How to set snapper optimally

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Hello everyone,
how do I set snapper optimally ?
Via the snapper cli or Btrfs Assistant ?
Is there an ‘optimal’ setting for a desktop PC ?
What should I set for daily, weekly, monthly and yearly ?
Is there a kind of ‘basic settings’ for cachyos?

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when i try to create a snapshot with the terminal, for example, the following appears:
udo snapper -c root create --description friday-21-9

[sudo] Password for merj1982:
The configuration ‘root’ is not available. Snapper is probably not configured.
Further instructions can be found in ‘man snapper’.

How do I configure the snapper root ?

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You need to create a config first. Check those:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Snapper

https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Snapper_Tutorial

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I made my videotutorial for Btrfs + Grub+Snapper on CachyOS. But it does not contain English audio or subtitles.
But you can turn off audio and just watch video. It is step by step tutorial.

and commands here - Ako rozbehať podporu Snapshots cez SNAPPER + BTRFS - Návody - LINUXDOMA - KOMUNITNÉ FÓRUM

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OK, i use systemd Boot. But the basic configuration will probably be the same, right?

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Snapper takes an image before you do a full system update which is when you most likely will have problems if you do have problems.

This alone is pretty much enough, so just pick whatever snapper interval you like, they don’t take much disk space.

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sudo pacman -S cachyos-snapper-support

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I found this tutorial absolutely perfect!

From my short experience on cachyos and after reading the forum I believe there are needs on this subject :

  • the addition of a line in calamares under “grub” to indicate that grub is the choice to make if you want to have system snapshots at boot time. (I don’t remember if it’s indicated under btrfs that this FS is recommended for ultra-fast snapshots).

-add a meta-package containing those installed during @vawaver 's tutorial.

-adding @vawaver 's tutorial to the wiki.

I think this is necessary because :

-I would have had a use for it, as I’m sure other people would have.

-I’ve chosen tumbleweed for its preconfigured snapper (and yast of course).

-Many of us need snaps at boot time to cover our clumsy neophyte steps.

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