How do you all go about backing up your data, on Linux?

Kalcifer@lemmy.world to Linux@lemmy.ml – 192 points –

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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I use Back In Time to backup my important data on an external drive. And for snapshots I use timeshift.

Back In times

Isn't timeshift have same purpose, or it's just matter of preference?

Yes, it is the same purpose, kinda. But timeshift runs as a cron and allows for an easy rollback, while I use BIT for manual backups.