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
- Install Pika Backup.
- Access backups: Files > Network > Server address:
ssh://caleb@192.168.1.79
- 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 - Enter password, follow instructions.
- 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
- Copy
$backup/.var/app/im.dino.Dino/
to~/.var/app/
. - Install Dino.
- Launch Dino and pin Dino to dash.
Firefox
$ rm -rf ~/.mozilla/
- Move
$backup/.mozilla/
to home directory. - Launch Firefox.
GPG and SSH.
- Move
$backup/.gnupg/
to home directory. - Move
$backup/.bashrc
to home directory. $ echo UPDATESTARTUPTTY | gpg-connect-agent
Password Manager
- Move
$backup/.password_store/
to home directory. $ sudo dnf install pass
GNU Emacs
$ sudo dnf install emacs
- Move
$backup/.emacs.d/
to home directory.
- Move
$backup/.var/app/org.gnome.Evolution/
to~/.var/app/
. - Install Evolution (from Flathub).
- Settings > Online Accounts > Email Server
- Email: csh@bluehome.net
- Enter password from
$ pass show Email/bluehome.net
- Sign In
- Launch Evolution and pin to dash.
- Menu > Edit > Accounts > csh@bluehome.net > Edit
- Add New Signature: Plain Text
- Defaults > Archive Folder: Archives > OK
Radio
- Move Shortwave's folder to
~/.var/app/
. - Install Shortwave from Flathub.
- Launch Shortwave and pin to dash.
Gemini Browser
- Move Lagrange's folder to
~/.var/app/
. - Install Lagrange from Flathub.
IRC
- Move Halloy's folder to
~/.var/app/
. - Install Halloy from Flathub.
$ 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
- Move
tubefeeder
folder to~/.var/app/
. - 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