Snapper or timeshift?

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Pretty new to linux

I came here from garuda, and i loved the part in garuda where it did auto backups that i could pick from the boot menu.

after a search i see these:

and

whats the pros and cons of each one or they are the same?

i just want something easy to use that makes auto backups each time i install anything new

thanks all

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We provide snapper support via cachyos-snapper-support package. I don’t think timeshift will work with out subvolume scheme so your only option is likely snapper.

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do you have a guide for newbies to setup snapper auto snapshots?

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Our package sets up auto snapshots everytime pacman transaction is done.

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amazing, so all i need to do is install this 1 package and everytime i update my system it makes a snapshot and i can select it from the boot menu?

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Yes

Depends on the boot manager you are using. If you’re using systemd-boot, then booting to snapshots isn’t possible.

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dam i am using system-d :sleepy:

so i need to wipe my disk and install cachyos with grub.

thanks for your help.

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I installed Timeshift before I knew snapper was preferred and it seemed to work, you had to start cronie manually and that was that. I didn’t try restoring to see if it really worked but there were no error messages. Just use snapper its more modern and automatic.

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Timeshift works with out issue straight out of the gate.

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You can try my tutorial - How to set snapper optimally - #4 by vawaver

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You don’t have to wipe to do grub. For example, originally I was using grub, but I started having some issues. Then I installed limine and it was claiming my config was wrong, so then I tried refind and eventually back to limine. And yes limine and refind can do snapshots as well. Grub is generally the easiest and most used.