β² 40 βΌ In my earlier days of running Linux (lemmy.world) submitted 3 years ago by kinther@lemmy.world to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world 15 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[β] PCChipsM922U@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) BTRFS is your friend guys and gals βΊοΈ. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] TwiddleTwaddle@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child) I switched to BTRFS recently, but found myself even more fucked when my system stopped working suddenly and I didn't know how to fix it without reformatting and installing grub again. Actually lost even more than I would have otherwise just because I wasn't knowledgeable enough to get any form of recovery to work. That first EndeavourOS install didn't last 2 months sadly. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] PCChipsM922U@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 years ago Yep, everyone goes through that the first 2 or 3 installs, until you learn how CoW FSes work. It's not like anything else and it takes a while to master it, but once you learn how to use it, you don't reinstall ever again, just roll back snapshots π. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] TwiddleTwaddle@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child) I switched to BTRFS recently, but found myself even more fucked when my system stopped working suddenly and I didn't know how to fix it without reformatting and installing grub again. Actually lost even more than I would have otherwise just because I wasn't knowledgeable enough to get any form of recovery to work. That first EndeavourOS install didn't last 2 months sadly. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] PCChipsM922U@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 years ago Yep, everyone goes through that the first 2 or 3 installs, until you learn how CoW FSes work. It's not like anything else and it takes a while to master it, but once you learn how to use it, you don't reinstall ever again, just roll back snapshots π. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] PCChipsM922U@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 years ago Yep, everyone goes through that the first 2 or 3 installs, until you learn how CoW FSes work. It's not like anything else and it takes a while to master it, but once you learn how to use it, you don't reinstall ever again, just roll back snapshots π. permalink fedilink source parent
