How to keep my system clean?
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When I work on a project I often need to install a bunch of packages and libraries/tools.
Often these packages create logs files and other kind of useless files that I will not need when the project will be done. With time my OS becomes messy and "dirty" .
Sometimes I just want to try a new desktop environment and I don't want to waste my configuration.
Is there a way to save the state of my machine (installed packages, configuration and some specified folders) ?
Exactly like git (you can create a branch and go back to an older commit) But for my OS.
Of course I could make backup or snapshot of my system. But it's heavy and it take a while to restore. For example, I don't need to physically save packages, I just need the version number to download them again (I apologize for the debian packages server).
Do you guys know a tool able to do that ?
Thank you for time !
PS : I mostly use Debian and Arch Linux.
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When I work on a project I often need to install a bunch of packages and libraries/tools.
Often these packages create logs files and other kind of useless files that I will not need when the project will be done. With time my OS becomes messy and "dirty" .
Sometimes I just want to try a new desktop environment and I don't want to waste my configuration.
Is there a way to save the state of my machine (installed packages, configuration and some specified folders) ?
Exactly like git (you can create a branch and go back to an older commit) But for my OS.
Of course I could make backup or snapshot of my system. But it's heavy and it take a while to restore. For example, I don't need to physically save packages, I just need the version number to download them again (I apologize for the debian packages server).
Do you guys know a tool able to do that ?
Thank you for time !
PS : I mostly use Debian and Arch Linux.
linux backup git snapshot
asked Jun 6 at 14:27
CanardMandarin
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When I work on a project I often need to install a bunch of packages and libraries/tools.
Often these packages create logs files and other kind of useless files that I will not need when the project will be done. With time my OS becomes messy and "dirty" .
Sometimes I just want to try a new desktop environment and I don't want to waste my configuration.
Is there a way to save the state of my machine (installed packages, configuration and some specified folders) ?
Exactly like git (you can create a branch and go back to an older commit) But for my OS.
Of course I could make backup or snapshot of my system. But it's heavy and it take a while to restore. For example, I don't need to physically save packages, I just need the version number to download them again (I apologize for the debian packages server).
Do you guys know a tool able to do that ?
Thank you for time !
PS : I mostly use Debian and Arch Linux.
linux backup git snapshot
asked Jun 6 at 14:27
CanardMandarin
1613
When I work on a project I often need to install a bunch of packages and libraries/tools.
Often these packages create logs files and other kind of useless files that I will not need when the project will be done. With time my OS becomes messy and "dirty" .
Sometimes I just want to try a new desktop environment and I don't want to waste my configuration.
Is there a way to save the state of my machine (installed packages, configuration and some specified folders) ?
Exactly like git (you can create a branch and go back to an older commit) But for my OS.
Of course I could make backup or snapshot of my system. But it's heavy and it take a while to restore. For example, I don't need to physically save packages, I just need the version number to download them again (I apologize for the debian packages server).
Do you guys know a tool able to do that ?
Thank you for time !
PS : I mostly use Debian and Arch Linux.
linux backup git snapshot
asked Jun 6 at 14:27
CanardMandarin
1613
asked Jun 6 at 14:27
CanardMandarin
1613
asked Jun 6 at 14:27
CanardMandarin
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asked Jun 6 at 14:27
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On Debian stable with gnome desktop , you can use Resetter
The easiest way to reset your debian or ubuntu based linux back to stock
wget https://github.com/gaining/Resetter/releases/download/v2.2.3-stable/add-apt-key_1.0-0.5_all.deb
wget https://github.com/gaining/Resetter/releases/download/v2.2.3-stable/resetter_2.2.3-stable_all.deb
apt install gdebi
gdebi add-apt-key_1.0-0.5_all.deb
gdebi resetter_2.2.3-stable_all.deb
Debian support is recently added.
Officially supported distros [64-bit]
Debian 9.2 (stable) Gnome edition
Linux Mint 17.3+ Cinnamon and Mate
Ubuntu 14.04+, Unity, Gnome, and Budgie(18.04)
Elementary OS 0.4+
Linux Deepin 15.4+
answered Jun 6 at 14:41
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On Debian stable with gnome desktop , you can use Resetter
The easiest way to reset your debian or ubuntu based linux back to stock
wget https://github.com/gaining/Resetter/releases/download/v2.2.3-stable/add-apt-key_1.0-0.5_all.deb
wget https://github.com/gaining/Resetter/releases/download/v2.2.3-stable/resetter_2.2.3-stable_all.deb
apt install gdebi
gdebi add-apt-key_1.0-0.5_all.deb
gdebi resetter_2.2.3-stable_all.deb
Debian support is recently added.
Officially supported distros [64-bit]
Debian 9.2 (stable) Gnome edition
Linux Mint 17.3+ Cinnamon and Mate
Ubuntu 14.04+, Unity, Gnome, and Budgie(18.04)
Elementary OS 0.4+
Linux Deepin 15.4+
answered Jun 6 at 14:41
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On Debian stable with gnome desktop , you can use Resetter
The easiest way to reset your debian or ubuntu based linux back to stock
wget https://github.com/gaining/Resetter/releases/download/v2.2.3-stable/add-apt-key_1.0-0.5_all.deb
wget https://github.com/gaining/Resetter/releases/download/v2.2.3-stable/resetter_2.2.3-stable_all.deb
apt install gdebi
gdebi add-apt-key_1.0-0.5_all.deb
gdebi resetter_2.2.3-stable_all.deb
Debian support is recently added.
Officially supported distros [64-bit]
Debian 9.2 (stable) Gnome edition
Linux Mint 17.3+ Cinnamon and Mate
Ubuntu 14.04+, Unity, Gnome, and Budgie(18.04)
Elementary OS 0.4+
Linux Deepin 15.4+
answered Jun 6 at 14:41
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On Debian stable with gnome desktop , you can use Resetter
The easiest way to reset your debian or ubuntu based linux back to stock
wget https://github.com/gaining/Resetter/releases/download/v2.2.3-stable/add-apt-key_1.0-0.5_all.deb
wget https://github.com/gaining/Resetter/releases/download/v2.2.3-stable/resetter_2.2.3-stable_all.deb
apt install gdebi
gdebi add-apt-key_1.0-0.5_all.deb
gdebi resetter_2.2.3-stable_all.deb
Debian support is recently added.
Officially supported distros [64-bit]
Debian 9.2 (stable) Gnome edition
Linux Mint 17.3+ Cinnamon and Mate
Ubuntu 14.04+, Unity, Gnome, and Budgie(18.04)
Elementary OS 0.4+
Linux Deepin 15.4+
answered Jun 6 at 14:41
GAD3R
22.1k154891
On Debian stable with gnome desktop , you can use Resetter
The easiest way to reset your debian or ubuntu based linux back to stock
wget https://github.com/gaining/Resetter/releases/download/v2.2.3-stable/add-apt-key_1.0-0.5_all.deb
wget https://github.com/gaining/Resetter/releases/download/v2.2.3-stable/resetter_2.2.3-stable_all.deb
apt install gdebi
gdebi add-apt-key_1.0-0.5_all.deb
gdebi resetter_2.2.3-stable_all.deb
Debian support is recently added.
Officially supported distros [64-bit]
Debian 9.2 (stable) Gnome edition
Linux Mint 17.3+ Cinnamon and Mate
Ubuntu 14.04+, Unity, Gnome, and Budgie(18.04)
Elementary OS 0.4+
Linux Deepin 15.4+
answered Jun 6 at 14:41
GAD3R
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answered Jun 6 at 14:41
GAD3R
22.1k154891
answered Jun 6 at 14:41
GAD3R
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answered Jun 6 at 14:41
GAD3R
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