Obligatory “Nix fixes this”. It’s actually a pattern where you allow list the folders you want to keep, and the rest gets deleted on shut down. Too scared to accidentally delete my stuff to use it…
But yeah, proper partitioning is really powerful if you want to easily remake your system. Although I like BTRFS subvolumes more as I don’t need to care about the allocated space being too little/too big
Obligatory “Nix fixes this”. It’s actually a pattern where you allow list the folders you want to keep, and the rest gets deleted on shut down. Too scared to accidentally delete my stuff to use it…
But yeah, proper partitioning is really powerful if you want to easily remake your system. Although I like BTRFS subvolumes more as I don’t need to care about the allocated space being too little/too big
BTRFS + Snapper makes automating system snapshots and updates so care-free that it almost feels wrong. 😅