Well, not a noob, more like an idiot 😂 EDIT: Yes, on the same drive as my Home folder, etc. And yes, technically they’re snapshots, not backups.
Well, not a noob, more like an idiot 😂 EDIT: Yes, on the same drive as my Home folder, etc. And yes, technically they’re snapshots, not backups.
we are all noobs in some regard. I’ve been using linux for private and work for 3 years and I don’t know shit about tineshift. linux is such a diverse ecosystem and there’s so many places to make mistakes and learn. It never stops. I fully expect to be bricking my machine on accident well into my 60s
Learning about new things is the best thing about Linux. I keep a folder with screenshots and saved html pages for all the fixes, workarounds and settings I’ve accumulated over the two years I’ve used Linux on my desktop. Highly recommend keeping a similar folder.
Yup.
Every time I fix something difficult I document it in great detail in Obsidian. It’s a good feeling of, ‘‘I’ll never have to be confused by this problem again’’.
I reference it constantly too, so it isn’t a waste of time. The waste of time would be not doing it.
I just edit my configuration.nix and commit it to source control. The commit message is the documentation. If I’m feeling extra generous I’d add a comment
Everytime I stumble upon something it take some quick notes and put “I should start blogging this” on my bucket list. Then immediately forget about the blogging part until I take the next note…
I keep a text file with all useful commands on the desktop and have a alias in terminal to access it quickly via nano. Works very well.
A piece of paper with the nvim shortcuts has saved me many tens of seconds
I have been using Linux for over 20 years and this post is the first time I’ve heard about timeshift. I use Arch, btw.
ironically, arch users are the only users who I’ve heard talking about timeshift because apparently its the best way to roll back after an update breaks sth?
Timeshift plus the package that automatically takes a snapshot on system update is so clutch.
Hmmm… My laptop is an x200s I bought new in 2008 and I still have the original install, I dd’d it to an ssd circa 2014 or so and has been happility running since. I have a desktop from 2018 same story, it never broke it beyond repair.