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

btrfs-assistant

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.

Contributors

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Changelog

5/29/26, 3:25 AM

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• 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• dbb96-Refactor Timeshift documentation to recommend btrfs-assistant and update installation instructions; remove outdated images.on 5/29/26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