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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by darcy to c/[email protected]
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edit: for anyone curious, the problem was Xorg wasnt loading or something (stuck on systemd 'graphical interface target reached' with no graphical interface). because of a typo in a config file.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago

Surprising to me so I must do some things right :

  • dedicated /home partition
  • OS on SSD, new OS on fast USB stick
  • backup on another physical disk of important data (usually a subset of /home )
  • other partition for OS testing
  • other working device for instructions and search online (mobile phone is usually enough)
  • documented setup for complex tools, e.g /home/Prototypes where you might have container setups, e.g docker-compose.yml

Usually if you have this in place its a matter of hour, at most. Sure in 1h you will not have ALL the apps you need perfectly configured but, for me at least, enough to feel at "home" again. It's usually about having ~/.bashrc or ~/.tridactilrc in place but if you do have /home on another partition, it's basically "free".