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How does rEFInd display multiple snapshots?

Would having 30 snapshots clutter rEFInd screen with oversized icons in a single horizontal row? or does it have a way to group or manage them efficiently?

From what I’ve heard, the Limine bootloader supports booting and restoring snapshots with LUKS2 using limine-snapper-sync utility. Its setup is easier than refind-btrfs

Arch Wiki Limine mentions:

• Supports booting into selected Snapper snapshot. Offers two different methods for restoring a system snapshot: rsync or btrfs.
• After restoring a snapshot, a “backup” entry is added to the Limine bootloader, providing an easy way to revert to the “backup” if needed.
• Automatically repairs corrupted bootable files from old snapshots on the ESP when a new snapshot with the same bootable files is created.
• Automatically logs error messages about potential hardware issues if two hashes of the same bootable file do not match on the ESP.
• Testing read-only snapshots: Use overlayfs to test any installed packages on an immutable-like system without modifying the original data. Note that this does not mean testing the boot partition or a separate home subvolume/partition.

https://gitlab.com/Zesko/limine-snapper-sync

limine-snapper-sync for booting a snapshot from Limine bootloader

Octopi is a good debloat management that helps me remove unnecessary packages.

I trust DeepSeek Open Source if it allows me to copy and review it. I don’t trust OpenAI like ChatGPT.

I installed Limine, which makes dual-booting easier to configure than grub and systemd-boot.

limine-dracut-support helps me automatically manage kernel entries.

Open sources will eventually surpass all closed-source softwares in some day, no matter how many billions of dollars are invested in them.