Hello again, Pierre Neidhardt <m...@ambrevar.xyz> writes:
> Hi Maxim! > >> I've used a full backup to migrate from hard drives in the past; it's >> actually faster to sync drives than fetch packages off the internet, and >> my system is exactly in the same *state* as it was left (including those >> bookmarks in Icecat, those cached emails, etc.). >> >> Keep in mind that multiple subvolumes can be used to hold your 'home' or >> other data partitons, making these individually easy to snapshot and >> backup. > > I personally prefer to restore the home data (bookmarks, emails...) in a > functional, declarative manner (for now via scripts, later maybe via > Shepherd user services if I find time / money to work on this). It's > more work, but if we get user services we could factor this work so that > everyone benefits from it. I agree with you, that declarative is nice; but it's still no substitute for a backup IMO. I'm already using a private git + GNU Stow to deploy my dot files, and have been meaning to try the Guix Home Manager [0] Guix extension (via a channel) by Julien Lepiller. [0] https://framagit.org/tyreunom/guix-home-manager Maxim
