06-13-2022, 02:22 PM
(06-13-2022, 04:09 AM)wibble Wrote: The distros are still in the 'move fast and break things' phase trying to fill in the gaps in expected functionality for a pure linux smartphone. Until those gaps close we're unlikely to see a distro we'd think of as stable, but there are workarounds.
* backups before upgrade - so you can revert to the previous working state if an upgrade doesn't go well
* parallel 'stable' and 'testing' installs, either to separate partitions selected with p-boot, or on eMMC and uSD. Upgrade the 'stable' one when the 'testing' one is sufficiently reliable, or swap which one you consider which.
For some distros you could probably do an install to a btrfs rootfs and use snapshots before updates too.
Hi Wibble ... I agree with the move fast or bust concept and yes this will be the case in a betabetabeta type situation
Yes back everything up first and then take the chance on update. What I was suggesting is similar in that instead of zillions of updates and precautions why not wait until a period of time and then flash the most up to date system as a one timer. It's another option to deal with the ever changing scenario. When you mention "backup" are you suggesting using Gnome-Disks to capture a present .img? If so that might be a good idea as well. All the programs that a person installs could also be captured on the .img
