From: nospam@example.net   
      
   On Sat, 13 Apr 2024, oldernow wrote:   
      
   > On 2024-04-13, Richmond  wrote:   
   >   
   >> I don't write things down despite thinking that I   
   >> should. Occasionally I will put things into keep.google.com   
   >> but then forget that I put them there. I can re-install   
   >> linux from scratch in less than an hour, but all my tweaks   
   >> are gone, and I have to rediscover them piecemeal. But   
   >> many tweaks don't work anymore anyway because they have   
   >> either become unnecessary or things have changed so much   
   >> they don't work.   
   >   
   > I got tired of worrying about remembering and installing   
   > tweaks, and so came to embrace the relative simplicity   
   > of defaults. Also, per "actual content creation" (above),   
   > I'd come to a point where I couldn't discount the possibility   
   > that tweaks might have become a procrasinatory distraction.   
      
   I run a home cooked backup script with ssh, rsync, tor and hardlinks on   
   the server to save space. The server is an old laptop (which is great,   
   since I get UPS "for free") and everytime I buy a new laptop, I just   
   copy the latest backup over, including dot-files and I'm about 99%   
   there.   
      
   But, like you say, I tend to forget the 99% tweaks and some of them I   
   don't hit until like 2 weeks in, so then it's back to the manual again   
   until I remember what I did. ;)   
      
   Let me know if you want the script. It has no license at all and you're   
   free to build a billion dollar business on it (good luck!) and the only   
   requirement is to give me 1 positive thought. ;)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)