Earlier this year, I built a new PC and it’s running Ubuntu. I’ve been installing various apps and configuring them since then. Now, I realize I don’t have any way of knowing what I would want to reinstall, if I (for instance) lost this drive somehow.

How do you keep track of what you’ve installed/ your favorite apps?

Separately, how can I backup the configurations I’m using right now.

Thanks!

  • SALT@lemmy.my.idEnglish
    6·
    1 year ago

    Use ansible and variable, so it can be replicated to other computer. Simple

    ansible.builtin.apt:
   name: "{{ item }}"
   state: latest
loop:
   - pkg1
   - pkg2
    • NixDev@programming.devEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      At work we are starting to transition to Ansible from chef and other homegrown solutions. So to learn Ansible I added awx to my home lab and now have playbooks for almost all of my devices. Going to format a Pi again soon and see if everything works as intended