Just go BTRFS and get it over with. Snapshots are a game changer and I'm never going back.
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Can't do btrfs on this laptop. Nvme is a bitch. I had an issue where the laptop wakes up to a black screen every time I open the lid.
Oh, is that what it is? I had no end of problems with my laptop display not waking from sleep and failing to boot when I was using btrfs, but I assumed it being caused by something else.
Is that an NVME specific problem?
I believe so. I have read so much shit and yes nvme and btrfs don't like each other. Some people say because of timeshift, some say because of swap file. I just removed btrfs and used ext4 and end it all. Now no issues
I use timeshift, on Arch and a Debian setup . It's simple to set up, I do a automatic snapshot once a day, so if something breaks, just boot into tty and restore the previous day's snapshot, takes about five minutes. Not sure why you say ext4 doesn't work as it does. Haven't tried the other programs that you talked about
Won't they all furfil your requirements?
That's why I'm asking here. I don't know if the others do the same as timeshift where they can restore the computer to a working state
I've only used timeshift and I think it's pretty good.
I can just say I use borg (what Pika and Vorta apps use) and it works well for me. I only backup user files though.