copying files to a usb stick in linux, then putting it into my windows pc seems to just show all the files as having 0 bytes and it stays that way when i put it back in linux.

super weird, i'm only using exfat so it isn't anything linux specific or whatever.

if i wasn't using cloud storage there would be no way for me to get my game files back on my pc lol.

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@beardalaxy I hate weird shit like that, glad you had backup

@Jazzy_Butts yeah current version is on my laptop, last three versions on my SSD, and 8 versions on my HDD in two separate partitions as well as on the google drive (which also has the current version on it at all times from autosync).

i was meaning to turn this usb stick into a way of not having to sync with google drive all the time because it's a lot longer to do that than it would be to just transfer files, but i'm having some problems with that xD

@Jazzy_Butts well apparently i just had to wait for a little bit before ejecting because apparently linux will let you eject without the files fully copying over >.>

@beardalaxy @Jazzy_Butts I use syncthing over the lan, it keeps everything nicely synced. It's not backup, of course, but it's actually better than usb drives. just plug the machines on the lan and off it goes, deduplicating.

works behind nat, over VPNs, minimal setup and even detects uppercase/lowercase filesystem conflicts.

best feature: it downloads from a swarm of machines, you set up shared folders, if one machine has the files, everyone will eventually get the files.

@Corfiot @Jazzy_Butts yeah i was looking into syncthing a while ago, but for what i want to do with it, the complication of setting it all up just isn't necessary atm. long story short.

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