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Linux, of course, being noted for its simple configuration
by overgard 7y ago
Linux, of course, being noted for its simple configuration
- cm2187 7y agoI remember reading on HN that pros always store their data on a different linux partition so they can reinstall from scratch easily if they end up borking the OS.
- pessimizer 7y agoI don't know about pros, but I do that. Sometimes you don't want to waste time figuring it out, and you were thinking about upgrading or switching distros anyway.
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- hyayz 7y agoI like btrfs. It's made subvolumes (/ and /home) and snapshots (which I religiously take before any major updates) ridiculously easy.
- rkeene2 7y agoYou might really enjoy Solaris's boot environments, then ;-)
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 7y agoI think the point though was, "Why are people doing this if reinstalling the OS so so much less a thing in Linux land?"
- pizza234 7y agoYes, one can quite simply nuke the root partition, reinstall the system on it, and if they choose the same location for the user home, they'll also find the old user configurations ready. User configurations are only half of the total (with the method above, the system configurations are lost), however, it's considerably less work to do. This doesn't only apply to system corruption scenarios - upgrades also can use the same workflow (of course, the compatibility of the configuration files with new package versions is a separate matter).
- kache_ 7y agoThis is true, I backups for all my stuff and have scripts that auto configures my system according to my backed up configs.