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  • elementary OS: Things to do after installation (Apps, Settings, and Tweaks)

    In the following I will go through my post installation steps on elementary OS, i.e. which settings I choose and which apps I install and use.

  • elementary OS 6.1 Jólnir: installation guide with btrfs, luks encryption and auto snapshots with timeshift

    In this guide I will walk you through the installation steps to get an elementary OS 6.1 Jólnir system with a luks-encrypted partition which contains a LVM logical volume for the root filesystem that is formatted with btrfs and contains a subvolume @ for / and a subvolume @home for /home. I will show how to optimize the btrfs mount options and how to setup an encrypted swap partition which works with hibernation. This layout enables one to use timeshift which will regularly take snapshots of the system and (optionally) on any apt operation.

  • Pop!_OS 22.04: installation guide with btrfs, luks encryption and auto snapshots with timeshift

    In this guide I will walk you through the installation procedure to get a Pop!_OS 22.04 system with a luks-encrypted partition which contains a LVM with a logical volume for the root filesystem that is formatted with btrfs and contains a subvolume @ for / and a subvolume @home for /home. I will show how to optimize the btrfs mount options and how to setup an encrypted swap partition which works with hibernation. This layout enables one to use timeshift which will regularly take snapshots of the system and (optionally) on any apt operation. The recovery system of Pop!_OS is also installed to the disk and accessible via the systemd bootloader.

  • Pop!_OS: Things to do after installation (Apps, Settings, and Tweaks)

    In the following I will go through my post installation steps on Pop!_OS, i.e. which settings I choose and which apps I install and use.

  • Fedora Workstation: Things to do after installation (Apps, Settings, and Tweaks)

    In the following I will go through my post installation steps on Fedora, i.e. which settings I choose and which apps I install and use.

  • Fedora Workstation 35 with automatic btrfs snapshots and backups using BTRBK

    In this guide I will show how to install Fedora 35 with automatic system snapshots and backups using BTRBK which will regularly take (almost instant) btrfs snapshots of the system and send/receive these to a backup disk given a chosen retention policy.

  • DRAFT: Pop!_OS 21.10: installation guide with btrfs-LVM-luks and auto snapshots with BTRBK

    In this guide I will walk you through the installation procedure to get a Pop!_OS 21.10 system with a luks-encrypted partition which contains a LVM with a logical volume for the root filesystem that is formatted with btrfs and contains a subvolume @ for / and a subvolume @home for /home. I will show how to optimize the btrfs mount options and how to setup an encrypted swap partition which works with hibernation. This layout enables one to use BTRBK which will regularly take snapshots of the system and optionally on any apt operation. The recovery system of Pop!_OS is also installed to the disk and accessible via the systemd bootloader.

  • Pop!_OS 21.04: installation guide with btrfs-LVM-luks and auto-apt snapshots with Timeshift

    In this guide I will walk you through the installation procedure to get a Pop!_OS 21.04 system with a luks-encrypted partition which contains a LVM with a logical volume for the root filesystem that is formatted with btrfs and contains a subvolume @ for / and a subvolume @home for /home. I will show how to optimize the btrfs mount options and how to setup an encrypted swap partition which works with hibernation. This layout enables one to use Timeshift and timeshift-autosnap-apt which will regularly take snapshots of the system and particularly on any apt operation. The recovery system of Pop!_OS is also installed to the disk and accessible via the systemd bootloader.

  • Ubuntu Server Raspberry Pi: Things to do after installation (Apps, Settings, and Tweaks)

    In the following I will go through my post installation steps, i.e. which settings I choose and which apps and containers I install and use on my Raspberry Pi 4 (4 GB)

  • Ubuntu Server 20.10 on Raspberry Pi 4: installation guide with USB Boot (no SD card) and full disk encryption (excluding /boot) using btrfs-inside-luks and auto-apt snapshots with Timeshift

    In this guide I will walk you through the installation procedure to get an Ubuntu 20.10 system with a luks-encrypted partition for the root filesystem (excluding /boot) formatted with btrfs that contains a subvolume @ for / and a subvolume @home for /home running on a Raspberry Pi 4. The system is installed to an external bootable USB drive so no SD card is required. I will show how to optimize the btrfs mount options and how to get a headless server, i.e. remotely unlock the luks partition using Dropbear which enables one to use SSH to decrypt the luks-encrypted partitions after a reboot. This layout enables one to use Timeshift and timeshift-autosnap-apt which will regularly take snapshots of the system and particularly on any apt operation.

  • Fedora Workstation 33: installation guide with btrfs-luks full disk encryption (optionally including /boot) and auto snapshots with Timeshift

    In this guide I will walk you through the installation procedure to get a Fedora workstation 33 system with a luks-encrypted partition for the root filesystem (optionally including /boot) formatted with btrfs that contains (renamed) subvolumes @ and @home for / and /home, respectively. I will show how to optimize the btrfs mount options and, in case /boot is on the encrypted partition, how to add a key-file to type the luks passphrase only once for GRUB. This layout enables one to use Timeshift which will regularly take snapshots of the system. Moreover, using grub-btrfs all snapshots can be accessed and booted into from the GRUB menu.

  • Why I (still) like btrfs

    My personal experiences and notes on the btrfs filesystem.

  • Ubuntu Desktop 20.04: installation guide with btrfs-luks-RAID1 full disk encryption including /boot and auto-apt snapshots with Timeshift

    In this guide I will walk you through the installation procedure to get an Ubuntu 20.04 system with a luks-encrypted partition for the root filesystem (including /boot) formatted with btrfs that contains a subvolume @ for / and a subvolume @home for /home. The system is set up in a RAID1 managed by the btrfs filesystem. I will show how to optimize the btrfs mount options and how to add key-files to type the luks passphrase only once for each disk for GRUB. I will also cover how to setup encrypted swap partitions. This layout enables one to use Timeshift and timeshift-autosnap-apt which will regularly take snapshots of the system and particularly on any apt operation. Moreover, using grub-btrfs all snapshots can be accessed and booted into from the GRUB menu. Due to the RAID1 managed by btrfs you get redundancy of your data.

  • Ubuntu Desktop 20.04: installation guide with btrfs-luks full disk encryption including /boot and auto-apt snapshots with Timeshift

    In this guide I will walk you through the installation procedure to get an Ubuntu 20.04 system with a luks-encrypted partition for the root filesystem (including /boot) formatted with btrfs that contains a subvolume @ for / and a subvolume @home for /home. I will show how to optimize the btrfs mount options and how to add a key-file to type the luks passphrase only once for GRUB. I will also cover how to setup an encrypted swap partition or swapfile. This layout enables one to use Timeshift and timeshift-autosnap-apt which will regularly take snapshots of the system and particularly on any apt operation. Moreover, using grub-btrfs all snapshots can be accessed and booted into from the GRUB menu.

  • Ubuntu Desktop: Things to do after installation (Apps, Settings, and Tweaks)

    In the following I will go through my post installation steps on Ubuntu, i.e. which settings I choose and which apps I install and use.

  • Pop!_OS 20.04: installation guide with btrfs-LVM-luks-RAID1 and auto-apt snapshots with Timeshift

    In this guide I will walk you through the installation procedure to get a Pop!_OS 20.04 system with a luks-encrypted partition which contains a LVM with a logical volume for the root filesystem that is formatted with btrfs and contains a subvolume @ for / and a subvolume @home for /home. The system is set up in a RAID1 managed by the btrfs filesystem. I will show how to optimize the btrfs mount options and how to setup encrypted swap partitions which work with hibernation. This layout enables one to use Timeshift and timeshift-autosnap-apt which will regularly take snapshots of the system and particularly on any apt operation. The recovery system of Pop!_OS is also installed to both disks and accessible via the systemd bootloaders. Due to the RAID1 managed by btrfs you get redundancy of your data.

  • Pop!_OS 20.04: installation guide with btrfs-LVM-luks and auto-apt snapshots with Timeshift

    In this guide I will walk you through the installation procedure to get a Pop!_OS 20.04 system with a luks-encrypted partition which contains a LVM with a logical volume for the root filesystem that is formatted with btrfs and contains a subvolume @ for / and a subvolume @home for /home. I will show how to optimize the btrfs mount options and how to setup an encrypted swapfile. This layout enables one to use Timeshift and timeshift-autosnap-apt which will regularly take snapshots of the system and particularly on any apt operation. The recovery system of Pop!_OS is also installed to the disk and accessible via the systemd bootloader.

  • Timeshift

    My personal experience and projects regarding Timeshift.

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Last updated on Jun 17, 2022