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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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What dotfiles manager do you use? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by daddyjones@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I'm looking for recommendations for a dotfile manager - there are so many out there I've got a bit of options paralysis!

I'd like a system that can backup all my dotfiles - with version management - and, if I nuked my home directory, could restore them all for me with a simple command.

Thanks in advance for you suggestions!

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[–] dino@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

chezmoi, although I am not sure I like it. Its the first I tried and some stuff seems very complicated.

[–] stepanzak@iusearchlinux.fyi 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What do you find complicated? I'm happy to help you with it. It also seemed complicated to me, but once I understood it it was pretty simple to use (unless you wanna do advanced stuff.)

[–] dino@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The way the autocommiting works is weird, have to use regular git commands for that. Also templating doesn't work for me. I was trying to establish a file with the same content across multiple devices in different subfolders but it kind of didn't work out.

[–] stepanzak@iusearchlinux.fyi 1 points 1 year ago

That's unfortunate, because I commit manually (I want to write the messages) and I never needed to template the filepaths. I'm using file templates and it works flawlessly tho.