Software Replacement for Systemback?

[elelme]

[size=1em]The maintainer of Systemback is too busy, it seems. Hopefully someone will proffer a suitable replacement before the next major update of Linux Lite, or before systemback is gone. Thanks [/size]to those who suggested alternatives.

[Artim]

Timeshift sounds promising:  http://www.linuxandubuntu.com/home/times...ool-review

[Valtam]

I would recommend everyone have a good look at the link [member=6925]RandomBoy[/member] provided above and become familiar with it. This software is high on the replacement list for Systemback in Series 4.x

[banko]

Thanks,[member=6925]RandomBoy[/member]  looks good.

[Jocklad]

Installed from the Terminal to LL 3.6x64.

A nice gui.

Looking good.

Thanks Randomboy 


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Created a Snapshop and then did a restore.......worked perfectly.


The restore was done in seconds........very fast. 

[TMG1961]

Installed Timeshift. But got a problem. It keeps telling me that my usb stick and harddrive both dont have a linux partition. But they both do. Not sure what the problem is but its not working for me


Found problem. The usb stick is faulty, after removing it from laptop all worked fine. The stick has found a new home in the bin.
Now going to look for a new external hard drive later today.

[torreydale]

When we had the forum vote on restore point options, Timeshift did come in 2nd place...because I and one other person voted for it.  The other 12 votes went to Systemback (https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/sugge.../#msg15584). 


I'll miss the Live System Creation option of Systemback, but if we have to abandon it, I'll adjust.

[Moltke]

What about back in time? Have a nice gui, haven't tried it yet though but as soon as I do I will report back to you. Here's the link check it out https://github.com/bit-team/backintime

[bluzeo]

What about duplicity??? For an. Alternative?


God Not dead.

[Moltke]

I don't know if this qualifies as an alternative to systemback, but I just reinstalled LL and used Aptik to restore all of my settings and most of my data; pretty fast and very easy to use. The feature I like the most is the fact that I can save to an external drive, which if you ask me makes more sense than saving to the same drive the backed up OS is in. I'm not able to do this with systemback, maybe I'm missing something not sure, is it possible? I also tried Timeshift but it takes way too much space on the HDD, I know data can be excluded but I'd prefer not to mess with that but rather that the backup program handles it by itself. Back in time looked nice but I found it kind of confusing; always complaining about something I can't remember now. I also tried Grsync, a rsync GUI which also features the ability to save to an external drive and you can run a simulation before the real deal, so you can check everything will be fine before proceeding with the backup process. Grsync wast fast and easy to set up, even though I kind of missed something and the backup didn't go as I expected . I will try it again after reading and/or watching any tutorials I find. In brief, I really liked Aptik ease of use and performance, I'd say is quite a very good alternative when it comes to backing up your data.