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  1. I wanted to automatically make boot options for snapper snapshots and ended up making these

    https://codeberg.org/grafcube/uki-efi-boot
    https://codeberg.org/grafcube/uki-snapper

    uki-efi-boot automatically scans directories in your esp for efi executables and adds entries to your UEFI boot options while uki-snapper automatically creates boot entries/UKIs for snapper snapshots.

    It has been working flawlessly so far. I use secure boot so I have to configure uki-snapper to build new images for each snapshot so I configured it to generate no more than 2 to fit in my esp. It also only works on arch right now since it depends on mkinitcpio but contributions to expand support are very welcome.

    I hope someone finds these scripts useful
    ​:ChikaHappy:​
    They're available on the AUR as well.

    @[email protected] #linux #uefi #uki #bootloader #btrfs #boot #snapper #opensource

  2. This is pretty cool, would love to see this integrated in a distro. (maybe #NixOS? but it's also very close to what #Snapper does.)
    "When I type ounce nano /etc/samba/smb.conf (I actually alias $EDITOR='ounce --trace $EDITOR'), ounce knows that it's smart and I'm dumb, and it sees that I just edited /etc/samba/smb.conf a few short minutes ago, because it uses seccomp and eBPF to trace all the file open calls my $EDITOR makes, and uses httm to check whether I have any un-snapshot-ed changes. If I do, it takes a snapshot before I edit the file again."
    kimono-koans.github.io/everyth

    cc #linux #zfs #nilfs #btrfs

  3. @[email protected] on root to get / system rollback capabilities. on `/home`. `/home` rollback is based on backups to external storage.

  4. Connection is key for Patriots’ new punter-long snapper pairing

    In its essence, football is a game of connection. Whether it is actual physical connection on the field,…
    #NFL #NewEnglandPatriots #NewEngland #Patriots #connection #Football #for #front-page #is #key #long #New #new-england-patriots-media-transcripts-statements-interviews #new-england-patriots-training-camp #NFLTrainingCamp #pairing #pats #pulpit #punter #snapper
    rawchili.com/nfl/261024/

  5. Turns out that in the latest #MetlinkWGTN price hike, they've fixed the #Snapper penalty fare SNAFU that meant I could save 10% by "forgetting to tag off".

    Bugger

  6. Please recommend something akin to #OpenSuse #Snapper, where #apt-Upgrades are automatically snapshotted, so I can revert an upgrade, or other dangerous system changes for #Debian or #Ubuntu based systems. I only found apt-btrfs-snapshot, but is there something that's available from the get-go?

  7. @opensuse Nice development!
    It is always nice to see my former main #distro work on constant improvement.

    This is the reason why i recommend #opensuse to all #sysadmin :)

    Stability, and the default usage of #btrfs paired with #snapper is always a win.

  8. ​:niko_spin:​ New blog post!

    By following this guide, you will have what is, in my opinion, the optimal setup to daily drive a rolling release distribution, such as Arch Linux.

    If you have any kind of problem after updating your system, you'll be able to boot into a previous snapshot and rollback to it, as if nothing had happened.

    It's basically like time travel for your computer, but better. Because you'll be able to choose what gets rolled back and what doesn't, so that you don't lose any of your recent work.
    I started working on this a while before publishing the previous post. I really hope this is helpful to whoever reads it! ​:kurisuthumbsup:​

    https://zlendy.com/blog/install-arch-linux-with-btrfs-and-snapper

    #blog #techblog #guide #tutorial #linux #archlinux #btrfs #snapper #snapshot

  9. Sehr cool! Gerade auf #distrowatch gelesen, daß das neue #siduction #btrfs in das Bootmenü integriert, wenn man sich dafür entscheidet.
    Das von Suse entwickelte #snapper Tool hat bei deren Tests leider nicht funktioniert.
    Aber so sollte es sein: Rolling Release + Snapshots

    #linux #debian

  10. Kudos to @opensuse and their work on systemd-boot integration!! Just switched from Grub2 with , snapshots and configured following docs (en.opensuse.org/Systemd-boot) and it is working great.

  11. @theDoctor @jontyms Here is the repository: gitlab.com/ds.shell-scripts/ds

    Again, it's not finished yet, so please do not use it on main systems.

    If anyone would like to contribute, you're more than welcome to do so.

  12. I used to the entire disk, just before doing any major upgrades.
    But I guess I don’t need to anymore, thanks to and .

  13. Hmmm 🧐,
    Wouldn’t it be great to have a script that prepares the fresh installation of to use on ?
    I mean to create the recommended to exclude some directories from being taken in snapshots either because they are useless (such as `/opt`, `/var/cache`.. etc) or it’s better to prevent rolling them back to previous state (such as `/var/log`, `/root`.. etc).
    And update the & configs too.
    With some other tweaks.

    I might write one 🤔.

  14. CW: linux, filesystems, copy-on-write snapshots, btrfs, snapper

    I asked about this a while back, and didn't get much in the way of responses, so let me rephrase/elaborate (and please boost if you're so inclined & have followers who are likely to know the answer(s)) —

    I was recently reading about btrfs (a linux filesystem built around maximizing the efficiency of creating copy-on-write snapshots) and snapper (a tool built on top of btrfs to automate snapshot creation & deletion), and I liked what I saw.

    In light of that, I have a couple of questions:

    1. Is there a fundamental problem/deficit with these tools, which I'm missing, and which explains why they don't get any "press"? (Please note, I'm aware that backups-residing-on-the-very-system-being-backed-up is not a viable backup strategy if not supplemented by off-system backup. That's not the kind of deficit I'm talking about.)

    2. Are there simply better versions of the same thing, i.e., these have been superseded and that's why nobody talks about them? (Note that part of what I find charming about the btrfs/snapper combo is that it's very easy to manage. So, for example, ZFS does not "supersede" btrfs/snapper in that particular sense.)

    Anyone have answers / thoughts / comments / corrections / follow-up questions?

    Thanks in advance!

    #linux #filesystem #filesystems #btrfs #snapper #CopyOnWrite #snapshots

  15. My rough estimate is that no more than 10% of passengers on the Kapiti line are using Snapper cards to pay their fare. Most of those who aren’t seem to be using the popular monthly pass, which they would have bought in October to use in November. So, it’s too early to judge the success of Snapper yet.

    It’s going to be a very different story on 1 December. I’m sure there will be big queues at the machines on the platforms to tag on and off.

    #PublicTransport #MetLink #snapper

  16. Anyone got any tips on a #snapper setup with #ionice ?

    I experience some lags, hangs or even worse... is this because of #btrfs quota and not because of snapper activity itself?
  17. Anyone got any tips on a #snapper setup with #ionice ?

    I experience some lags, hangs or even worse... is this because of #btrfs quota and not because of snapper activity itself?