Aren’t snapshots in btrfs above root?

Edit: they are in “subvolumes”

Source: ChatGPT

On a Btrfs filesystem, running rm -rf /* will attempt to delete everything in the root directory, which includes all files and directories accessible to your permissions. However, Btrfs snapshots are designed to be resistant to regular file deletion commands. Here’s what happens:

1. Snapshots remain intact: rm -rf /* doesn’t automatically delete snapshots because snapshots are stored in special subvolumes. By default, this command won’t affect subvolumes that are not mounted within the filesystem you’re deleting from.

2. You would need specific commands to delete snapshots: To delete snapshots on Btrfs, you would typically use a command like btrfs subvolume delete <snapshot> for each snapshot individually, as snapshots are managed by the filesystem and not treated as standard directories.

3. The data inside the snapshots is preserved: Even if files in the root filesystem are deleted, any data captured in snapshots remains, as snapshots are essentially read-only copies at a certain point in time.

Important Note: If the snapshots are mounted and accessible in the directory tree where rm -rf /* is run, you could accidentally delete them if the command traverses into the snapshots’ directories. To protect snapshots, administrators often mount them in isolated directories (e.g., /snapshots) or keep them unmounted until explicitly needed.

In summary, unless you run specific deletion commands for Btrfs subvolumes, snapshots should remain unaffected by rm -rf /* due to the unique way Btrfs manages snapshots.

Why would you not just format the stick?

Yes!

If route all data through VPN and drop the unwanted packages in the firewall at home, you achieve this. But apple is a bitch and ignore VPN (and even DNS) for own domains.

Except, apple is bypassing VPN for their own tracking:

https://appleinsider.com/articles/22/10/12/most-apple-apps-on-ios-16-bypass-vpn-connections

https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/yfhmfw/ios_161_allows_certain_apps_to_bypass_vpn/?rdt=60650

😂😅 so true

Or jellyseerr if you are using jellyfin (jellseerr with plex as well)

Additionally, you can set a push service (like a telegram bot) to send push notifications upon grabbing, downloaded etc. in *seerr

Most card allow you to set that transactions have to be approved either by app or by SMS.

😁i can do just “yay parsec” and install it

😁 I still never had an app that I wanted requiring it, but I’m very happy having it as quick temporary solution if I ever stumble over an app that does not run on Arch yet (In such cases I would try to fix the AUR package 😇)

Ah, yea, that is one of the reasons I don’t like APT… 😂

😯why would I force it?

BTW, I do not like APT very much

I just do not delete system files 🌚 jk

👌🏻fixed

I nearly threw up reading first paragraph 😂

What cruelty is this, to not allow devs to use WSL?!

I got my IT department to allow me to use WSL2, because I have to clone and patch the Linux kernel for our embedded linux device.

😁now I can install stuff, for which I otherwise would have need windows admin privileges, into WSL2, like steam (just for the fun of playing a windows game over proton on a ubuntu install on WSL2 which is just linux hyper-v emulation on windows -> games run very bad and seem do not use the nvidia card in the laptop 🤭)

So my setup is for work windows running WSL if needed, at home, I have a macbookpro11,3 dual boot BigSur and up to date endeavourOS(Arch+KDE) as allrounder devices, a game PC running endeavourOS(Arch+KDE) (NVIDIA 970), a raspberry Pi W2 running my homebridge, an iPad pro for easy webapps (configure *arr services) and streaming. Other not so much PC coputing devices available are PostmarkedOS pine phone, TvOS running Atv, various game consoles with most CFW installed, and many iPhones (collected over time, self bought is only iPhone 4s, 5, 6, X and 12mini)

So, I use them all big OSs 🤔 well, not really android anywhere… 😁 I just recognised that my router is BSD based (OpnSense)

I run a winServer, but only to test if our device we develop works with LDAP(S) hosted on winServer->ActiveDirectory/entraID, as well as WinServer->RADIUS->eap-tls

I just use snapback on btrfs with endeavourOS 🤔 works just as well, I recon, or what is the difference?

For me it is way less pain to set up and work using linux than…, …that…