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Is there a way to search the Solus software repo from outside solus, online somewhere?
Some software I want to search for:
Timeshift
Backintime
Qownnotes
riot or other matrix apps
brave browser
qbittorrent
2FA software such as oauth
Search Repos of Solus online for particular software?
This is more for my own future reference. But for PIA vpn I will try https://github.com/dagrha/pypia
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For others reference as of July 7th 2020:
No Timeshift (although I may try this instead found in a reddit post:
sudo eopkg install libgee libvte rsync dcron libjson-glib
wget https://github.com/teejee2008/timeshift/releases/download/v17.11/timeshift-v17.11-amd64.run
chmod +x timeshift-v17.11-amd64.run
./timeshift-v17.11-amd64.run No Backintime
Yes Qownnotes
Yes (riot) riot or other matrix apps
Yes brave browser
Yes qbittorrent
No 2FA software such as oauth
brave browswer is a snap or flatpak. so is riot I think. don't think timeshift is going to happen if memory serves.
as for the rest of the software I don't know, try:
flatpak search xxx
snap find xxxdig it.
brent We have Brave browser in the repo.
JoshStrobl this is one I wish I could edit now!
Boggle247 No 2FA software such as oauth
Like @brent mentioned, this should be available as a flatpak or a snap. The only ones I've seen require zbar, which isn't actively developed, or they use libhandy, so they haven't qualified for inclusion in the repo.
This should probably do the trick: https://flathub.org/apps/details/com.github.bilelmoussaoui.Authenticator
brent I don't have solus installed, but I did search and found what software is there and what's not. There is Oauth in flathub that I can use. Still surprised there isn't a 2FA app in the repos...
No backintime or timeshift in flathub or the repos. But I think I found a workaround for timeshift. I know there is DejaDup but I hate it's interface and functionality, can't remember specifics of why I disliked it, but I just remember having issues with it in the past.
Boggle247 I know there is DejaDup but I hate it's interface and functionality, can't remember specifics of why I disliked it, but I just remember having issues with it in the past.
I've tried nearly every backup except restic. Many people swear by it. Vorta was cool looking. GRSync is dirt simple. I'm trying to learn the CLI bup app next--I don't back up enough...plenty of variety. You can't always get what you want....you know the rest
For me, restic was really simple, and I use it on every machine before every update.
Just create a repository folder (e.g., one that matches the name of the system being backed-up), and initialize it just once with:
restic init repository-location
I simplified the command invocation with a simple alias:
alias backup='restic backup /home/$USER -r repository-location'
To use this, of course, just replace the repository-location with the path to the folder you created for the purpose.
Whenever I want to back up a system, I simply execute backup and provide the password I applied to the repository when I initialized it. Eventually I'll need to define a restore alias, too, but I haven't needed that yet.
Boggle247 Can't really help with the rest of it but for the PIA vpn you shouldn't need that pypia. Solus has Qomui in the repos which has a feature that allows you to import PIA Openvpn stuff. It's what I use.
As a 2FA application you can use OTPClient which is in the repo.
brent brave browswer is a snap or flatpak. so is riot I think
Riot is in the Solus repositories
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brent thanks for this info, sorry to pester.
No worries. Sorry I was away for so long - making and canning some clam chowder.
I mount my NAS shares on /mnt. Such as /mnt/Backups/Linux, /mnt/Backups/Windows, etc.
So my backup location becomes /mnt/Backups/Linux/'hostname'
Note that I had to use regular single quotes in the above example, but in an actual working path, you'll want to use the "back quotes" that are under the tilde on the keyboard. Thus, if the backup was run on a workstation called "solus-4-1-budgie", the backup location would expand to be /mnt/Backups/Linux/solus-4-1-budgie.
The snapshot names look like: 1ab372620dae481543e9ef0e87a463949efa60945bdd7373b0f0024ccfbb939e, so I'm sure they're encrypted. The man page for restic probably has more details, although I admit I've never read it.
EDIT: And the snapshots are typically around 300 bytes, so I'm sure they're compressed. Or maybe the "snapshots" are just links to another data location.
WetGeek I'm experimenting with fermenting lately, so I understand time constraints. One must sterilize everything to plan ahead. I'm more interested in the clam chowder. Red potatoes or russets? Pepper-heavy or season it later? One of my favorite soups for sure. Bacon or no?
**I think cooking and reading are the last two active hobbies I can afford these days
Anyways thanks for that. Many people distro-hop, I am currently back-up program hopping. Lastly: what file extension does is it save to? I used a progrm last month that saved my data to .gpg and right-click solus menu had no suggestions on which app to open it. All else was clear, and appreciate your time.
and to the ever-patient mods, I should have opened a back-up program post or survey (apologies)
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brent One of my favorite soups for sure. Bacon or no?
No bacon this time. Maybe next time. Just baby clams, chopped bell peppers, minced garlic, butter, seasoned salt, and seasoned black pepper. EDIT: and thickened with flour, of course.
It would probably take you all of five minutes to create a temporary backup folder and run restic once. Then you can decide whether it's something you want to make more permanent, and put an alias like the one I showed you into your ./.bashrc file. That will tell you far more about how easy it is to use, and how fast it works.
If you decide it's not for you, all you'll need to do is delete the temporary folder.