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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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This is your annual reminder to do a snapshot (timeshift or whatever you prefer) before doing relatively minor changes to your system.

I was supposed to be in bed now, but instead I am stuck troubleshooting xorg refusing to start after an apt-get dist-upgrade.

And as far as friendly reminders go, I should've given myself an unfriendly reminder beforehand, as it's not the first time....

UPDATE: Fuck nvidia 545. All my homies hate nvidia 545. 535 4 lyf!

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

The nvidia 545 drivers are an absolute dumpster fire. Even for beta drivers they are easily the worst drivers I've ever used. They claim to fix the vrr gsync bug tho... so as soon as they fix gestures broadly everything else, maybe they'll be good

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Neat little guide (Arch, systemd) to set up automatic snapshots when you run a pacman/yay update and the option to chose snapshots in grub during startup. Really useful.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (26 children)

I'm on 545 and I have no issues. But I'm also not using Ubuntu...

Maybe it's the distro that's the problem not the backup. I mean I'd rather have a distro with smooth updates than one that makes me need snapshots.

What's even the point with such a distro, ok so I restore previous working state, then what, I can't do updates anymore? Living in fear of official updates sounds terrible.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

nvidia drivers have often done weird shit to my system. so, I would probably also lean towards amd in the future.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Yeah that's why I use Nvidia, because AMD drivers are super stable.

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