@harbard Keep backups of your entire home folder. That way if it happens again you can quickly restore. You could use a systemd timer or cronjob to run rsync at a set interval & have it copy everything to a flash drive you leave plugged in, or maybe better to copy, then compress, then delete the copy once you have an archive. That way you can keep multiple backups as .tar.xz files or something, & if your SSD suddenly fails in the middle of a backup you’ll at least have part of a functioning copy, allowing you to restore the backup just before it & then update from the partial copy.

I wonder what will cause your entire operating system to disappear, could it have actually been a corruption? I had that once & it caused my operating system to be unbootable because the filesystem was damaged & the computer could no longer find everything required to boot. I was able to repair my ext4 partition by using fsck in a live session off of a USB flash drive, then I was able to boot again & I didn’t lose anything.

@9tr6gyp3 I’m not responding to argue with you, I’m responding because these are things I’ve seen people be serious about, even though it’s clear you’re not. I think I’ve covered everything so I’m done. This was never to give you any attention, I don’t like trolls because they’re annoying, & your account looks like a bizarre mix of trolling & genuine interaction to me, like one of those Reddit kids you see screenshots of in quityourbullshit that doesn’t know other people can see their post history.

@9tr6gyp3 Anonymous data is a myth & I also see zero ads. Adblock blocks ads from loading, or even being requested in the first place.

@9tr6gyp3 @Lokjo I realize this is a troll account, but I still think this is something that needs to be said because this is an argument I’ve seen people genuinely believe.

@9tr6gyp3 @Lokjo Ok and? You’re going to die regardless of how many “life extending” snake oils you rub on your skin & no matter how healthy you are. Should you just rot away now or should you keep living? I think I should continue blocking ads & tracking, I benefit from blocking them by using less bandwidth & loading pages in a quarter of the time.