Why did/n't I do that? A tragicomedy in more parts than I'd like to think about...

Spent the day thinking I was swapping out a really underpowered computer that kept crashing because I'm about to start classes and setting up a lot for a lot more WFH and maybe some futzing with very low-end development, re-dedicating certain functions to some re-purposed (ostensibly more powerful) boxen, and after a little while, realized that old workhorse may not have been the issue so much as the SSD that was causing regular crashes and suddenly not detecting a drive onboard. Cracked it open and after playing around a bit I figured out how to pop a 1TB HDD in instead (bless you standardized power cables), spun it up and it's quiet, the fan barely comes on so far, and I can see that usage in general seems a lot less spiky.

Installed the latest Ubuntu (don't judge me, thank you, I use different OSes for different things, and I like Ubuntu) - which seems to be running peachy keen so far - but when I went to pull in my bookmarks and recent browsing history, I realized I had completely forgotten to update it, and that was all still sitting there on the old (and now disconnected) SSD.

I had, of course, totally intended to automate the process some time ago, and apparently I did that thing where I thought about it, planned it out, chose the tool I wanted and installed it, utterly flaked on completing the process, and then completely forgot I had stopped mid-way.

As one does.

If one is me.

apparently.

It would appear that the last time I ran rsync manually was over a year ago, which predates a LOT of research and such that I've done for my planned little business, as well as a bunch of places I've been using to bone up on things that my addled brain and I need refreshing on, so it's non-negotiable in terms of getting that sorted.

But it's also been a pretty long day, so I'm gonna finish setting up my media server stuff and so forth and then put slapping that SSD into another box (I am not getting back down on the ground to deal with the original box now that I have it set up how and where I want it, kthx) off until tomorrow, when I'm rested and less likely to bother my neighbors with tortured screams (any further).

Meanwhile, at least the fact that I keep everything I'm actually working on or likely to ever want access to on an external drive, so that was the easy part of it all.

Anybody have any opinions on DejaDup vs TimeShift for backups? DD seems a lot more granular and - as such - leaner in terms of storage requirements, but the snapshot functionality is super appealing.