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Niiiii… Btw
Garuda Linux does all of this for you out of the box. The only difference is that their version uses Snapper.
I started using Nixos and never looked back
Back In Time
Use Gentoo!
I have used Arch BTW as my daily driver. I prefer something more stable. So, I have settled of Void LInux BTW. You can keep your "I use Arch BTW" nonsense. You use that phrase too often for my liking. So, I won't be subscribing. I like your content but the way you push Arch doesn't suit me. OH, BTW I use Void Linux if I haven't told you already. This sort of thing stops being funny.
I use Debian btw
What happens if you don't have enough disk space to a create a 4GB snapshot each time you install/update a package?
Just rewind to the checkpoint or snapshot that was created before doing the risky work. Gosh. Run Tieshift on btrfs and make hourly snapshots. Hell be fine, because he did these things. Other people who don't know will be πππ crying.
Now after watching this video I have to wait until my system break after the update and I'll be wondering why I didn't do this thing right after watching it XD. Thanks nerd.
That was excellent, thank you.
Does booting from a snapshot, restore the snapshot, so that the next time you reboot you can accept the grub default menu item?
Bro PLEASE make a btrfs tuto for arch I don't understand it π’
Imagine, I use Debian stable with btrfs format and timeshift. I can go back 20 different snaps during boot. After so many failures with many distros, I have settled with the Debian. I love all the distros of GNU/Linux but the Debian is the one for me.
god damn you just amazing AF thx for the useful info
this is great, tanks mate!
Bro summoned the whole Nix cult with just 5 words damn
arch and gnome = most underrated system – all aspects of cool prety stuff like osx etc but cooler – great with a iwm or something for zen like work environment! rate it !
I broke arch btw
Wow, I was also recently playing with grub-btrfs in my fedora. Helpful video.
Nix army incoming…
Why would i schedule a daily snapshot if ive hooked up the 'take snapshot before update'? The only time ive ever broken my install was after an update. Also i used to update daily.
Why not just set up a crontab for checking for new snapshots and updating GRUB?
The easiest way to do this is if the timeshift –check command returns true in a root crontab, also update the grub-btrfs snapshot registry. No need for an additional service or some seedy package that's able to view the file system.
Better Tree File System, but Baterfs works too π
the solution to avoid breaking arch is to use NixOS btw.
Lots of people have already mentioned it, but last year I switched to NixOS after having broke my Arch install for the last time. There's a learning curve, it's quite different from any other Linux distro, but the benefits are absolutely worth it. And you can use it like a rolling release when you want the latest packages, or pin packages to specific versions when you want, you are in complete control.
Arch is supposed to break.
Interestingly, OpenSUSE implements this configuration perfectly when you select a BTRFS installation.
Great, thanks
I have a luks_lvm encrypted partition. I guess this is my next project to get working…
Casper Forge
Come to openSUSE π«‘ π¦
Arch Linux is an RPG.
You bite the bullet and install it, despite your friends warning you that it's going to eat SO MUCH of your free time.
Your girlfriend is confused by it, but she's glad you're enjoying yourself…at least when you're not yelling at the screen.
Character creation is insane. You spend your first day customizing and don't actually do anything productive.
Your coworkers are tired of you talking about it. They run Ubuntu. Casuals.
Your boss is tired of losing productivity hours to it.
And, periodically, you fight a big boss called "Oh shoot, this update did something bad, I should have paid attention". Pretty sure that's a callback to a world boss in Guild Wars 2, but I could be wrong.
You have a fantastic way of making something sound super exciting lol. Great video!
Exactly the reason why i just install Garuda since it has BTRFS and grub snapshots out of the box..snapshots with Arch is must for me, just in case something weird happens.
I usually only update on the frist of the month as well.
Time to install nixos
Hey I broke mine to, about a 1000 times.
π€Former Arch user here. Arch is super cool, but NixOS let's me be a mad scientist in a safe environment with Btrf and rollobacks out the box. Oddly enough the only Linux distro I ever broke was…wait for it…Debian stable.
Finally I won't need to carry archiso usb everywhere
The more control you have – the easier it's to step on your own tail. That's especially true with Arch.
I actually prefer Yabsnap, its much simpler and better than any other alternative.
Dude reinvented NixOS.
You just summoned nix army
Why not just not do a partial upgrade…?
Great share! More people need to use btrfs. Been having this setup for years and it has saved my ass many times. Snapper with snapper-gui is a great tool as well, think the dev of timeshift stopped updating it. Fyi, root on btrfs works on most distros.