• d3Xt3r@lemmy.nz
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    1 year ago

    Assuming you’re using btrfs, just use snapshots. You can also make use of Snapper to automate the whole thing, including setting up hooks for pacman so that it automatically takes a snapshot before an update.

    And for portability/reproducibility of your OS config, just backup your dotfiles:

    rsync -avh --exclude={'.local/share/Trash','.Trash-1000','.cache','/[^.]*'} ~/ /mnt/backupfolder/ --delete
    

    and package list.

    And for your personal documents, just use your favorite own/cloud service provider’s tool.