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The packages Mason, what do they mean? (Package requests and bug reports here) đź“‘ (by chaotic-aur)
TimeShift
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. (by teejee2008)
| packages | TimeShift | |
|---|---|---|
| 56 | 142 | |
| 308 | 4,441 | |
| 1.3% | - | |
| 9.9 | 4.7 | |
| 6 days ago | over 1 year ago | |
| Shell | Vala | |
| - | GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only |
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For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
packages
Posts with mentions or reviews of packages.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-08-06.
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My computer just freezes when installing librewolf. I used both yay and cloned it from got, neither one worked.
Get Librewolf from chaotic-aur https://aur.chaotic.cx/ and avoid building it entirely.
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Project on GitHub - Customizable Arch Linux Podman images based on the official Arch Linux Docker image
Chaotic-AUR (installed via pacman)
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AUR
Some unofficial repos may be helpful, like Chaotic-AUR.
- how it feels when aur download is taking longer so you leave it on in the background and forget to put password at the end and all progress is canceled
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I am officially one of you.
follow steps (only 4 steps) here: https://aur.chaotic.cx/
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How do you guys manage AUR compilation?
Just use chaotic-aur and whatever aur helper you already use. Then you’d only have to compile the more obscure packages.
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Needed packages, best windows manager (ur opinion), and some help
The Chaotic-AUR is the GOAT. Follow the website's instructions to use it. It's like the AUR; but precompiled, so installing from it is much faster.
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Some games not launching due to invalid file descriptor
so i got it working, but instead of vanilla wine i use wine-tkg-staging-fsync-git, you can get by adding chaotic-aur well known pre-build binaries repo, use at your own risk but it's a very popular and well known repo.
- What can I expect more from EndavourOS other than easy-install Arch?
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Just switched from Debian to Arch, Some advices ?
Add the chaotic aur it'll save you a ton of time
TimeShift
Posts with mentions or reviews of TimeShift.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-27.
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Need a way to use BTRFS snapshots for system backups? Use BTRFS assistant, not Timeshift!
The previous developer of timeshift—Tony George (GitHub) — has been the developer since 2017 (based on GitHub version history), and has recently handed off development to the Linux Mint team.
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How do you do backups of your drives?
I use both timeshift & duplicity
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Timeshift - User Home Directories, Exclude All Files or Include All Files?
Don't believe me or u/acejavelin69 - read what the developer has to say about user data and why it is disabled by default. https://github.com/teejee2008/timeshift
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Mysterious Timeshift update
Version v22.06.6 Latest
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set up timeshift on fedora 37
The original dev used ubuntu and only wanted to support the default ubuntu layout: https://github.com/teejee2008/timeshift/issues/821
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System backup software question.
What system backup software can you recommend? In the past on Ubuntu I tested Timeshift, and it looks really cool. But the "main problem" is thing, that some options not work in Fedora: https://github.com/teejee2008/timeshift, specifically BTRFS. What does it mean, this is a problem?
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Backup solution before system upgrade to Fedora 37
- [Timeshift](https://github.com/teejee2008/timeshift) or [Deja Dup](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/DejaDup) and back-up everything.
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How to include /root and /home/user in timeshift snapshots
What I tried is to add "exclude" : [ "+ /home/user1/**", "+ /root/**", "+ /home/user2/**", ], to /etc/timeshift.json as per this post but the files within those folders still aren't included in the backup.
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Ubuntu 22.10 Timeshift
Releases · teejee2008/timeshift Was fixed. Get PPA from that repo to have the latest release.
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Best configuration for bare hypervisor distro FOR DESKTOP VMs
Are you sure you need a full on virtual machine, rather than a system snapshotting tool like Snapper or Timeshift?
What are some alternatives?
When comparing packages and TimeShift you can also consider the following projects:
linux-tkg - linux-tkg custom kernels
Back In Time - Back In Time - An easy-to-use backup tool for GNU Linux using rsync in the back
distrobox - Use any linux distribution inside your terminal. Enable both backward and forward compatibility with software and freedom to use whatever distribution you’re more comfortable with. Mirror available at: https://gitlab.com/89luca89/distrobox
snapper - Manage filesystem snapshots and allow undo of system modifications
geckolinux-project - GeckoLinux bug tracker and documentation
BorgBackup - Deduplicating archiver with compression and authenticated encryption.
wine-tkg-git - The wine-tkg build systems, to create custom Wine and Proton builds
Rsnapshot - a tool for backing up your data using rsync (if you want to get help, use https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rsnapshot-discuss)
SyncThingy - SyncThingy = Syncthing + simple tray indicator
Duplicati - Store securely encrypted backups in the cloud!
Firefox-UI-Fix - 🦊 I respect proton UI and aim to improve it.
restic - Fast, secure, efficient backup program