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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] 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Is it just me or the backup topic is recurring each few days on [email protected] and [email protected]?

To be on topic as well - I use restic+autorestic combo. Pretty simple, I made repo with small script to generate config for different machines and that's it. Storing between machines and b2.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

It is a critical one. Maybe needs to be part of an FAQ with link to discussion.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It hasn't succeeded in nagging me to properly back up my data yet, so I think it needs to be discussed even more.