This is your annual reminder to do a snapshot (timeshift or whatever you prefer) before doing relatively minor changes to your system.

I was supposed to be in bed now, but instead I am stuck troubleshooting xorg refusing to start after an apt-get dist-upgrade.

And as far as friendly reminders go, I should’ve given myself an unfriendly reminder beforehand, as it’s not the first time…

UPDATE: Fuck nvidia 545. All my homies hate nvidia 545. 535 4 lyf!

  • antsu@lemmy.wtf
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    1 year ago

    Timeshift with BTRFS kicks ass. I have mine set for daily snapshots, retained for a week. Only the changes between snapshots are stored, so the extra disk usage is minimal, and easily justified by the peace of mind in case of fuck-ups or broken updates.

  • Stillhart@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Linux noobie here. Any tips on what to search for for instructions on how to do this? Bonus points if it has a GUI and is easy to use.

    • neidu2@feddit.nlOP
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      1 year ago

      Timeshift. It has an easy to understand GUI that doesn’t really need much of an intro: You create snapshots of your system files and configs that can be restored if/when you bungle it up.

      • cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Timeshift works best if you use BTRFS for your root partition because snapshots can be taken instantly. I have mine setup to automatically take a snapshot every day.

  • minimalfootprint@discuss.tchncs.de
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    1 year ago

    Neat little guide (Arch, systemd) to set up automatic snapshots when you run a pacman/yay update and the option to chose snapshots in grub during startup. Really useful.

  • imnapr@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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    1 year ago

    The nvidia 545 drivers are an absolute dumpster fire. Even for beta drivers they are easily the worst drivers I’ve ever used. They claim to fix the vrr gsync bug tho… so as soon as they fix gestures broadly everything else, maybe they’ll be good

  • fl42v@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    BTW, nixos allows you to easily roll back to a previous generation on boot in case an update breaks something.

    Just sayin’ 😁

    • Southern Wolf@pawb.social
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      1 year ago

      Unfortunately for those of us that use Cuda features, AMD just really isn’t that viable of an alternative. Anyone who’s had to deal with ROCM can attest to this…

    • driveway@lemmy.zip
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      1 year ago

      As soon as AMD is competitive in price/performance in my region. I won’t give them money just becauae they have open source drivers.

      • ReallyZen@lemmy.ml
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        1 year ago

        Which you should absolutely do even if you snapshot the eff out of your system. What about hardware failure, eh? Can’t snap that nvidia shit can you?