Proper Backup Strategy

[Fabby]

1. There is a way of sharing home directories between OSes but you need:

   • to know the ntfs-3g advanced settings (so NTFS disk only)
   • can only share Documents, Downloads, Videos, … folders (so not any of the hidden directories)
   • Need to change permissions from Windows only.
   • Need to keep all of your users and passwords synchronised.

   Basically, you want to become a professional NTFS-3G permissions admin.

2. Read this for the perfect backup solution:

[HowTo] make a crash-proof backup in Manjaro for your entire system

Difficulty: ★★☆☆☆ If you follow the tutorial completely, you will be able to create a backup of your entire system not only limited to Manjaro, but also including Windows, RHEL, Ubuntu, … and whatever else you might have installed on your system! Even if you replace your HDD by an SSD, your HDD crashes, your entire system gets stolen, … you can always restore a Cold System backup to an identical system (You cannot restore E.G. a Dell XPS onto a Dell PowerEdge and then expect that to…

The example uses borg but you can use timeshift using the same philosophy although the examples are for BorgBackup (You will be assimilated and all that)