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Cake day: September 14th, 2023

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  • What kind of backup do you want to take? A config backup or a live system backup?

    Live system backups are difficult, as you typically have locked files and files being written to. You would need agents which allow your apps to be suspended is a consistent state. Besides that you have mounted pseudo file systems which you don’t need to backup like /tmp, /sys, /proc. You could use file system snapshots, but not all fs support this. And knowing the default fs used on rpi, you’re out of luck.

    Config backup on the other hand can be done rather easily. You list the dirs and files and you’re off. I use restic, which is a very flexible backup tool leveraging compression, snapshots and encryption. It even allows you to use cloud storage natively to store your backups.


  • Disclaimer: I am a privacy advocate.

    You are confusing the things you do on your mobile device with actual location tracking. GrapheneOS limits the information sent Home, to Google et al. It does not provide any protection from triangulation of your operator, as your telco modem has a unique identifier. The only way to get around that is by turning off your phone and pulling out the battery (certain phone models keep your telco modem on even though your phone is off). This kind of defeats the purpose of having a mobile device. Unless of course you’re also a low-level hardware programmer in possession of the telco modem specs, api’s and the necessary equipment to update your telco modem firmware.

    But you do you…










  • The integration part is because we would like for anyone to fit in, and not be confined to your ‘hood’

    We don’t mind you not speaking the language, but English is usually not a first language, sometimes not even a second, and sometimes omitted. Especially in rural areas.

    So yeah, it’s nice if we can actually have a conversation about the local soccer team, or town buffoon who thinks the government is conspiring about pricing covid shots too high…