workspaces-to-dock vs TimeShift

workspaces-to-dock

A gnome shell extension that transforms the workspaces into an intellihide dock (by RensAlthuis)

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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. (by teejee2008)

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workspaces-to-dock		TimeShift
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2	Mentions	142
33	Stars	4,441
-	Growth	-
0.0	Activity	4.7
over 3 years ago	Latest Commit	over 1 year ago
JavaScript	Language	Vala
GNU General Public License v3.0 only	License	GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only

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workspaces-to-dock

Posts with mentions or reviews of workspaces-to-dock. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-01-02.

Some Noob Insight
1 project | /r/archlinux | 8 Jan 2021

I have one more extension, Workspaces to Dock, but this officially is not updated to the latest gnome (https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/427/workspaces-to-dock/) but exist one fork (https://github.com/RensAlthuis/workspaces-to-dock/) that i installed manually and this give to me, workspaces clean to work.
Switched to Pop! OS 20.10 and LOVE IT
4 projects | /r/pop_os | 2 Jan 2021

Then I found the vertical workspaces arrangement not so comfortable, so I changed it to Horizontal using https://github.com/RensAlthuis/workspaces-to-dock

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.

Need a way to use BTRFS snapshots for system backups? Use BTRFS assistant, not Timeshift!
1 project | /r/Fedora | 11 Jul 2023

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.
How do you do backups of your drives?
1 project | /r/pop_os | 26 May 2023

I use both timeshift & duplicity
Timeshift - User Home Directories, Exclude All Files or Include All Files?
1 project | /r/linuxmint | 15 May 2023

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
Mysterious Timeshift update
2 projects | /r/linux4noobs | 27 Mar 2023

Version v22.06.6 Latest
set up timeshift on fedora 37
1 project | /r/Fedora | 23 Dec 2022

The original dev used ubuntu and only wanted to support the default ubuntu layout: https://github.com/teejee2008/timeshift/issues/821
System backup software question.
1 project | /r/Fedora | 16 Nov 2022

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?
Backup solution before system upgrade to Fedora 37
1 project | /r/Fedora | 13 Nov 2022

- [Timeshift](https://github.com/teejee2008/timeshift) or [Deja Dup](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/DejaDup) and back-up everything.
How to include /root and /home/user in timeshift snapshots
3 projects | /r/sysadmin | 11 Nov 2022

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.
Ubuntu 22.10 Timeshift
1 project | /r/Ubuntu | 30 Oct 2022

Releases · teejee2008/timeshift Was fixed. Get PPA from that repo to have the latest release.
Best configuration for bare hypervisor distro FOR DESKTOP VMs
2 projects | /r/linuxquestions | 30 Oct 2022

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 workspaces-to-dock and TimeShift you can also consider the following projects:

pulseaudio-modules-bt - [Deprecated, see https://github.com/EHfive/pulseaudio-modules-bt/issues/154] Adds Sony LDAC, aptX, aptX HD, AAC codecs (A2DP Audio) support to PulseAudio on Linux

Back In Time - Back In Time - An easy-to-use backup tool for GNU Linux using rsync in the back

libinput-gestures - Actions gestures on your touchpad using libinput

snapper - Manage filesystem snapshots and allow undo of system modifications

BorgBackup - Deduplicating archiver with compression and authenticated encryption.

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)

Duplicati - Store securely encrypted backups in the cloud!

restic - Fast, secure, efficient backup program

Duplicity - Unnoficial fork of Duplicity - Bandwidth Efficient Encrypted Backup

btrbk - Tool for creating snapshots and remote backups of btrfs subvolumes

Backup - Easy full stack backup operations on UNIX-like systems.

Kup Backup System - A backup scheduler for KDE's Plasma desktop