Because I can't remember how I last restored from a snapshot when I need to do it, I have to research this forum each time. So in search of a more automatic way of doing it. None of the *buntu's have picked a way, but recently I evaluated the newly release Linux Mint 21 which is built on Ubuntu 22.04 plus their stuff, minus snapd.
I tried installing LM21 on my old Macbook Pro first with ext4 and next with btrfs, which only require that I "do something else" in the disk partitioning to select btrfs for the formating of root partition.
LM21 has Timeshift integrated into their Linux very well. I used timeshift to make a snapshot, then install some new software, and next I restored to the snapshot prior to installing that software. The restore causes you to reboot. On both ext4 and btrfs it worked the same except it takes a lot longer on ext4 as expected. Lastly I deleted the /etc directory which made the mac unbootable. I then booted the LM21 install USB key and from there I ran Timeshift and it found my snapshots and allowed me to restore one of them. After a reboot it was back to normal for the mac. The btrfs was instantaneous on all operations as expected but both worked.
So that leads me to my question. Has anyone tried any of this on Kubuntu? It sure is a lot easier than booting the install key and using terminal to manually move subvolumes around.
I tried installing LM21 on my old Macbook Pro first with ext4 and next with btrfs, which only require that I "do something else" in the disk partitioning to select btrfs for the formating of root partition.
LM21 has Timeshift integrated into their Linux very well. I used timeshift to make a snapshot, then install some new software, and next I restored to the snapshot prior to installing that software. The restore causes you to reboot. On both ext4 and btrfs it worked the same except it takes a lot longer on ext4 as expected. Lastly I deleted the /etc directory which made the mac unbootable. I then booted the LM21 install USB key and from there I ran Timeshift and it found my snapshots and allowed me to restore one of them. After a reboot it was back to normal for the mac. The btrfs was instantaneous on all operations as expected but both worked.
So that leads me to my question. Has anyone tried any of this on Kubuntu? It sure is a lot easier than booting the install key and using terminal to manually move subvolumes around.
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