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System restore tool for Linux. Creates filesystem snapshots using rsync+hardlinks, or BTRFS snapshots. Supports scheduled snapshots, multiple backup levels, and exclude filters. Snapshots can be restored while system is running or from Live CD/USB.

The official Timeshift repository and documentation is located at

https://github.com/linuxmint/timeshift

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Timeshift partial restore

Timeshift can be configured to include Home in snapshots. That could potentially be harmful without the ability to do a partial restore. In the event you need to restore the OS from a weeks or months old snapshot, that would also restore obsolete…
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Inaccessible folders: Too many levels of symbolic links

In my home/, the folders Desktop, Downloads, Public, and Templates cannot be accessed anymore. For some reasons, those XDG user directories turned into symbolic links. ticjo@komputilo:~$ ls -l total 52K drwxr-xr-x 5 ticjo ticjo 4.0K Feb 9 2022 …
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Exclude directories in Timeshift

Edit: Ignore this question. Weird bugs happened today. I am using Timeshift for full system backups. (all Home folders included). How can I exclude a sub folder of the home folder, like ~/Dropbox from the backup? I tried + /home/nils/** + /root/** -…
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restoring using timeshift with an encrypted disk from a fresh live usb install

if you're using the live usb (this is specific to pop!_os 21.04, but i think it would apply to ubuntu etc) and you do a fresh reinstall, would you need to boot into the new system to get access to the newly created /etc/fstab file (and crypttab…
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btrfs subvolumes: What is @rootfs and @?

In the video "Debian 12 Bookworm Minimal Install w/BTRFS " by JustAGuy Linux at 8:28 you see the author run mv @rootfs @ You see that @rootfs that is the subvolume that's been created but we're going to move that specifically for timeshift. And…
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Duplicate Timeshift backups name

So I have 3 different linux distros using the same partition to store backups using timeshift. Arch linux Arch linux Ubuntu 20.04 I installed one of the arch linux a few days ago, and now after doing all the base setup to get me started, I finally…
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How can I tell Timeshift how many backups to keep using CLI?

The GUI version of Timeshift offers the ability to automatically keep the last X backups: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/teejee2008/timeshift/master/images/settings_schedule.png As far as I can see, there is no such option using…
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Timeshift weekly cron emails

I recently installed timeshift and set it to backup weekly. However, when I looked in /etc/cron.d, I only found timeshift-hourly which ran: 0 * * * * root timeshift --check --scripted which appears to check with timeshift if a backup is schedule…
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