What are the best backup programs for Linux with a GUI?

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Best backup programs for Linux with a GUI	Price	Last Updated
-- Back In Time	-	Aug 24, 2018
-- Déjà Dup	-	May 3, 2016

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Back In Time

Top Pro

Highly configurable

Almost all functionality of the program can be customized. It's possible to set when snapshot get removed based on age, available disk space, quantity in a set time period, you can include and exclude files, folders and filetypes, you can defer backups when on battery power, you can ignore errors, you can preserve ACL, extended attributes and so on. See More

Top Con

Dotfiles are excluded by default

Will not back up hidden files unless you edit the exclusion list. See More

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Interface could be more intuitive

The program uses non-labeled, non-intuitive icons and the purpose and functionality of the file browser is not clear at first glance. See More

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Déjà Dup

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Available on Ubuntu by default

Comes pre-installed on Ubuntu. See More

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No way to set limitations on how much disk space the application should use

The program will use up all available disk space for backups. There's not way to set limitations. See More

Top Pro

Straightforward interface

The program's interface has 4 tabs - overview, storage, folders and schedule. You select where to back up in "storage", what folders to back up and ignore in "folders" and how often to back up in "schedule." Overview displays all these settings and offers a choice of backing up and restoring. See More

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No way to set a specific backup time for automatic backups

You can only set the backups to be daily, weekly or monthly without the ability to tell what time the backups should happen. See More

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Can back up to any server that Nautilus can connect to

You can connect to both physically connected devices as well as devices that are available over FTP, SSH, etc. See More

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What are the best backup programs for Linux with a GUI?

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Back In Time

My Recommendation for Back In Time

My Recommendation for Back In Time

Highly configurable

Dotfiles are excluded by default

Interface could be more intuitive

Déjà Dup

My Recommendation for Déjà Dup

My Recommendation for Déjà Dup

Available on Ubuntu by default

No way to set limitations on how much disk space the application should use

Straightforward interface

No way to set a specific backup time for automatic backups

Can back up to any server that Nautilus can connect to

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