I believe Deja-Dup was originally started for the purpose of becoming default. At the very least, it is simple, useful and actively developed.
https://launchpad.net/deja-dup I'm not sure how stable it as at the moment, since I'm not actively using it, but I have poked around its interface a bit. 2010/1/27 Flávio Etrusco <flavio.etru...@gmail.com> > +1. > > Even a manual backup utility would suffice to me ;) > Is there a bug entry for this? > > Best regards, > Flávio > > On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 10:07 PM, Caleb Marcus > <caleb.marcus+u-...@gmail.com <caleb.marcus%2bu-...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Yes, yes, yes. I fully agree. > > Currently I use an anacron job running rdiff-backup, but this is CLEARLY > not > > right for non-techie users. > > I stopped using Simple Backup ages ago... it was really deficient. For > one > > thing, its incremental backups had to be restored like so: 1) restore > last > > full backup 2) restore next incremental 3) rinse and repeat until you're > > restored to the right date. > > > > On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 3:14 AM, Aaron Whitehouse < > li...@whitehouse.org.nz> > > wrote: > >> > >> Hello all, > >> > >> According to: > >> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BackupYourSystem > >> "Backup is essential." However, no tool to backup the system is > >> available in the default installation. > >> > >> By contrast, Mandrake (as it was then) included an excellent simple > >> option built-in when I used it around five years ago: > >> http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/Docs/Howto/Drakbackup > >> > >> I have just read through all of the Wiki pages I could find on the > topic: > >> > >> > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Home?action=fullsearch&from=0&context=180&value=backup > >> and it seems that each release brings a new spec to include a backup > >> program by default and, each release, people write out the use-cases, > >> set out the alternative backup programs available and argue about > >> missing features. Then the release happens and no backup program is > >> installed by default. > >> > >> Simple-backup-suite appears to be the most officially-sanctioned backup > >> solution for the simple use-case and I understand that it was designed > >> for Ubuntu (during the 2005 GSoC) for this purpose. Unfortunately, the > >> project does not seem at all maintained, which makes it unlikely that > >> bugs will be fixed or features added. The facility to restore backups is > >> also pretty primitive (as far as I can tell), requiring the user to > >> search through each backup file one-by-one to find the correct > >> version(s) of a file, rather than having any master indexes. > >> > >> I would really like to see Canonical/Ubuntu officially support this > >> crucial part of the desktop. There are so many choices for backup, each > >> with subtle differences, that having a recommendation would be very > >> valuable to all but the most skilled backup experts. Canonical/Ubuntu > >> supporting one backup program would also no-doubt encourage further > >> activity in that program. Finally, there could be excellent > >> (revenue-generating?) opportunities to offer an option to backup to > >> Ubuntu One etc. > >> > >> I understand and appreciate the differences between the backup programs > >> (some using inotify and hard-links, some using diffs and archive files > >> etc.), but I feel that it is one of those cases where it is more > >> important to encourage the user to backup the system in any of the > >> available ways than to keep arguing about the most technically-correct > >> approach. > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> Aaron > >> > >> -- > >> Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list > >> Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com > >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss > > > > > > -- > > Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list > > Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com > > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss > > > > > > -- > Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list > Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss >
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