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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 backup? (lemm.ee)

submitted 22 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I recently implemented a backup workflow for me. I heavily use restic for desktop backup and for a full system backup of my local server. It works amazingly good. I always have a versioned backup without a lot of redundant data. It is fast, encrypted and compressed.

But I wondered, how do you guys do your backups? What software do you use? How often do you do them and what workflow do you use for it?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

I'm curious, is there a reason why noone uses deja-dup? I use it with an external SSD on Ubuntu and (receently) Mint, where it comes pre-installed, and did not encounter Problems.

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

The restore process takes forever and sometimes fails. Last time I was forced to try every daily backup to several days before last backup to find one that could actually be restored. I have switched to borg (using Pika Backup for desktop and Borgmatic for servers). No restores have failed since.

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

Thanks for your feedback, maybe I should look into switching

[–] [email protected] 1 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

What do you backup with dejadup? Everything under /home?

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

Mostly, with some folders excepted (e.g. my Nextcloud folder)