On Sat, 11 Jul 2020 at 18:05, Neal Becker <ndbeck...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I think if we really want to advocate for btrfs, we also should provide > the > tools to take full advantage of it. I've been using btrfs since it was > offered as an option on Fedora. On Ubuntu, there is a tool "snapper" to > help manage snapshots. Unfortunately I didn't manage to get this setup on > Fedora. A tool like this would really enhance the btrfs experience, I > believe. > > It's been a while, but I think the reason I didn't get snapper running on > my > system is that the arrangement of btrfs subvolumes didn't match the > default > ubuntu used. I have 2 subvolumes, 1 for root and 1 for home. > I think it's a great idea and if it's possible to adapt Ubuntu's snapper or OpenSUSE's solution (afaik, they have it as a feature within YaST2 and snapshots are taken prior to each update). that would make our lives easier. A 1-click GNOME3 integration (through Files, for instance?) would be the icing on the cake. > > A primary use of snapshots would be to snapshot just before system update, > so update could easily be rolled back. This could also be helpful for > large > updates within the user directory, for example, using pip to update > packages. > As mentioned above, the way OpenSUSE does it. However, I agree that snapshots are more useful when taken intentionally. On updates, a single automatic corrupted snapshot can potentially hose the entire snapshotted volume. Also, if your system is almost broken after the change, no snapshot will help. Best, Andy
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