lgogdownloader
LGOGDownloader is unofficial downloader to GOG.com for Linux users. It uses the same API as the official GOG Galaxy. (by Sude-)
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)
| lgogdownloader | TimeShift | |
|---|---|---|
| 16 | 142 | |
| 666 | 4,441 | |
| - | - | |
| 7.2 | 4.7 | |
| 7 days ago | over 1 year ago | |
| C++ | Vala | |
| Do What The F*ck You Want To Public License | GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only |
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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.
lgogdownloader
Posts with mentions or reviews of lgogdownloader.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-07.
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Best way to backup my GoG offline installer files?
I use https://github.com/Sude-/lgogdownloader it is for Linux however. You can probably run it in WSL though.
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Why is GOG better than Steam? Why should I prefer GOG?
If you have access to Linux, there's a community tool called LGOGDownloader that can download your whole library or selected parts of it in one go. It can also list any local files that aren't in your GOG account anymore, e.g. older versions of updated games. I use it regularly to keep my offline library of 600+ games up to date.
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This is goodbye, but is it forever?
My local GOG library is maintained by the third-party LGOGDownloader. I'm using GOG Galaxy only for a handful of Windows games that do require it for multiplayer.
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lgogdownloader broken?
I recently discovered that my GOG downloader (https://github.com/Sude-/lgogdownloader) is currently broken, I've updated to the latest version but it seems GOG changed their API?
- Can you still use the GOG downloader?
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Is there a plan to switch to a better installer / setup for offline installation
No idea if it runs on windows, but for linux there is https://github.com/Sude-/lgogdownloader/ i download all my games with this command:
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vangogh/gaugin - data hoard and browser your GOG.com collection
Nice! How does this compare to lgogdownloader? (https://github.com/Sude-/lgogdownloader)
- Offline Downloaders besides Galaxy (like gogrepro?)
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Do I have to install galaxy to play my games?
https://sites.google.com/site/gogdownloader/ I found it in my AUR repository so I expect it to be in the repository of whatever distribution you might choose.
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GOG answer to steam proton?
There actually is lgogdownloader, which apparently implements part of the GOG Galaxy API, but it seems to only do listing, downloading, and installing of games, and not whatever else Galaxy does.
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 lgogdownloader and TimeShift you can also consider the following projects:
gogrepo - Python-based tool for downloading all your GOG.com game and bonus collections to your local computer for full offline enjoyment.
Back In Time - Back In Time - An easy-to-use backup tool for GNU Linux using rsync in the back
minigalaxy - A simple GOG client for Linux
snapper - Manage filesystem snapshots and allow undo of system modifications
glances - Glances an Eye on your system. A top/htop alternative for GNU/Linux, BSD, Mac OS and Windows operating systems.
BorgBackup - Deduplicating archiver with compression and authenticated encryption.
udiskie - Automounter for removable media
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)
sl - SL(1): Cure your bad habit of mistyping
Duplicati - Store securely encrypted backups in the cloud!
wine - Wine with a bit of extra spice
restic - Fast, secure, efficient backup program