Periodic script to back up installed OS packages

Posted on 2025-12-08 in Software • Tagged with backup, fish, free-software, howto, linux, shell

A while ago I switched to yadm for managing my dotfiles. One of its features I have been enjoying is its bootstrap support. I have been adding idempotent setup operations

My latest addition is a script that creates backup files with all installed OS packages. In case of disaster if …


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Migrating to fish shell

Posted on 2023-12-07 in Software • Tagged with fish, shell, linux

I'm a heavy shell user. As a programmer I enjoy the power and flexibility of the shell, so I always keep multiple terminals open (just one keystroke away thanks to Yakuake).

I have been using Bash for as long as I have been a GNU/Linux user, that's 24 years …


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