Generated via ublue’s countme script https://github.com/ublue-os/countme/blob/main/growth_global.svg
Here is Fedora’s upstream graph to compare:
I did my first fedora atomic install yesterday. I’m doing my part!
Gonna install CachyOS tomorrow.
I know I’m late but …
spoiler
It took me a while to backup all my game saves and memes from Windows 10 because Proton Drive limits you to 2GB unless you pay and if you don’t pay your subscription they delete your email address. Could’ve gone with another provider but I was due for a spring cleaning anyway.
I was also trying to get through my Itch library to save me the hassle of figuring out how to work Lutris but then the Steam Next Fest came and I gave up on clearing my backlog since I have a hard deadline of the next Steam Hardware Survey.
Perhaps a bit unconventional, but CloudFlare R2 gives 10GB of free storage accessible as S3 with
rclone.
What happened the 3rd week of April? Fedora got a massive spike there. The other one has a small bump at that time as well
Fedora 42 got released: https://fedoramagazine.org/announcing-fedora-linux-42/
Started my EndeavoursOS gaming PC. Oh no, my new-Steam lists the game as windows only?
Proceeds to install proton and related software and bam, I can game.
I know it’s not Bazzite but there is sure as hell little reason not to use Linux any more except for enterprise computers and laptops.
I thought it was just my YouTube algorithm showing me install bazzite. Hehe guess there was a trend
I think its hitting a critical mass, that much upward growth is very encouraging to see. I was able to convince a handful of friends to switch to linux due to windows getting so bad, they liked the extremely simple approach Bazzite has. I think its better than Mint in this regard, Fedora has come such a long way.
That’s amazing. Been using it for 6 months, loving it.
Question for all Bazzite/Aurora users: what do you use to make backups of your machine?
I’m using Pikabackup to make backups of
/home, but I’m not sure if there’s a better way?I use Duplicacy, personally. All you need to backup is your home directory since it’s immutable.
I’m using Fedora KDE and haven’t set up backups on my desktop PC yet, but on Linux servers (both at home and “in the cloud”) I usually use Borgbackup with Borgmatic. All my systems have two backup destinations: My home server and a storage VPS, both via SSH.
Looks like Pika Backup is a GUI for Borgbackup, so it should be a good choice. Vorta is also popular. GNOME apps tend to focus on simple, easy to use GUIs with minimal customization, so it’s possible Vorta is more configurable. I haven’t tried either.
Don’t forget the 3-2-1 policy: you should have at least three copies of your data, in at least two locations, one of which is off-site (cloud, a NAS at a friend’s or family member’s house, etc). If you’re looking for cloud storage, Hetzner storage boxes are great value. Some VPS providers have good sales (less than $3/TB/month) during Black Friday.
Pika should be fine, look into borg or just a simple Rsync setup if you want something a bit more detailed. But personally with backups I want it as simple and reliable as possible.
Pika is a GUI for Borg.
Rsync is doable, but it’s not great since you essentially only have one backup set. If a file gets corrupted and you don’t notice before the next backup is done, you won’t be able to restore it. Borg’s deduping is good enough to keep lots of history - I do daily backups and keep every day for the past two weeks, every week for the past three months, and every month indefinitely (until I run out of space and need to prune it). Borgmatic handles pruning the backups that are out of retention.
