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Large home desktop, cheap replaceable linux laptop is the perfect combo. I've saved so much money over the years by swapping out desktop parts and using a beat-
by q_andrew 4y ago
Large home desktop, cheap replaceable linux laptop is the perfect combo. I've saved so much money over the years by swapping out desktop parts and using a beat-up thinkpad for off-location work. Every once in a while I'm missing a newer display port, but overall it's a great system.
- nicolaslem 4y agoHow do you keep the laptop in sync with the desktop?
- 5e92cb50239222b 4y agoI just rsync the root partition from time to time, ignoring /efi and /etc/fstab. Although this (obviously) only works in one direction, but that's enough for my use case.
- q_andrew 4y agoI don't, but the things that I do are modular enough that I can make parts separately and plug them in when I come back.
- WhatIsDukkha 4y agoNot OP but - wireguard to git host of choice git-annex is an awesome thing and much more useable then any of the normal sync services across the board (once you understand what it can do). ansible to make all the hosts consistent configuration wise
- hddherman 4y agoSyncthing has worked fairly well for this. It has some caveats, and I don't recommend syncing anything other than some specific directories in your home folder to avoid conflicts with syncing config and cache folders. What I synced: ~/files (contains all my projects, cat pictures etc.) ~/ide (contains just the IDE installation and other apps) ~/.ssh
- smoldesu 4y agoAbsolutely, +1 for Syncthing. I use it for pretty much all of my devices at this point, and it's maybe failed me... once over nearly 12 months of daily usage? For not having a centralized sync server, it works so much better than it has any right to.