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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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What is you backup tool of choice? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I don't mean system files, but your personal and work files. I have been using Mint for a few years, I use Timeshift for system backups, but archived my personal files by hand. This got me curious to see what other people use. When you daily drive Linux what are your preferred tools to keep backups? I have thousands of pictures, family movies, documents, personal PDFs, etc. that I don't want to lose. Some are cloud backed but rather haphazardly. I would like to use a more systematic approach and use a tool that is user friendly and easy to setup and program.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Git for projects, NAS for 3D printing stuff, mods for games and unofficial game translations, Google Photos for photos (looking to migrate away from that when I have time). I don't much care about anything else.

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

Git as backup?! Ok...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Git for projects

I assume the original comment meant code based projects, for which git, if repo is pushed to a remote, is a very sane choice.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, git without LFS isn't optimal for non-text files.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yep, that's what I meant. If it's a public project, it's on my GitHub, if it's a private one, it's on my private GitLab instance.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Meaning that as long as you're regularly committing your work to Github/Gitlab/wherever, you don't need to backup your source directory.