Linux Setup for Parents

linux_for_parents.md

Linux Setup for Parents

Fedora Silverblue, default installation.

• No automatic login (it's strange UI)

Automatic Updates

Set up fully automatic updates, in /etc/rpm-ostreed.conf set AutomaticUpdatePolicy=stage

Edit timer, needs to copy everything, change to 1min

sudo systemctl edit rpm-ostreed-automatic.timer

systemctl reload rpm-ostreed
systemctl enable rpm-ostreed-automatic.timer --now

See

• https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/iot/applying-updates-UG/
• https://lukas.zapletalovi.com/posts/2021/fedora-silverlight-not-only-for-your-grandma/

Remot Access

Enable SSHD

Data Backups

"Pika Backup" to backup onto the NAS via SSH. Uses borg as backend, excellent backup quality, compact and fast, good defaults.

Hourly backups, because computer usually don’t run long