /usr/share/icons/Humanity/status/16/transmission-tray-icon.svg /usr/share/icons/Humanity/status/22/transmission-tray-icon.svg /usr/share/icons/Humanity/status/24/transmission-tray-icon.svg /usr/share/icons/Humanity-Dark/status/16/transmission-tray-icon.svg /usr/share/icons/Humanity-Dark/status/22/transmission-tray-icon.svg /usr/share/icons/Humanity-Dark/status/24/transmission-tray-icon.svg /usr/share/icons/Mint-X/apps/16/transmission.png /usr/share/icons/Mint-X/apps/22/transmission.png /usr/share/icons/Mint-X/apps/24/transmission.png /usr/share/icons/Mint-X/apps/32/transmission.png /usr/share/icons/Mint-X/apps/48/transmission.png /usr/share/icons/Mint-X/apps/scalable/transmission.svg /usr/share/icons/Mint-X/status/16/transmission-tray-icon.png /usr/share/icons/Mint-X/status/22/transmission-tray-icon.png /usr/share/icons/Mint-X/status/24/transmission-tray-icon.png /usr/share/icons/Mint-X-Dark/status/22/transmission-tray-icon.png /usr/share/icons/Mint-X-Dark/status/24/transmission-tray-icon.png /usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/transmission.png /usr/share/icons/hicolor/22x22/apps/transmission.png /usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps/transmission.png /usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/transmission.png /usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/transmission.png /usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/transmission.png /usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/transmission.svg /usr/share/lintian/overrides/transmission-gtk /usr/share/linuxmint/mintinstall/icons/transmission.png /usr/share/linuxmint/mintinstall/installed/transmission.png /usr/share/locale-langpack/en_AU/LC_MESSAGES/transmission-gtk.mo /usr/share/locale-langpack/en_CA/LC_MESSAGES/transmission-gtk.mo /usr/share/locale-langpack/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/transmission-gtk.mo /usr/share/man/man1/transmission-gtk.1.gz /usr/share/menu/transmission-gtk /usr/share/pixmaps/transmission.png /usr/share/pixmaps/transmission.xpm /usr/share/transmission/web /usr/share/transmission/web/images /usr/share/transmission/web/index.html /usr/share/transmission/web/javascript /usr/share/transmission/web/stylesheets /usr/share/transmission/web/images/buttons /usr/share/transmission/web/images/favicon.ico /usr/share/transmission/web/images/favicon.png /usr/share/transmission/web/images/graphics /usr/share/transmission/web/images/progress /usr/share/transmission/web/images/webclip-icon.png /usr/share/transmission/web/images/buttons/cancel.png /usr/share/transmission/web/images/buttons/file_priority_buttons.png /usr/share/transmission/web/images/buttons/file_wanted_buttons.png /usr/share/transmission/web/images/buttons/info_activity.png /usr/share/transmission/web/images/buttons/info_files.png /usr/share/transmission/web/images/buttons/info_general.png /usr/share/transmission/web/images/buttons/info_peers.png /usr/share/transmission/web/images/buttons/info_trackers.png /usr/share/transmission/web/images/buttons/tab_backgrounds.png /usr/share/transmission/web/images/buttons/tab_backgrounds_highlight.png /usr/share/transmission/web/images/buttons/toolbar_buttons.png /usr/share/transmission/web/images/buttons/torrent_buttons.png /usr/share/transmission/web/images/graphics/chrome.png /usr/share/transmission/web/images/graphics/filter_bar.png /usr/share/transmission/web/images/graphics/filter_icon.png /usr/share/transmission/web/images/graphics/iphone_chrome.png /usr/share/transmission/web/images/graphics/lock_icon.png /usr/share/transmission/web/images/graphics/logo.png /usr/share/transmission/web/images/graphics/transfer_arrows.png /usr/share/transmission/web/images/graphics/wait20.gif /usr/share/transmission/web/images/progress/progress.png /usr/share/transmission/web/javascript/common.js /usr/share/transmission/web/javascript/dialog.js /usr/share/transmission/web/javascript/formatter.js /usr/share/transmission/web/javascript/jquery /usr/share/transmission/web/javascript/menu.js /usr/share/transmission/web/javascript/torrent.js /usr/share/transmission/web/javascript/transmission.js /usr/share/transmission/web/javascript/transmission.remote.js /usr/share/transmission/web/javascript/jquery/jquery.contextmenu.min.js /usr/share/transmission/web/javascript/jquery/jquery.form.js /usr/share/transmission/web/javascript/jquery/jquery.form.min.js /usr/share/transmission/web/javascript/jquery/jquery.min.js /usr/share/transmission/web/javascript/jquery/jquery.transmenu.min.js /usr/share/transmission/web/javascript/jquery/json.min.js /usr/share/transmission/web/stylesheets/common.css /usr/share/transmission/web/stylesheets/ie6.css /usr/share/transmission/web/stylesheets/ie7.css /usr/share/transmission/web/stylesheets/iphone.css /var/lib/dpkg/info/transmission-common.list /var/lib/dpkg/info/transmission-common.md5sums /var/lib/dpkg/info/transmission-gtk.list /var/lib/dpkg/info/transmission-gtk.md5sums /var/lib/dpkg/info/transmission-gtk.postinst /var/lib/dpkg/info/transmission-gtk.postrm /var/lib/menu-xdg/applications/menu-xdg/X-Debian-Applications-Network-File-Transfer-transmission_bittorrent_client_(gtk).desktop

(There may be some junk in there)

[#4]

The majority of that would be removed with the "apt remove --purge transmission"

[#5]

Thanks for the responses,
If you don't use transmission what if anything do you use in it's place ?
Or for a newbie using Linux what would you recommend using in it's place ?

[#6]

Answered my own question.......... Downloaded Deluge and it works fine !!

[#7]

I would have suggested Deluge, it was my preferred torrent client. Transmission is good for low memory systems IF you can get it working, where as Deluge is a bit of a memory hog (You need 760-1Gb ram to get it running properly)

[#8]

I've never had any problems with transmission.
I have a relatively high memory system though (2GB).