+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 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 2) restore next incremental 3) rinse and repeat until you're > restored to the right date. > > On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 3:14 AM, Aaron Whitehouse <li...@whitehouse.org.nz> > wrote: >> >> 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 ago: >> http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/Docs/Howto/Drakbackup >> >> I have just read through all of the Wiki pages I could find on the topic: >> >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Home?action=fullsearch&from=0&context=180&value=backup >> and it seems that each release brings a new spec to include a backup >> program by default and, each release, people write out the use-cases, >> set out the alternative backup programs available and argue about >> missing features. Then the release happens and no backup program is >> installed by default. >> >> Simple-backup-suite appears to be the most officially-sanctioned backup >> solution for the simple use-case and I understand that it was designed >> for Ubuntu (during the 2005 GSoC) for this purpose. Unfortunately, the >> project does not seem at all maintained, which makes it unlikely that >> bugs will be fixed or features added. The facility to restore backups is >> also pretty primitive (as far as I can tell), requiring the user to >> search through each backup file one-by-one to find the correct >> version(s) of a file, rather than having any master indexes. >> >> I would really like to see Canonical/Ubuntu officially support this >> crucial part of the desktop. There are so many choices for backup, each >> with subtle differences, that having a recommendation would be very >> valuable to all but the most skilled backup experts. Canonical/Ubuntu >> supporting one backup program would also no-doubt encourage further >> activity in that program. Finally, there could be excellent >> (revenue-generating?) opportunities to offer an option to backup to >> Ubuntu One etc. >> >> I understand and appreciate the differences between the backup programs >> (some using inotify and hard-links, some using diffs and archive files >> etc.), but I feel that it is one of those cases where it is more >> important to encourage the user to backup the system in any of the >> available ways than to keep arguing about the most technically-correct >> approach. >> >> Regards, >> >> Aaron >> >> -- >> Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list >> Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss > > > -- > Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list > Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss > > -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
