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2025-05-29

Flatseal

GUI to modify Flatpak permissions

Flatpak (System)

flatpak install flathub com.github.tchx84.Flatseal

Flatpak (User)

flatpak install --user flathub com.github.tchx84.Flatseal

A simple GUI for managing snapshots on the BTRFS filesystem, built on top of snapper. On BTRFS, snapshots are near-instant and preserve SELinux labels — no permissive mode and no relabeling needed.

Fedora

sudo dnf install btrfs-assistant snapper python3-dnf-plugin-snapper

Debian/Ubuntu

sudo apt-get install btrfs-assistant snapper

Arch

sudo pacman -S btrfs-assistant snapper

Setting up snapshots

For the full walkthrough — configuring timeline snapshots, taking your first snapshot, and restoring when needed — see Create snapshots/backups in the Fedora guide.

Timeshift

Create snapshots of your computer that you can roll back to. Best suited to non-BTRFS systems such as ext4.

Using BTRFS?

If your system uses the BTRFS filesystem (Fedora's default), we recommend btrfs-assistant above instead. BTRFS snapshots are faster, more reliable, and preserve SELinux labels, avoiding relabeling issues entirely.

Installation

Fedora

sudo dnf install timeshift

Debian/Ubuntu

sudo apt-get install timeshift

Arch

sudo pacman -S timeshift

Recovering from SELinux label issues after a restore
If you are restoring snapshots in RSYNC mode on a SELinux-enforcing distro (e.g. Fedora, RHEL, Rocky), you may encounter file mislabeling errors or "permission denied" errors on first boot. Trigger a full filesystem relabel and reboot — be patient, the relabel pass takes a few minutes.
```
sudo touch /.autorelabel
```
```
reboot
```
If the restored system fails to boot under enforcing SELinux, interrupt GRUB and append enforcing=0 to the kernel command line for that one boot only. This lets /.autorelabel complete, after which the system will reboot itself into a normally-enforcing state.

Gparted

Disk partitioning tool.

Fedora

sudo dnf install gparted

Arch

sudo pacman -S gparted

Debian/Ubuntu

sudo apt-get install gparted

Contributors

Lunear01

aier9500

Changelog

7/4/26, 6:04 PM

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72d1b-Linux App Library restructuring, added Dev series, removed Gnomieon 7/4/26
5f640-Move Gparted from popular (who tf categorised this???)on 6/11/26
a436a-Enhance Fedora guide with images for btrfs-assistant setup and snapshot management instructionson 5/29/26
dbb96-Refactor Timeshift documentation to recommend btrfs-assistant and update installation instructions; remove outdated images.on 5/29/26
56e54-Add new GNOME extension and update Timeshift instructions for clarityon 5/12/26
35118-Grammar and Spell Checks for the entire Webon 12/11/25
5810a-Cleaner way of displaying contributors in articles.on 12/9/25
5f55a-Flatpak icons addedon 8/11/25
6f292-Enhance markdown formatting for consistency across documentationon 7/12/25
9537b-Update terminal customization and guides to include devicons for Linux distributionson 6/25/25
f655d-Refactor author sections: update titles from "Maintainers" to "Author(s)" in multiple app guideson 6/13/25
e2f6b-Refactor guide authorship sections: update titles from "Maintainer" to "Author(s)" and "Contributors" to "Co-author(s)" across multiple guideson 6/13/25
e746c-Reorder Debian/Ubuntu to be after Fedora and Archon 6/12/25
9c0ab-Refactor guides for improved formatting and clarity across Vuepress, Essentials, Popular, Arch, and Fedora documentationon 6/11/25
9d94b-maintainers tag added and guideline page addedon 6/10/25
573fd-Tagging/untagging.on 6/9/25
62c4b-Automating steps.on 6/8/25
b3bcd-pretty stepson 6/7/25
a80f0-Added appson 6/5/25
9d2d2-removing redundant codeon 6/1/25
41f78-deleting legacy metadataon 5/31/25
bc70e-Formatting Linux Apps Libraryon 5/30/25
e05be-renamingon 5/30/25
64610-Notes and sidebar work nowon 5/30/25
d95ee-Notes & sidebard don't work for some reason...on 5/30/25
a154c-testing sidebar generationon 5/30/25
78ee4-typoon 5/29/25
63f60-Draft ongoingon 5/29/25
20414-Draftson 5/29/25
fb788-under-construction addedon 5/29/25