Linux Saloon 202 | Early Edition

On this Early Edition of Linux Saloon, we had a great conversation of a variety of topics from Zeb’s perfect distribution, system resiliency with backups and rollback to [alleged] malware in anti-cheat from Riot Games.

What have you been doing in tech or Linux?

Zeb found the perfect Linux Distribution? QuarkOS

https://quark-os.sourceforge.io

Operating System Rollback Feature is Important for Me

Replies

• Goofball: If I were to switch from Fedora to something else, I think PikaOS would be near top of the list. For my personal use case, rollback feature is not a priority. Most of my apps are cloud-based, most of my data is backed up. No loss if I have to wipe my machine. *That said, I use a Fedora atomic downstream called secureblue so I can always roll back to the previous stable image if needed.
• benstechroom: ​for me rsync used way too much space. btrfs is easier and lighter. I couldn’t get Debian to get its btrfs right for timeshift. thats what put me 100% on Ubuntu. Backups chose my distro for me. Lol.

Rollback Features in your operating system

https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Snapper_Tutorial
https://github.com/linuxmint/timeshift

Taking Backups

https://github.com/bit-team/backintime
https://freefilesync.org
https://apps.gnome.org/PikaBackup
https://apps.gnome.org/DejaDup
https://vorta.borgbase.com
https://flathub.org/en/apps/io.github.mmarco94.tambourine

Home Arcade that Folds Up

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/amat/swap-arcade-full-arcade-that-turns-into-a-furniture-cabinet

Steam controller

https://store.steampowered.com/hardware/steamcontroller?curator_clanid=45479024
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/05/psa-the-steam-controllers-magnetic-charger-can-be-a-fire-hazard

Rocco’s multi distribution setup

https://docs.bazzite.gg/General/Installation_Guide/dual_boot_setup_guide
https://mxlinux.org/wiki/uefi-manager/

Valerant Anti-cheat

https://www.thegamer.com/valorant-anti-cheat-bricking-hackers-pc

Other Links

https://cubiclenate.com/2024/03/06/linux-gaming-with-anti-cheat-work-in-progress/

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• Eric Adams
  • https://mintcast.org/
  • https://mintcast.org/category/roundtable/
  • https://linuxotc.org/
• Mike Chilson BBS
  • https://classicbbs.net
  • https://marklite.app/
  • https://resizeall.app/
• Dale Low Tech Linux
  • YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/lowtechlinux
  • Twitch – https://www.twitch.tv/lowtechlinux
  • lowtechlinux.com
• Linux Out Loud
  • https://dlnxtend.com/
• Warthunder Nerd Cave
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• Linux User Space
  • https://www.linuxuserspace.show/
• Scott’s Projects
  • https://www.bellumgero.net/
  • https://wiki.bellumgero.net/