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I know and didn't state to use Timeshift as a backup tool for personal data. I use it to make a backup of the current state of the system installation. You can replace the word "backup" with "snapshot", for a less ambiguous meaning, but I don't think it is wrong to use this word in this context. From the Github page: https://github.com/teejee2008/timeshift