Re: Backup application in default install

2010-01-29 Thread Aaron Whitehouse
Evan wrote: I believe Deja-Dup was originally started for the purpose of becoming default. At the very least, it is simple, useful and actively developed. https://launchpad.net/deja-dup This program is absolutely excellent! I am amazed by how much power there is in an application that is so

Backup application in default install

2010-01-27 Thread Aaron Whitehouse
Hello all, According to: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BackupYourSystem Backup is essential. However, no tool to backup the system is available in the default installation. By contrast, Mandrake (as it was then) included an excellent simple option built-in when I used it around five years

Re: Backup application in default install

2010-01-27 Thread Caleb Marcus
Yes, yes, yes. I fully agree. Currently I use an anacron job running rdiff-backup, but this is CLEARLY not right for non-techie users. I stopped using Simple Backup ages ago... it was really deficient. For one thing, its incremental backups had to be restored like so: 1) restore last full backup

Re: Backup application in default install

2010-01-27 Thread Flávio Etrusco
+1. Even a manual backup utility would suffice to me ;) Is there a bug entry for this? Best regards, Flávio On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 10:07 PM, Caleb Marcus caleb.marcus+u-...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, yes, yes. I fully agree. Currently I use an anacron job running rdiff-backup, but this is CLEARLY

Re: Backup application in default install

2010-01-27 Thread Evan
I believe Deja-Dup was originally started for the purpose of becoming default. At the very least, it is simple, useful and actively developed. https://launchpad.net/deja-dup I'm not sure how stable it as at the moment, since I'm not actively using it, but I have poked around its interface a bit.