From: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>
To: Pierre Neidhardt <mail@ambrevar.xyz>
Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: btrfs and Guix features [was: gnu: next: Compress the executable.]
Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2019 21:58:29 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87zhiaptmi.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87muebk7g6.fsf@ambrevar.xyz> (Pierre Neidhardt's message of "Tue, 08 Oct 2019 09:44:09 +0200")
Hello again,
Pierre Neidhardt <mail@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
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[not found] ` <20190905095603.AC57A209A5@vcs0.savannah.gnu.org>
2019-09-05 12:31 ` 02/02: gnu: next: Compress the executable Ricardo Wurmus
2019-09-05 12:51 ` Pierre Neidhardt
2019-09-08 21:19 ` Ludovic Courtès
2019-09-09 8:06 ` Pierre Neidhardt
2019-09-10 12:51 ` Pierre Neidhardt
2019-09-11 20:37 ` Ludovic Courtès
2019-09-12 9:49 ` Pierre Neidhardt
2019-09-16 15:56 ` Ludovic Courtès
2019-09-16 17:46 ` Pierre Neidhardt
2019-09-27 14:35 ` Pierre Neidhardt
2019-09-28 21:02 ` Ludovic Courtès
2019-09-29 7:59 ` Pierre Neidhardt
2019-09-29 13:24 ` Maxim Cournoyer
2019-09-29 13:43 ` Pierre Neidhardt
2019-10-02 7:53 ` Efraim Flashner
2019-10-02 13:27 ` Pierre Neidhardt
2019-10-02 15:01 ` Maxim Cournoyer
2019-10-02 15:20 ` Pierre Neidhardt
2019-10-02 15:59 ` btrfs and Guix features [was: gnu: next: Compress the executable.] Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
2019-10-02 16:31 ` Pierre Neidhardt
2019-10-02 17:48 ` Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
2019-10-02 18:59 ` Pierre Neidhardt
2019-10-08 4:41 ` Maxim Cournoyer
2019-10-08 7:44 ` Pierre Neidhardt
2019-10-09 1:58 ` Maxim Cournoyer [this message]
2019-10-03 7:09 ` 02/02: gnu: next: Compress the executable Efraim Flashner
2019-10-03 18:28 ` Bengt Richter
2019-10-04 8:08 ` Pierre Neidhardt
2019-10-08 7:05 ` Maxim Cournoyer
2019-10-08 7:48 ` Pierre Neidhardt
2019-10-09 1:50 ` Maxim Cournoyer
2019-10-09 8:05 ` Pierre Neidhardt
2020-02-27 15:38 ` Maxim Cournoyer
2020-02-27 15:48 ` Pierre Neidhardt
2020-03-03 5:14 ` Maxim Cournoyer
2020-03-03 9:43 ` Pierre Neidhardt
2020-03-11 2:09 ` Maxim Cournoyer
2020-03-26 8:38 ` Pierre Neidhardt
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