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What are the best backup programs for Linux with a GUI?
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Best backup programs for Linux with a GUI
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Back In Time
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GPL-2.0
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Déjà Dup
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Vorta
FREE
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Timeshift
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Duplicati
free
LGPL-2.1
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Back In Time
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Back In Time
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Easy to use
Although highly customizable, Back in Time is also suited for people who want an easy tool to use that will back up their data. You can use BiT simply by configuring where to save snapshots, what folders to backup and when to do it.
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Internal disk only
Does not see USB external drives or network.
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DependableIstustaya's Experience
I love it because it is customizable
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License:
GPL-2.0
OS:
Linux
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Efficient use of storage with file-level deduplication
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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.
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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.
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Dotfiles are excluded by default
Will not back up hidden files unless you edit the exclusion list.
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Déjà Dup
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Déjà Dup
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Déjà Dup
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Pros
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Cons
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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.
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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.
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GloriousLachesis's Experience
This is not really a "con" but more a warning. I use DejaDup regularly, it works fine AS LONG AS YOU USE THE SAME VERSION/ON THE SAME PC.. So I recently changed PC with new DejaDup installation, PROBLEM I could not restore the data backups from the previous PC (I think that is a known issue, variable or no backward compatibility) you can attempt to recover via command line but that is very complicated. So... great backup programme for the "current" situation (same PC, same OS etc) but do not expect to be able to get backups restored that are a few years old/made with a previous version of DejaDup
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Available on Ubuntu by default
Comes pre-installed on Ubuntu.
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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.
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ThoroughWhiro's Experience
Excellent program. Probably the smoothest back-up experience I've ever had. Only issue is that it doesn't recognize my external SSD so I could only use it with an SD card.
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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.
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Vorta
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Vorta
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Vorta
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Experiences
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Pros
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Deduplication
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PerfectMarqod's Experience
It supports dedublication.
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Free and open source
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Good Scheduling
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Cross-platform
Runs on macOS and GNU/Linux
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Timeshift
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Timeshift
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Timeshift
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Can easily save your OS
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GloriousLachesis's Experience
I think this must be one of the most important Linux programmes available. Say you are "experimenting" with a new program and something goes wrong, OR, you have installed a (regular) update and then your OS no longer functions... Timeshift rescued me a few times, reliably and quickly!!
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Can store multiple snapshots
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Customizable settings
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Intuitive UI
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Duplicati
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Duplicati
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License:
LGPL-2.1
Platforms:
Windows, macOS, Linux
Auto update:
Yes
Versioning:
Yes
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