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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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How do you all go about backing up your data, on Linux? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm trying to find a good method of making periodic, incremental backups. I assume that the most minimal approach would be to have a Cronjob run rsync periodically, but I'm curious what other solutions may exist.

I'm interested in both command-line, and GUI solutions.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I like rsnapshot, run from a cron job at various useful intervals. backups are hardlinked and rotated so that eventually the disk usage reaches a very slowly growing steady state.

[–] auv_guy 5 points 1 year ago

I also use it. Big benefit is also that you don‘t need a special software to access your backup.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Been using rsnapshot for years, has saved me more than once