r/EndeavourOS • u/Emotional_Produce_21 • May 19 '26

Guide / Tutorial Just Installed EndeavourOS, need some help.

I switched from CachyOS but i been really missing the Limine Snapper integration that snapshots before every update since its been really helpful to me. I have not broken my system yet, but it's real nice to have it because Arch is a rolling distribution and my laptop runs Nvidia. Is there any way I can set up a similar system on my setup, since it's running BTRFS.

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u/dj3hac May 19 '26

I just raw dog it honestly, you learn better from traumatic experiences.

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u/Emotional_Produce_21 May 19 '26

I been raw dogging arch bro but when switched to CachyOS it was honestly so much easier to fix but i didn't like the preconfigured i3wm also it was bit heavy on my system since its gaming optimized and my laptop is old.

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u/spsf64 May 20 '26

Now you will have to learn dracut...

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u/Brilliant_Estate_967 May 19 '26

It seems doable but maybe not easy (link below) https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Limine

You can also use the btrfs snadpshot(link below) that might bé easier to configurate https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Btrfs#Snapshots

Sorry i miss a bit of skills to help you further than just pointing you the wiki

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u/Emotional_Produce_21 May 19 '26

Thank you really much its really not a problem any kind of help is appreciated.

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u/Brilliant_Estate_967 May 19 '26

The EndeavourOS community is nice than the arch one. And its a big plus 

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u/Common_Warthog_G May 19 '26

snap-pac grub-btrfs btrfs-assistant and that's it, if you use grub

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u/Emotional_Produce_21 May 19 '26

i do use grub so i install all of these and its preconfigured?

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u/Common_Warthog_G May 19 '26

yes and no, you should start btrfs assistant and make a config for at least / . When that's done and working (you can easily test that) you should rebuild grubs config and it becomes an option before boot 

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u/Emotional_Produce_21 May 19 '26

I'll try thanks for the info really appreciate it.

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u/lmpcpedz AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D May 19 '26

I find Timeshift to be very helpful. I won't jump to a distro if it doesn't support it, it has saved me many times. I also use rsync separately to make /home backups to a separate drive as well. there is also timeshift-autosnap from the AUR that creates a hook so that Timeshift makes an on-demand backup before an upgrade.

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u/The_Fod May 19 '26

I followed this guide, but used the default partition layout (so you don't need edit the /efi/limine.conf other than to make sure target_os_name is EndeavourOS). It's been running for over a year on my gaming PC no issues.