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.

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    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.

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      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.

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        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

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      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…

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      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.