Another option might be Sparkleshare:https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.sparkleshare.org_&d=DwIC-g&c=gRgGjJ3BkIsb5y6s49QqsA&r=gd8BzeSQcySVxr0gDWSEbN-P-pgDXkdyCtaMqdCgPPdW1cyL5RIpaIYrCn8C5x2A&m=ZWoNtu0dmVVf-BHn8ZvUBVCW9zs7Sa8kTg39yd7Ih6A&s=uo5aPcSMdvzL0oExBf143Q2SeqBuQZqF_beKswqvJww&e= https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__itsfoss.com_sparkleshare_&d=DwIC-g&c=gRgGjJ3BkIsb5y6s49QqsA&r=gd8BzeSQcySVxr0gDWSEbN-P-pgDXkdyCtaMqdCgPPdW1cyL5RIpaIYrCn8C5x2A&m=ZWoNtu0dmVVf-BHn8ZvUBVCW9zs7Sa8kTg39yd7Ih6A&s=OqVyXuKNFLzUJGC5AEnZyFoHO0YvCEUZofALSZY0OkE&e=
On 8/9/21 9:03 AM, Benson Muite wrote:
Timeshift seems not designed for backup of user data:https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_teejee2008_timeshift&d=DwIDaQ&c=gRgGjJ3BkIsb5y6s49QqsA&r=gd8BzeSQcySVxr0gDWSEbN-P-pgDXkdyCtaMqdCgPPdW1cyL5RIpaIYrCn8C5x2A&m=kMBIIfIFkTneWcORRx8ddYtO_aX8m_-IaUWhXbWPxuM&s=IUh4tGgFYr-shVFiJfG-kSvSYfcoqaZ_nvPUykvvOgk&e= but rather to enable restore of the system state in case of problematic upgrades.https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__fedoramagazine.org_easy-2Dbackups-2Dwith-2Ddeja-2Ddup_&d=DwIDaQ&c=gRgGjJ3BkIsb5y6s49QqsA&r=gd8BzeSQcySVxr0gDWSEbN-P-pgDXkdyCtaMqdCgPPdW1cyL5RIpaIYrCn8C5x2A&m=kMBIIfIFkTneWcORRx8ddYtO_aX8m_-IaUWhXbWPxuM&s=1y4q7o0WeTvr4L9FxogjH0ZEuwfp2dmHAqIKf399yvI&e= https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__fedoramagazine.org_butterfly-2Dbackup_&d=DwIDaQ&c=gRgGjJ3BkIsb5y6s49QqsA&r=gd8BzeSQcySVxr0gDWSEbN-P-pgDXkdyCtaMqdCgPPdW1cyL5RIpaIYrCn8C5x2A&m=kMBIIfIFkTneWcORRx8ddYtO_aX8m_-IaUWhXbWPxuM&s=vYm-TG86j0AfVRLr1ElNr58zKbej1XtJWlxDw6pYsmI&e=Deja Dup is ok with an external hard drive. Might also look at cloud backup services:https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.computer.org_publications_tech-2Dnews_trends_7-2Dbest-2Dcloud-2Dbackup-2Dservices&d=DwIDaQ&c=gRgGjJ3BkIsb5y6s49QqsA&r=gd8BzeSQcySVxr0gDWSEbN-P-pgDXkdyCtaMqdCgPPdW1cyL5RIpaIYrCn8C5x2A&m=kMBIIfIFkTneWcORRx8ddYtO_aX8m_-IaUWhXbWPxuM&s=jP9BVhVYM5XAJ81-T-RMF3kzrLypgkr269Kxkul0Aq8&e=On 8/9/21 8:19 AM, Andrew Komornicki wrote:Hi, Have you considered just doing a tar on the /home directory on a periodic basis, and just copy the tar file to a backup drive. Simple and easy. regards, Andrew
