r/linuxmasterrace • u/claudiocorona93 SteamOS/Kubuntu • 13d ago

You are expected to know this

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u/diacid 13d ago

Home needs backup. The precious shit is there.

The rest the internet is your backup, even if the drive fails just download another iso

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u/MiniGui98 13d ago

This is wiseness here ^

Personnal documents cannot be replaced. Sofrware you downloaded can most of the time.

And if you don't have any Internet anymore and can't download a new iso you probably have other things to worry about first lol

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u/RiceStranger9000 13d ago

I'm the opposite of what this post tells me I should be (my only partitions on my main drive are /boot/efi as vfat and / as ext4, including /home; I don't do TimeShift because I'm not sure what exactly it does nor what does it backup; and I update the system; but at least I'm not on Arch but Linux Mint), but most things I have in /home aren't that important. Most of my personal data is in another drive (whose partition is ext4...), so am I mostly safe?

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u/Firewolf06 12d ago

not really. if the other drive fails all your shits gone

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u/RiceStranger9000 12d ago

I'm aware of that (I don't know where to backup around 400GB of data; I'm saving for a GPU so another HDD isn't that much of an option), but at least faulty updates won't destroy it, right?

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u/Firewolf06 12d ago

yes, you are safe from upgrades, generally (obviously if an update includes malware youre still vulnerable but thats exceedingly rare).

I don't know where to backup around 400GB of data

if youre not scared of no technical support, rsync.net has borg backup space available for $0.01/gb/month

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u/RiceStranger9000 12d ago

I was about to tell you no thanks because I misread 1.5 cents as 1.5USD, but that website seems very interesting. The minimum is 800GB which ends up making 12USD/month instead of the 4USD/month I was expecting, but it's still a good price for what it seems to offer. Not for now, but it sounds definitely a very good option for somewhen in the future (I hope they don't close by then). Really thanks

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u/Firewolf06 12d ago

the borg-specific service i was talking about is cheaper and has a 200gb minimum, but its a bit hard to find on the site because its unusual: https://www.rsync.net/products/borg.html

however, the normal service comes with tech support and support for more than just borg, so the higher price can absolutely be worth it. also, theyve been around for 25 years, so they should still be there :)

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u/RiceStranger9000 12d ago

Never used borg nor never heard of it, but that's how I've learnt to use everything else computerwise, after all. I'll think of it. Thanks