On Sun, Aug 08, 2021 at 07:38:07PM -0700, Yasha Karant wrote:
> Apple products and the Apple OS (currently based upon BSD) are
> proprietary. If one needs service (hardware or software), one
> effectively must use an Apple store (at least in the USA). The
> colleague is retired and has little
On Mon, Aug 9, 2021 at 2:48 PM ~Stack~ wrote:
>
> On 8/9/21 10:48 AM, Yasha Karant wrote:
> > She wants an incremental backup system that uses a removable external
> > drive, and that she can initiate (not time interval daemon driven), and
> > that allows her to "find" a deleted file that she
On 8/9/21 10:48 AM, Yasha Karant wrote:
She wants an incremental backup system that uses a removable external
drive, and that she can initiate (not time interval daemon driven), and
that allows her to "find" a deleted file that she needs -- but for which
she looks both by the file name, but
I have added one previous response to this subject below that from Stack.
The multiple back-up, remote site, and redundant fail-over described
below is of course very desirable and totally infeasible for the
end-user situation. As for backing up to the cloud, the user has a USA
DSL
a
> > terminal application but rather a GUI -- she uses a word processor, etc,
> > but not vi, not even GUI gvim), tar would not be a useful solution. (I
> > did use tar to move her files from her "old" laptop to her "new" one,
> > using an externa
t know nor is willing to
understand how to do this.)
Timeshift does appear to be a system backup -- this is not what she wants.
Regards
Yasha
On 8/8/21 10:19 PM, Andrew Komornicki wrote:
Hi,
Have you considered just doing a tar on the /home directory on a
periodic basis, and just copy the tar
GUI gvim), tar would not be
a useful solution. (I did use tar to move her files from her "old"
laptop to her "new" one, using an external USB drive, but she does not
know nor is willing to understand how to do this.)
Timeshift does appear to be a system backup -- this is not
On Mon, Aug 9, 2021 at 1:19 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
"rsnapshot". Old, stable, and extremely effective at
wrote:
Timeshift seems not designed for backup of user data:
https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_teejee2008_timeshift=DwIDaQ=gRgGjJ3BkIsb5y6s49QqsA=gd8BzeSQcySVxr0gDWSEbN-P-pgDXkdyCtaMqdCgPPdW1cyL5RIpaIYrCn8C5x2A=kMBIIfIFkTneWcORRx8ddYtO_aX8m_-IaUWhXbWPxuM=IUh4tGgFYr
Timeshift seems not designed for backup of user data:
https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_teejee2008_timeshift=DwIDaQ=gRgGjJ3BkIsb5y6s49QqsA=gd8BzeSQcySVxr0gDWSEbN-P-pgDXkdyCtaMqdCgPPdW1cyL5RIpaIYrCn8C5x2A=kMBIIfIFkTneWcORRx8ddYtO_aX8m_-IaUWhXbWPxuM=IUh4tGgFYr-shVFiJfG
rbon X1 and I just installed a working Linux on it --
> everything worked "out of the box".
>
> Reading more, Timeshift appears to be a systems, not end user files,
> backup utility.� Any suggestions from anyone?
>
> Take care.� Stay safe.
>
> On 8/8/21 7:32 PM, Konst
-liberal profiteers). She got a used/refurb
Lenovo Carbon X1 and I just installed a working Linux on it --
everything worked "out of the box".
Reading more, Timeshift appears to be a systems, not end user files,
backup utility. Any suggestions from anyone?
Take care. Stay safe.
On 8
On Sun, Aug 08, 2021 at 04:09:04PM -0700, Yasha Karant wrote:
>
> Assuming that she obtains a, say 1 Tbyte, external USB drive
> (powered from the USB port and either mechanical or SSD), she plans
> to do incremental backups to the backup drive.
>
> ... what ... would anyone recommend?
> ...
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HomeSystem AdministrationBest Linux Backup Software For Desktops
And Servers [2021]
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Best Linux Backup Software For Desktops And Servers [2021]
by Sohail August 3, 2021
1. Timeshift (For desktops)
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Does anyone have experience with Timeshift
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