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Best backup for Linux? (feddit.dk)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/foss@beehaw.org
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I am using duplicati and thinking of switching to Borg. What do you use and why?

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[–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

I use NixOS so all my system configuration is already saved in my NixOS configs, which I save on GitHub. For dotfiles that aren't managed by NixOS I use syncthing to sync them between my devices, but no real backup cause I can just remake them if I need to, and things like my Neovim and VSCode configs are managed by my NixOS configs so they're backed up as well.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    You can take this to the extreme too by erasing your root partition each boot: https://grahamc.com/blog/erase-your-darlings/

    Using that method you isolate all important state on the system for backup with zfs send.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago

    Yeah I have a full impermanence setup using tmpfs, which is really nice. I did it like on the NixOS wiki and it's been helpful for organize my dotfiles and keeping track of all the random stuff that programs put everywhere. I actually have all my stuff in a separate /stuff folder kinda by accident so my /home only has dotfiles and things like that.

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