Restore From Backup

The following describes how to completely restore my Chromebook (Miller) from backup, and documents all its configuration.

Hostname

Set hostname: Settings > About > Device Name: miller

Access Backup

1. Install Pika Backup.
2. Access backups: Files > Network > Server address: ssh://caleb@192.168.1.79
3. Setup Backup > Use Existing Repository > Location on Disk > caleb@192.168.1.79 > Ctrl+L > sftp://caleb@192.168.1.79/mnt/husky/archives/backups/backup-miller-caleb/ > Select
4. Enter password, follow instructions.
5. Archives > [Most recent date] > Browse saved files

From how on, the directory shown under "Browse saved files" will be indicated by the placeholder $backup.

Snikket

1. Copy $backup/.var/app/im.dino.Dino/ to ~/.var/app/.
2. Install Dino.
3. Launch Dino and pin Dino to dash.

Firefox

1. $ rm -rf ~/.mozilla/
2. Move $backup/.mozilla/ to home directory.
3. Launch Firefox.

GPG and SSH.

1. Move $backup/.gnupg/ to home directory.
2. Move $backup/.bashrc to home directory.
3. $ echo UPDATESTARTUPTTY | gpg-connect-agent

Password Manager

1. Move $backup/.password_store/ to home directory.
2. $ sudo dnf install pass

GNU Emacs

1. $ sudo dnf install emacs
2. Move $backup/.emacs.d/ to home directory.

Email

1. Move $backup/.var/app/org.gnome.Evolution/ to ~/.var/app/.
2. Install Evolution (from Flathub).
3. Settings > Online Accounts > Email Server
4. Email: csh@bluehome.net
5. Enter password from $ pass show Email/bluehome.net
6. Sign In
7. Launch Evolution and pin to dash.
8. Menu > Edit > Accounts > csh@bluehome.net > Edit
9. Add New Signature: Plain Text
10. Defaults > Archive Folder: Archives > OK

Radio

1. Move Shortwave's folder to ~/.var/app/.
2. Install Shortwave from Flathub.
3. Launch Shortwave and pin to dash.

Gemini Browser

1. Move Lagrange's folder to ~/.var/app/.
2. Install Lagrange from Flathub.

IRC

1. Move Halloy's folder to ~/.var/app/.
2. Install Halloy from Flathub.

Or build from source.

$ sudo dnf install openssl-devel alsa-lib-devel
$ git checkout 2025.06

Make some changes in irc/Cargo.toml:

arti-client = { version = "0.26", default-features = true, features = ["onion-service-client", "rustls", "compression", "tokio", "static-sqlite"] }

Then:

$ cargo build --release --all-features

Put the following .desktop file in ~/.local/share/applications/:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Halloy
Comment=IRC client written in Rust
Type=Application
Keywords=IRC;IM;Chat;
Categories=Network;IRCClient;
Exec=/home/caleb/.local/src/halloy/target/release/halloy %U
Icon=org.squidowl.halloy
StartupWMClass=org.squidowl.halloy
MimeType=x-scheme-handler/irc;x-scheme-handler/ircs;x-scheme-handler/halloy;
Terminal=false

Don't forget to clone and build Halloy in ~/.local/src/.

YouTube

1. Move tubefeeder folder to ~/.var/app/.
2. Install Pipeline from Flathub.

Desktop

• Displays > Night Light > On
• Power > Power Saving > Automatic Suspend > When Plugged In > Off
• Power > General > Show Battery Percentage > On
• System > Date & Time > Time Format > 24-hour
• System > Date & Time > Clock & Calendar > Week Day > On
• Keyboard > Add Input Source > Russian, Hebrew
• Settings > Users > Change Avatar > Select A File... > CH.png

Other Apps

• Picture Of The Day

Scripts

• Move $backup/.local/bin/ to home directory.

Fonts

• Move $backup/.local/share/fonts/ to home directory.

Rust

$ curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh
$ cargo install mdbook just bat

Hosts

Fix /etc/hosts so that calebh.top can be accessed from within the home network. The home network is subject to NAT hairpinning.

$ sudo emacs -nw /etc/hosts

Add to /etc/hosts file:

# Loopback entries; do not change.                                              
# For historical reasons, localhost precedes localhost.localdomain:             
127.0.0.1   localhost localhost.localdomain localhost4 localhost4.localdomain4
::1         localhost localhost.localdomain localhost6 localhost6.localdomain6
# See hosts(5) for proper format and other examples:                            
# 192.168.1.10 foo.example.org foo                                              
# 192.168.1.13 bar.example.org bar                                              
192.168.1.79 calebh.top