Good to know!

Thanks!

This is super helpful, thanks!

I did not expect that. That’s a big company.

Does rysnc merge files and folders? I think that’s the key I’m missing

I’m worried about bit rot because I think it happened to me. Maybe it was some other corruption. But I have a video backed up on Dropbox, it’s been they’re for over a decade, and somewhere along the line it has developed glitches and artifacts. It’s still playable, but I’m annoyed, and worried about other media that I haven’t manually checked.

Thanks for this! I’m starting to consider repurposing an old PC with room for drives. The power draw isn’t that much more.

Thanks for this! This is a really rundown.

One question on the media though. While things like games and media can be redownloaded, that’s a significant effort. And also, how do I know what I’ve lost once it’s gone? Do I backup a directory of what I had somehow? I have a terrible memory, and will forget things ever existed.

Thanks! I do have some stuff backed up to Dropbox, but I’m hoping to cancel that before it renews as I don’t use it anymore

Thanks for the recommendations, especially used drives. I was looking at water panther drives because of their warranty. Do you have a preferred source?

That’s a fair point about off-site backups. Though as this point, any backups at all would be much better than what I’ve got. Baby steps 🤷‍♂️

Plug them in and move them there? Sorry I’m confused. Cold backups have to be disconnected and unpowered, right? I could keep them bare, and plug them into a dock sequentially, but what does that look like on the software side?

And yeah, my needs are very light. A used optiplex would be plenty. Right now I’m using an m920q with an 8th Gen i5. While it doesn’t have drive bays, it idles at like 10 watts, full tilt is 25. Plus it’s small and silent, I’m in an apartment.

I’m not opposed to upgrading in the future, I guess I just want to get a handle on some basics with what I have, before I decide what I want.

I mean I’ve got a spare computer sitting around with a 2600x in it, that could be a server pretty easy, maybe I’ll look into that 🤔

At any rate, what do you think about the software side of things? Specifically the basic procedure for updating cold backups?

Exactly. I’d love to use jellyfin, but it’s just not feasible

It’s not fully immutable like steamos. But yes I do see your point, it could be confusing.

That’s fair, I’m a bit uninformed on wine and proton’s roots. However I’d argue that for someone like OPs girlfriend, a somewhat-immutable atomic based distro like bazzite might be better. Especially if it’s only used for gaming and YouTube 🤷‍♂️

But different strokes for different folks, so perhaps they’d be better off just installing steam on their distro of choice 👍

You’re… Still running windows 7?

I think the implication is that they will switch to Linux

Wine need not apply. That’s old school. Sims 4 works great in proton. Basically just install steam and the rest is handled.

Better yet, install bazzite as your distro, gaming works out of the box.

Regulations cost money. African labor is cheap. Don’t worry, the market will sort it out…

That’s what I’m doing. Framework for the win

Those same people only getting paid 5 an hour have literally fought and complained against any attempts to change the law and bring a proper wage. Why? Because they make more in tips than they would hourly. Whole system is messed up.

While you’re not wrong that people should probably shop that way, if they can. It feels tone deaf, as many people can barely afford groceries in the first place, so shopping by cost per weight/calorie is almost a requirement.

At least I think that’s what’s happening.