Looking for a distribution that I could replicate from one computer to another
Hi everyone,
I’ve been a happy user of Fedora Workstation since Fedora 36 on my Surface Go 1.
I really enjoy Gnome and everything is set up the way I want to.
Since I was really happy with my setup I just wanted to be able to replicate it easily through Clonezilla so that I could port it on any future computer I’d get.
Sadly, even with the help of really helpful and knowledgeable users on Lemmy, it hasn’t worked (sh.itjust.works/post/25963065).
So now I’m left wondering if there could be a distribution that I’d enjoy and which would be easy to deploy on another computer as I’d hate to have to configure everything on every computer I’d get.
I love Gnome but I wouldn’t be against trying something else if necessary.
What distribution could meet my needs?
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The Houthis are just fulfilling their international obligation:
The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (CPPCG), or the Genocide Convention, is an international treaty that criminalizes genocide and obligates state parties to pursue the enforcement of its prohibition.
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Running ‘Doom’ on E. coli cells… very, very slowly
Running ‘Doom’ on E. coli cells… very, very slowly | Popular Science
It would take nearly 600 years to finish playing this MIT student's iteration of the classic video game.Andrew Paul (Popular Science)
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still didnt answer the question at heart:
can the duck run (or at least display) doom?
Amid ongoing protests by ex-Pakistan PM Imran Khan’s party, mobile services remain suspended in Rawalpindi, Islamabad for third day
Amid ongoing protests by ex-Pakistan PM Imran Khan’s party, mobile services remain suspended in Rawalpindi, Islamabad for third day
Mobile services remain suspended in Rawalpindi and Islamabad for third day amid PTI protest, road closures, and increased security measures also reported.The Hindu
This Week in KDE Apps: Marble gets an update, KDE Connect gets a speed boost, and Kate gets all fluttery
Welcome to a new issue of “This Week in KDE Apps”! In case you missed it, we announced this series a few weeks ago, and our goal is to cover as much as possible of what's happening in the world of KDE apps and supplement Nate's This Week in Plasma published yesterday.
This week we had new releases of Tellico and Krita. We are also covering news regarding KDE Connect, the link between all your devices; Kate, the KDE advanced text editor; Itinerary, the travel assistant that helps you plan all your trips; Marble, KDE's map application; and more.
This Week in KDE Apps
Welcome to a new issue of “This Week in KDE Apps”! In case you missed it, we announced this series a few weeks ago, and our goal is to cover as much as possible of what's happening in the world of KDE apps and supplement Nate's This Week in Plasma pu…This Week in KDE Apps
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How nice of them, I asked them to add links to the apps, as I don't know what they are by the name.
Thanks :)
Izzard nailed it.
And Hitler ended up in a ditch, covered in petrol, on fire, so, that's fun! I think that's funny, ‘cause he was a mass-murdering fuckhead. And that was his honeymoon as well!
One of these parties actively campaigns and passes legislation to block my access to health care and wants to make my existence in public illegal. Their supporters regularly say people like me need to be beat or murdered. I have had this happen in person, to my face, by a family member.
The other party actively tries to block the harmful legislation and passes protections for me. Their supporters are at worse indifferent to my existence but are often supportive of my navigation through my struggles.
To be able to ignore these differences and put words in other other minority's mouths shows an extreme level of privilege.
Dog poop drone cleans up the yard so you don't have to
Finally, a good use for drone and AI/ML technology!
From the maker of the poop-shooting laser turret and the AI/ML poop image detector.
Dog Poop Drone Cleans Up The Yard So You Don’t Have To
Sometimes you instantly know who’s behind a project from the subject matter alone. So when we saw this “aerial dog poop removal system” show up in the tips line, we knew it had to…Hackaday
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Nasrallah, Netanyahu agreed to a truce before Israel assassinated Hezbollah leader: Report
Nasrallah, Netanyahu agreed to a truce before Israel assassinated Hezbollah leader: Report
Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib said in an interview with CNN that both Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had agreed to a temporary truce just before Israel killed Nasrallah in a massive air …MEE staff (Middle East Eye)
Or, uh, maybe this story is simply false and mistaken reporting.
In fact, it appears Israel was not a party to this proposal, which was floated by the United States. In order for a ceasefire to work, you gotta get all of the belligerents on board.
Manawanui, the navy's specialist dive and hydrographic vessel, ran aground near the southern coast of Upolu on Saturday night as it was conducting a reef survey
I think they found the reef.
China’s plan to get around Western tariffs: Fill the world with factories
China’s plan to get around Western tariffs: Fill the world with factories
In response to the trade war, the Asian giant is investing billions of dollars abroad in plants, especially in industries linked to the energy transitionGuillermo Abril (Ediciones EL PAÍS S.L.)
for the obvious benefit of having an uprising and potential revolution in Europe
You are a scary dude. Either you know and understand what you just said and don't give a shot about the horrors of that, or (more likely) you don't understand it, which somehow makes you scarier and more dangerous. You're one of those guys who loves to talk about revolutions without ever realizing the cost of that
You're exactly the same as those trump supporters who would never die for their convictions, but they'd happily see other die for it.
Fuck you
You're asking for people to be empathetic to an enemy on the internet. Good fucking luck with that. In real life I hope the people who call for violent revolution are just blowing off some steam and aren't actually advocating for the wonton destruction of uncountable lives. Like you I'm concerned they're not, but I've learned that there's no room for nuance online.
Which is why to everyone else I'm saying this, just because I said I don't want an enormous number of people to die, doesn't mean that I don't want to see capitalism fall. I just don't want to commit a Holocaust doing it. Now go ahead and downvote me now.
"The very concept of "revolutionary violence" is somewhat falsely cast, since most of the violence comes from those who attempt to prevent reform, not from those struggling for reform. By focusing on the violent rebellions of the downtrodden, we overlook the much greater repressive force and violence utilized by the ruling oligarchs to maintain the status quo, including armed attacks against peaceful demonstrations, mass arrests, torture, destruction of opposition organizations, suppression of dissident publications, death squad assassinations, the extermination of whole villages, and the like."
-Michael Parenti, Blackshirts and Reds
Revolution has saved countless lives the world over, to denounce revolution without denouncing the incredible violence of the status quo is anti-Leftism.
Cause it seems to me that many people here want to kill everyone who is higher up on the social ladder than they are
Can you explain? This doesn't seem to be the case at all. Maybe it's just that I'm a Marxist-Leninist and understand what other Marxists are getting at better.
I've read discussions people seemed to take seriously suggesting that millions to tens of millions of people in their country deserve to die
Do you have an example?
A bit nitpicky, but the idea behind SWCC isn't that the Capialists in the PRC are "the people's Capitalists" or anything, but that the State as a DotP allows market competition in a controlled manner similar to a birdcage. As these markets form monopolist syndicates, they centralize, and socialize, by which point the CPC increases public owership. Communism is achieved by degree, not by decree. Trying to achieve Communism through fiat has historically resulted in struggles and difficulties.
I recommend reading Socialism Developed China, Not Capitalism for an overview of what that entails.
Hundreds of thousands march in London, demanding end to Gaza genocide
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/21087304
By MEE staff
Published date: 5 October 2024 19:45 BST[We need a lot more of these]
Hundreds of thousands march in London, demanding end to Gaza genocide
Hundreds of thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators marched through central London, calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and an end to the Israeli-led escalation across the Middle East.MEE staff (Middle East Eye)
‘Western Press Obscured the Sheer Terror of What Israel Had Carried Out’: CounterSpin interview with Mohamad Bazzi on Lebanon pager attacks (FAIR)
‘Western Press Obscured the Sheer Terror of What Israel Had Carried Out’: CounterSpin interview with Mohamad Bazzi on Lebanon pager attacks
"What unfolded in Lebanon last week was something dystopian, but it wasn't a movie. It affected real people's lives."FAIR
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65% of Israeli Jews oppose criminal prosecution for soldiers suspected of raping Palestinian detainees (Mondoweiss)
65% of Israeli Jews oppose criminal prosecution for soldiers suspected of raping Palestinian detainees
A shocking new poll shows that almost two out of three Jewish Israelis oppose criminal prosecution for soldiers suspected of gang-raping Palestinian detainees at the Sde Teiman torture facility.Adam Horowitz (Mondoweiss)
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I'm not sure how anyone can consider the act of rape to be in any way acceptable.
"65% of Israeli Jews defend violent sex offenses."
Interesting Engineering: Hybrid energy raft could power 1,000 homes a day with wave, wind, solar
NoviOcean’s wave power technology, developed over several years, has been tested in wave pools and a real environment near Stockholm. A small version powers homes on Svanholmen island, proving the concept works at sea.
On one square kilometer, 15 wave power plants can generate 15 MW, compared to offshore wind’s 10 MW. Combined, they can produce 25 MW, sharing the costs of the sea area and transmission cable.
According to the firm, the hybrid approach delivers more consistent energy, as waves generate power for days after the wind subsides. Additionally, wave plants can be placed closer to shore without visually disturbing the coastline.
Wave, wind, solar hybrid energy raft can power 1,000 homes daily
NoviOcean's innovative Hybrid Energy Converter combines wave, wind, and solar power, generating double the energy of wind alone.Jijo Malayil (Interesting Engineering)
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For fuck's sake, a microreactor could do all of this for the footprint of a bedroom (plus some additional space for the staff). It would work for years and constantly provide power with no issues from storms, dust, salt, or needing distributed maintenance (and environmental disruption) over a square km.
This isn's just some generic hand waving. Go look up the company Radiant. It's going to happen within a few years. Demonstration is slated for 2026.
Relevant link for those interested in what OP is talking about.
energy.gov/ne/articles/3-micro…
I’m not yet convinced this technology is the future or anything, but it does look pretty promising. We’ll know better when DOME testing begins in 2026.
Forensic Architecture är en banbrytande forskargrupp som ägnar sig åt att avslöja och dokumentera sanningen om brott mot miljömässiga och mänskliga rättigheter med hjälp av banbrytande tekniker med öppen källkod och digital modellering.
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Lokidawg
in reply to MyNameIsRichard • • •corsicanguppy
in reply to MyNameIsRichard • • •As someone who spent time in OS Build/Relmgmt before security, I have a pressing desire to play the "how do you know" game, here.
MyNameIsRichard
in reply to corsicanguppy • • •Atemu
in reply to corsicanguppy • • •Because the only way to have a functioning NixOS system is to have it be reproducible. That's the only way it works; Nix is reproducible by design.
The ability to reproduce a system implies the ability to replicate it.
nfms
in reply to Dariusmiles2123 • • •Jure Repinc
in reply to Dariusmiles2123 • • •Cloning the system and home partitions always worked fine for me with openSUSE Tumbleweed with KDE Plasma desktop. Another option openSUSE offers is AutoYaST
hanke
in reply to Dariusmiles2123 • • •NixOS is exactly what you want.
You declare your configs in a way that you can just copy them to another computer and it willbe configured the same way.
I've never tried it my self, but I might for my next machine.
frankenswine
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in reply to frankenswine • • •frankenswine
in reply to MyNameIsRichard • • •Possibly linux
in reply to frankenswine • • •frankenswine
in reply to Possibly linux • • •WDYM the repos are very slow?
i'm using it as a daily driver for a couple of years now
itslilith
in reply to Dariusmiles2123 • • •For reproducibility, nothing really beats NixOS. That's not really what you're asking for, as that would not involve Clonezilla.
If you're frequently switching hardware, and want to have everything up and running, configured to your liking, in minutes, you're gonna have fun with NixOS in the long term. But I'm not gonna sugarcoat it, it has a steep learning curve and does require you to enjoy some tinkering. Worth it, imo
Otherwise, just pick a distro that you enjoy and create a separate home partition, when it's time to switch you do a fresh install and clone only the home partition. That'll get you 90% of the way to have your old setup on the new device
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Dariusmiles2123
in reply to itslilith • • •But what is a home partition?
I mean for me the problem is backing up my settings (including for every app) and I don't know where they are saved.
Backing up my pictures, documents and others isn't a problem.
Aatube
in reply to Dariusmiles2123 • • •flashgnash
in reply to Dariusmiles2123 • • •Your settings for the most part are in your home directory, generally when you install a Linux system everything that isn't the bootloader is on one partition (system, installed applications, etc)
Your home directory is for anything specific to your user, meaning your downloads folder, your pictures, documents and also your .config folder which holds 90% of the config files
There are some weird ones that have directories outside of home, afaik that's stuff like network manager remembering your saved networks that runs outside of your user context
Eeyore_Syndrome
in reply to Dariusmiles2123 • • •Make your own Atomic Fedora.
Or tryout Project Bluefin.
Bazzite is also available in gnome.
Dariusmiles2123
in reply to Eeyore_Syndrome • • •Could I make an image of my Fedora Workstation install?
I'm struggling to understand what all these ublue or other images are..
Tobias Hunger
in reply to Dariusmiles2123 • • •Any of the many immutable distros (vanilla os, fedora silverblue, bluefin, aeon, endless os, pure os, ...) will all obviously work.
Most of your customizations will live in your home directory anyway, so the details of the host OS do not matter too much. As long as it comes with the UI you like, you will be mostly fine. And yku said you like gnome, that installs many apps from flathub anyway and they work just fine from there.
For development work you just set up a distrobox/toolbox container and are ready to go with everything you need. I much prefer that over working on the "real system" as I can have different environments for different projects and do not have to polute my system with all kinds of dependencies that are useless to the functionality of my system.
NixOS is ofmcourse also an option and is quasi-immutable, but it is also much more complicated to manage.
Lordjohn68
in reply to Dariusmiles2123 • • •This may help.
discussion.fedoraproject.org/t…
John
in reply to Dariusmiles2123 • • •Personally, I use Fedora Silverblue and use bash scripts for reproducibility. To set up a new system, all I need to to is install, reboot, run my bash script, reboot, and my system is 90% configured. With bash scripts, I am able to reproduce more of my system than I could when I used NixOS.
A lot of people recommend Nix, but the thing about Nix is that you're only declaring how the system is configured. Not your home folder. You need to rely on third party tools for that.
Bash scripts can configure system and home folder. They can also be used on any distro, whereas a Nix configuration file only works on NixOS.
Though the worst part about any new install is just signing back into everything, especially an annoyance when you have proper 2FA setup. Bash scripts or Nix can't solve that unless you migrate data over.
Dariusmiles2123
in reply to John • • •John
in reply to Dariusmiles2123 • • •Yes, it's something you write yourself. Bash is the language you use when you use the terminal. A bash script is just many lines of bash commands.
A bash script could be as simple as
This script automates installing some packages and removing some packages. The bash script I use does a lot more, such as running commands to configure Gnome how I like it.
If you're not comfortable with the terminal, I would definitely recommend staying away from NixOS. To declaratively/reproducibly set up the system, it uses a language called Nix that is a fair bit more complicated than bash. It's also just very different from traditional Linux systems like Fedora or Ubuntu.
corsicanguppy
in reply to Dariusmiles2123 • • •At this point in time, I need to stop you.
There's a massively-increased risk of you being misled by someone else's agenda without knowing it's not the simplest and most effective solution to your problem because there's a lot of technical stuff you may not know and can't pick from available options based on their nuances. So:
Whatever they tell you, they'll be able to support. Ensure you're the one typing so you learn things, and ask every question you think of all the time.
Stop asking random strangers which solution is best, because you're going to get a lot of short-sighted clique answers that DO NOT HELP YOU.
SavvyWolf
in reply to Dariusmiles2123 • • •So the question is this: Do you want to be able to reproduce the system exactly, or are you fine taking a few hours to reinstall software. If you're just wanting to keep settings and data for apps rather than the apps themselves, you can cut down on your storage requirements a lot.
If it's the latter, all of your user settings should be in your home directory ("/home/username" or just "~"). If you back that up, you should be able to recover your settings and data on a fresh install of your distro of choice.
flashgnash
in reply to Dariusmiles2123 • • •I'd jump on the bandwagon of nixos, I use it myself and love it, does exactly what you're asking for
However judging on some of your other comments it might be a better idea to just suck up having to manually rebuild until you understand the basics of Linux a little better
(nixos more or less requires you understand programming syntax for writing your system config)
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Atemu
in reply to flashgnash • • •It's technically not a real programming language but an expression language. The difference is that the former is a series of commands to execute in the specified order to produce arbitrary effects while the latter is a declaration of a set of data. You can think of it like writing a config file i.e. in JSON format.
The syntax isn't really the hard part here. You can learn the basics that comprise 99% of Nix code in a few minutes.
The actually hard part is first figuring out what you even want to do and then second how the NixOS-specific interface for that thing is intended to be used. The former requires general Linux experience and the latter research and problem solving skills.
flashgnash
in reply to Atemu • • •It's hard to say whether it's difficult or not coming into it already knowing how to program
More people than not struggle to come to terms with what a variable is let alone all the stuff you can do in nix
There are definitely other hard parts, but I didn't want to write a wall of text lol
Atemu
in reply to flashgnash • • •While that's certainly true, using NixOS usually does not involve many advanced concepts or requires you to understand them.
You can set
foo = barin a .conf file without knowing what a variable is either.darkan15
in reply to Dariusmiles2123 • • •I'm going to mention
Ansibleas I haven't seen it mentioned, and it can be used to locally manage a reproducible build.It has already been mentioned, but as a minimum to replicate your system you need two things:
- Transfer/copy your entire
/homedirectory as there is where the majority of the configuration files of your system pertaining the software you use (there could be configs you could need on/etcand on/usr/localor other dir), that is why it is recommended to partition your disk on installation of your distro, so the/homedirectory is already separated, as if you reinstall in the same machine you don't lose any configuration in addition to your personal documents/pictures/etc- Have a way to automatically install a list of programs/apps/drivers/libraries, and that is what something like a bash script, Ansible, nixOs, etc. could help you with.
The truth is that using any of the tools in the second point requires learning a bunch, so if your skill level is still not there, there is some work to do to get there.
corsicanguppy
in reply to darkan15 • • •Oh for the love of god, don't. Ansible is 2002 technology used in 2024. It's so clunky and janky that I'm relieved I can get chatgpt to boilerplate my stuff and save me time actually staring at fucking YAML all day. Use Anything Else before your brain rots.
source: it's like half my day job now and I should've charged more.
darkan15
in reply to corsicanguppy • • •Possibly linux
in reply to Dariusmiles2123 • • •Can you just make a base image and then clone the image across. You would need to change the machine ID but that's pretty easy to do.
Alternatively you could use Ansible pull on a fresh install to set everything up
Dariusmiles2123
in reply to Possibly linux • • •Possibly linux
in reply to Dariusmiles2123 • • •You install it and then save a copy of the disk. This is very similar to a VM template so I will just link instructions for that. The difference is you are using physical hardware.
unix.stackexchange.com/questio…
Lucy :3
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in reply to Dariusmiles2123 • • •Dariusmiles2123
in reply to TeryVeneno • • •Oh from reading what’s in the link, it looks like it’s exactly what I need.
I’ll go deeper into it.
Dariusmiles2123
in reply to TeryVeneno • • •Would you know why I'm getting that error? :
I've already allowed access to all system files through Flatseal.
TeryVeneno
in reply to Dariusmiles2123 • • •TeryVeneno
in reply to Dariusmiles2123 • • •Dariusmiles2123
in reply to TeryVeneno • • •I tried it normally but then it had another problem so that’s why I tried to gove it more access through Flatseal as recommended on the SaveDesktoo Github page.
I’ll have a deeper look when I get the time. Thanks
Dariusmiles2123
in reply to TeryVeneno • • •I’ve managed to create an archive with SaveDesktop, but only on my internal disk drive as I think the external drive was what was creating the problem.
Do you know what would be the difference if I backup or don’t my home file? I’d have to find a way to back it up outside of home, but it’s complicated since it doesn’t work with an external drive.
I mean I don’t think I can backup home with Savedesktop inside home, so I’ll have to look at my file structure once I can get back in front of my computer.
TeryVeneno
in reply to Dariusmiles2123 • • •I think the reason why it didn’t work on your external drive is that is a different permission to system files. Something to do with usb stuff.
When it comes to backing up your home files, I’m not sure what you mean by home file? Do you mean the home folder? Cause if so I don’t think SaveDesktop can do that as that includes all your files, not just your configs. You’d have to use another tool to move those folders.
Dariusmiles2123
in reply to TeryVeneno • • •Sorry as I’m struggling to express clearly.
SaveDesktop has the option to backup your home folder.
I was thinking that the save destination had to be outside of the home folder if I wanted to also backup my home folder. Otherwise it could end up in some kind of loop where the archive would contain itself and get bigger and bigger. That’s why I thought the SaveDesktop archive with the home folder shouldn’t be saved inside home.
I hope It nakes more sense 😅
utopiah
in reply to Dariusmiles2123 • • •I'd happily give technical advice but first I need to understand the actual need.
I don't mean "what would be cool" but rather what's the absolute minimum basic that would make a solution acceptable.
Why do I insist so much? Well because installing a distribution, e.g. Debian, takes less than 1h. Assuming you have a separate /home directory, there is no need to "copy" anything, only mounting correctly. If it is on another physical computer then the speed will depend on the your storage capacity and hardware (e.g. SSD vs HDD). Finally "configuring" each piece of software will take a certain amount of time, especially if you didn't save the configuration (which should be the case).
Anyway, my point being that :
So, if you repeat the operation several times a week, investing time to find a solution can be useful. If you do this few times a year or less, it's probably NOT actual
... show moreI'd happily give technical advice but first I need to understand the actual need.
I don't mean "what would be cool" but rather what's the absolute minimum basic that would make a solution acceptable.
Why do I insist so much? Well because installing a distribution, e.g. Debian, takes less than 1h. Assuming you have a separate /home directory, there is no need to "copy" anything, only mounting correctly. If it is on another physical computer then the speed will depend on the your storage capacity and hardware (e.g. SSD vs HDD). Finally "configuring" each piece of software will take a certain amount of time, especially if you didn't save the configuration (which should be the case).
Anyway, my point being that :
So, if you repeat the operation several times a week, investing time to find a solution can be useful. If you do this few times a year or less, it's probably NOT actually efficient.
So, again, is this an intellectual endeavor, for the purpose of knowing what an "ideal' scenario would be or is it a genuine need?
Dariusmiles2123
in reply to utopiah • • •Well I don’t distro hop so I don’t think it would be used more than once a year.
The only thing is that I would want the way I’ve configured Gnome, Joplin, Thunderbird, Gnome Calendar (only for the widget), my Gnome extensions, what program is automatically opened on what workspace, etc to be saved so that it could be reproduced on another computer easily.
My documents, pictures, etc are already taken care of so it ain’t a problem.
I know I could do the same thing by writing a tutorial and just spending a couple of hours every time I reinstall. But I would want to just be able to replicate my install/settings if possible.
Someone kindly mentioned SaveDesktop and for now it seems like the way to go since simply cloning with Clonezilla doesn’t seem to work. I just have to make it work.
corsicanguppy
in reply to Dariusmiles2123 • • •These sound like user settings that don't even exist outside ~/ . Rsync is your friend. So is git, gluster, syncthing, resilio, and a good bunch of others depending on how often you want synch to occur and how much time you have to spend.
Nanook
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in reply to Nanook • • •Clonezilla covers this, it regens the partition with the correct uuid.
My guess is some uefi or other boot weirdness, you have to register keys with the new system during install before it will let you boot, that's probably where things went wrong.
corsicanguppy
in reply to Nanook • • •Don't use UUIDs. They serve a very specific purpose, which you're now trying to defeat (for all the right reasons).
Fix your mounts and then carry on.
Dariusmiles2123
in reply to Nanook • • •histic
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data1701d (He/Him)
in reply to Dariusmiles2123 • • •I just discovered the source of all your problems by reading your previous post.
The Surface Go 1 is a UEFI system. The Acer Aspire 5737z is a legacy BIOS system and thus can't boot UEFI partitions. If your Aspire was a UEFI system, what you did probably would have worked just fine - no need for a special snazzy distro (no offense, NixOS users).
I'm actually extremely surprised no one noticed this before me.
From here, you have a few routes:
... show more- Flash the install to the drive, and try to downgrade it to a legacy BIOS system.
- I would not recommend doing this. Your life will probably become a living nightmare. If you love pain, though, here's a forum post to get you started: askubuntu.com/questions/910409…
- Reinstall Fedora and copy just your Gnome config over - from what I can tell, it's just a few directories.
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I just discovered the source of all your problems by reading your previous post.
The Surface Go 1 is a UEFI system. The Acer Aspire 5737z is a legacy BIOS system and thus can't boot UEFI partitions. If your Aspire was a UEFI system, what you did probably would have worked just fine - no need for a special snazzy distro (no offense, NixOS users).
I'm actually extremely surprised no one noticed this before me.
From here, you have a few routes:
- Flash the install to the drive, and try to downgrade it to a legacy BIOS system.
- I would not recommend doing this. Your life will probably become a living nightmare. If you love pain, though, here's a forum post to get you started: askubuntu.com/questions/910409…
- Reinstall Fedora and copy just your Gnome config over - from what I can tell, it's just a few directories.
- This is a Python script that says it exports all that crap for you, but what do I know? I just use XFCE.
- Buy a slightly newer device (maybe 2012/2013-ish at the earlist, probably originally designed for Windows 8.x) that support UEFI so you could just use the image.
- Honestly, I am a bit conflicted on this option, as I don't exactly like not reusing the Aspire. However, this may be the easiest way out, and maybe you could put the Aspire to use as a server in a home lab instead.
- Try NixOS like others have been saying. Learning things is fun when you have the time - I don't, and so stick with Debian.
Dariusmiles2123
in reply to data1701d (He/Him) • • •Nanook
in reply to Dariusmiles2123 • • •data1701d (He/Him)
in reply to Nanook • • •That's not necessarily the problem here.
Normally, Fedora would boot on both types of systems, too. However, OP wants to copy an already-existing UEFI install or at least the config to a legacy system, not (necessarily) to find a distro that could be installed from a normal live installer on both boot types.
Thus the Nix recommendations, as theoretically, one centralized config could be copied between systems to create a similar environment on different systems.
Nanook
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