Software Replacement for Systemback?

[torreydale]

[member=7109]Moltke[/member] ,
Systemback is a tool for restore points and Live System creation, not a data backup program, per se.  Linux Lite already comes with the backup program, Deja Dup, herein rebranded simply as the Backups program (Menu -> Accessories -> Backups).

[Moltke]

[member=7109]Moltke[/member] ,
Systemback is a tool for restore points and Live System creation, not a data backup program, per se.  Linux Lite already comes with the backup program, Deja Dup, herein rebranded simply as the Backups program (Menu -> Accessories -> Backups).

Hi [member=5239]torreydale[/member]
I know what systemback is and what it does, that's why I said that I didn't know if Aptik could qualify as an alternative since both programas are quite different. What I meant is that I'm not able to make systemback to save to my external drive, is it possible?

[torreydale]

[member=7109]Moltke[/member] ,
How is your external drive formatted?  Is it FAT or NTFS?  I believe Systemback prefers to work with ext4 formatted partitions.

[Moltke]

[member=7109]Moltke[/member] ,
How is your external drive formatted?  Is it FAT or NTFS?  I believe Systemback prefers to work with ext4 formatted partitions.

Hi [member=5239]torreydale[/member]
Is NTFS. Hmmm ok, I imagined something like  that's what keeping me from saving to my external drive. Well, like I said Aptik did a good job backing up  my settings as well as most of my home directory data; I reinstalled all of my apps through it, except for those I'd installed via a .deb file. I also restored all the PPAs I'd included in my sources.list. I really liked this little app; fast, easy and really lightweight! If I were to describe it in one word I'd say is foolproof, at least it was for me :. Grsync looks really nice too though, I'm looking forward to learn more on using it cause when I first tried it I think I missed some step/setting and the result wasn't as I expected. But apart from that I liked the way it works.  

[valtam]

FYI, Mint just bundled Timeshift in their latest Beta. Correct me if I am wrong, but I don't believe they ever shipped a full system recovery tool before? Interesting indeed.

[Moltke]

FYI, Mint just bundled Timeshift in their latest Beta. Correct me if I am wrong, but I don't believe they ever shipped a full system recovery tool before? Interesting indeed.

Yes, you're right [member=2]Jerry[/member] Linux Mint 18.3 codename "Sylvia" now features a new back up tool "Mint Backup" as well as timeshift.

[DenW]

Joe Collins has just posted an interesting video dealing with Mint update and in particular the last half deals with using Timeshift: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPpJUUKYbiQ
Also Mint has revised their own backup program to just backup the Home directory to work in addition to Timeshift.  Jerry has expressed his view that Deja-dup (which uses Duplicity and compresses/encrypts backups) has the easiest interface for that function, but there are also BackinTime and Lucky  Backup (which both use Grsync so individual files can be easily retrieved).
These discussions have been had before but a decision will be required before LL4.0 next year.  Any more thoughts?