Wexit? Windexit?

Being able to boot into previous snapshots from the boot menu sounds ideal, and I’ve seen a lot of mentions of CachyOS lately, so maybe I’ll check it out next time I do a fresh install. Thanks for the tip!

In your case, how do you roll back? Do you just reboot and select the previous image from the grub menu or do you do something manually and then reboot?

Regarding the specific btrfs subvolume setup and grub/systemd-boot integration, are you talking about how some distros show the btrfs snapshots on the boot menu? Or something else?

When you want to go back, do you just reboot and select the previous snapshot on the boot menu, or do you restore the snapshot manually and then reboot?

Thanks for the tip on storing the kernels on the btrfs partition. I found a video tutorial for installing Arch w/ btrfs snapshots in which the guy demonstrates this approach, except that he sets the mount point to just /efi instead of /boot/efi.

I’d heard of Framework, Tuxedo, and system76, but not the others. Thanks for the pointers!

I just meant like if Joplin ever stopped working or vanished overnight. I know it might seem like a contrived scenario, but I’ve always been a little skittish about apps that don’t store files in plain text in case I want/need to use a different editor. Sounds like that hasn’t been an issue for you, though, which is cool.

I see Logseq recommended a lot, but does it still try to force you to use bullet lists only?

Do you ever regret that Joplin does not store notes in plain text? (meaning you couldn’t edit your notes in a plain text editor if you wanted to)

I’m running Linux Mint Cinnamon (X11) on a laptop w/ Tiger VNC Server, and I’m connecting to it from another laptop running Fedora Silverblue w/ Gnome (Wayland).

Does ssh mean command line only or is there such a thing as graphical remote desktop sharing over ssh?

I’m looking for a graphical remote desktop experience.

EDIT: I may have answered my own question. With some searching, I stumbled upon this guide for remote desktop sharing by establishing a VNC session through an SSH tunnel. In the guide, the author uses TigerVNC. I’ll have to explore this some more when I have time later on.

Thanks for the tip. I’ve installed TigerVNC server on the host machine and connected to it from another laptop. Now my problem is that when I connect, it takes me to a clean session instead of showing me the existing session. A quick internet search and I stumbled upon x0vncserver, but no instructions how to install it. Or is it already installed? When I issue x0vncserver on the host, I get x0vncserver: command not found. Any tips on what I should try or search next?

I’m not following. I understand how Gas Buddy works (crowd sourced data entry), but how does that preclude free and open source software? For example, look at OpenStreetMap, open license database w/ a whole ecosystem of free and open source apps built around it.

Thanks for the tip about JetKVM. Does the JetKVM device itself require an ethernet connection to the router or can it connect over wifi? (from what I can tell, it’s the former)

Thanks for confirming. Your understanding is correct, I just want a way to grab some “clean” screenshots or videos of the laptop while it’s in boot or BIOS parts of the system. I have a video capture card in my “cart” but thought I’d put this out there to the lemmyverse before I smash that “Buy” button.

EDIT: I ordered this video capture card, we’ll see how it goes!

Clown take. This comment would make a lot more sense if the original post were made by some cry baby throwing a tantrum after getting spawn camped; however, in this case, the original post is spreading the word about how and where a product’s dev team can be reached going forward (and how/where they cannot be reached anymore). We very much need these kinds of announcements.

Extremely. I’ve tried KDE flavors of various distros and one thing that trips me up every single time is the workflow for connecting to my hidden WiFi network. On Gnome and Cinnamon I can do this in a few clicks from the network icon in the task bar. On KDE I always have to spend several minutes fumbling my way around the network settings before I can start using it. Every. Single. Time. I don’t know why, it’s like my brain just works a certain way and because this is such an early and crucial step in setting up a fresh install, I’ve never been able to stick w/ KDE despite all the rave reviews it receives in these types of posts.

Did you run into any issues setting up dropbear or did you get it working on the first try?

I’m attempting to follow the same guide that you linked to, the only difference being that I haven’t configured a static IP (I don’t think this step is required). Every other instruction, I believe I’ve followed to the letter (for the new version).

Where I’m stuck is after copying the client’s public key to the server, updating initrd, rebooting, waiting for the disk encryption prompt, and issuing ping <server-ip> on the client (replacing <server-ip> and <port-number> with the actual IP and port number):

myuser@client:~$ ping <server-ip>
PING <server-ip> (<server-ip>) 56(84) bytes of data.
From <server-ip> icmp_seq=10 Destination Host Unreachable
From <server-ip> icmp_seq=11 Destination Host Unreachable

Unsurprisingly, I’m unable to ssh in from the client:

myuser@client:~$ ssh -i ~/.ssh/dropbear -p <port-number> -o "HostKeyAlgorithms ssh-rsa" root@<server-ip>
ssh: connect to host <server-ip> port <port-number>: No route to host

Since the server is a laptop, I can physically enter the decryption key on the server itself, and then go back to the client and ping the server successfully.

I have not attempted the steps described on the Debian wiki (networking setup or converting the public keys to PEM). Should I add IP=:::::eth0:dhcp to initramfs.conf? Any pointers on what I should check?

EDIT: I’m attempting all of this over wifi, in case that matters (I have a feeling it matters, but I’m not sure what I’m supposed to do differently).

EDIT 2: I found a guide from 2017 by Marc Fargas (Enable Wireless networks in Debian Initramfs). Also found this thread from 2021 on StackExchange (How can I enable wireless for a dropbear-initramfs), wherein somebody links to this GH gist (Sample files to enable wireless on Debian initramfs ). I’ll attempt to follow these guides and report back.

One of the great things about Linux is that if the user is still undecided after reading the paragraphs and looking at the screenshots, they can boot into the live environments and see for themselves which one is right for them.