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!

    • driveway@lemmy.zip
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      6 months 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.

    • Southern Wolf@pawb.social
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      6 months 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…

  • danielfgom@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Definitely. I use Timeshift on Linux Mint Debian Edition and set it to take weekly snapshots. Saved my bacon about 2 weeks ago when a kernel update borked my system.

  • fl42v@lemmy.ml
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    6 months ago

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

    Just sayin’ 😁

  • Stillhart@lemm.ee
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    6 months 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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      6 months 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.

    • JJLinux@lemmy.ml
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      6 months ago

      As long as your file system is on BTRFS, timeshift is, I O, the easiest backup app for Linux, specially if you’re just getting your feet wet in it.

      • dan@upvote.au
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        6 months ago

        Why does Timeshift only support btrfs? Is it just a lack of developers? LVM supports snapshots too, even if you’re just using ext4. ZFS supports snapshots too.