Back In Time Reviews and details

Social recommendations and mentions

• Opportunity for beginners: Some code cleaning in "Back In Time"

  It is often asked by beginners how and where starting to contribute. As member of the maintenance team of Back In Time (Backup software using rsync in the back, written with Python and Qt) I would like to introduce one of our "good first issues" (#1578). Source: 5 months ago

• Free software project "Back In Time" requests for translation

  I'm member of the upstream maintenance team of Back In Time a rsync-based backup software. No one gets payed. No company behind hit. Even the maintainers and developers are volunteers. Source: 7 months ago

• Why is contributing soo hard

  Back In Time is a round about 15 years old backup software using rsync in the back. I'm part of the 3rd generation maintenance team there. A lot of work in investigating and fixing issues, understanding, documenting and refactoring old code. Source: 7 months ago

• [English -> Portuguese EU / Brazil] Text about attracting translators to a FOSS project

  This request is related to an Open Source project named Back In Time. Everyone there works voluntarily and unpaid. Source: 8 months ago

• Is it normal practice in Github for a valid issue to be closed if the Dev can't work on it at the moment?

  In my own project we do it more transparent. We close if there is a good reason for it. We don't close just because no one is working on something. If there are no resources to work in it now but it seems important we keep it open until it is fixed. We do use milestones and priority labels to give the users an idea about our plans. Source: 10 months ago

• Date of "069 17 - 'Back In Time' Backup Software for Linux"

  I'm interested in that topic because I'm member of the maintenance team of Back In Time, the software discussed in that video. The version in video is 0.9, today Back In Time reached 1.3.3. Also interesting is that I'm the third generation of maintainers to that project. I'm not sure but 0.9 there was the fist maintainer and founder involved only. Source: 10 months ago

• Free Software project "Back In Time" requests for translators

  I'm member of the maintenance team of Back In Time a rsync-based backup software. Source: 10 months ago

• Easy to use desktop tool for file backups?

  Https://github.com/bit-team/backintime Https://backintime.readthedocs.io/en/latest/. Source: 11 months ago

• looking for a project

  Back In Time is a project born round about the year 2008. A rsync-based backup software with a GUI for Linux. It seems that there is a new team of maintainers reanimating the project with support from the previous maintainer. It looks like it is on a good way. Source: over 1 year ago

• Main differences/pros/cons between LVM snapshots and Timeshift snapshots? What software would you use to backup /home?

  The Timeshift developers recommend that users who want backups should look at something like backintime, because Timeshift is not a backup application. Source: over 1 year ago

• I broke my system and I want to reinstall it but without losing /home

  If it's on another partition and you select that partition during installation, it should be OK. However, always make a backup of your Home folder/partition to an external drive. I recommend using Back In Time. Source: over 1 year ago

• franken-kde-neon? :D

  Well, that certainly explains it. I read a post a while ago where a KDE dev said it's impossible to turn Neon into Kubuntu and vice versa, so this would apply to Ubuntu, too. You could just try things as they are (Franken-Neon), or, if you decide to jump to Neon proper, you should backup your Home folder (be sure to back up your hidden files and folders, too, a.k.a. Dotfiles and dot folders), and if you've... Source: over 1 year ago

• General tips for Debian-newbie?

  People need to stop recommending rsync for backups. Some reasonable, time-tested software suggestions are Back In Time, Borg+Vorta, and my minimal CLI choice, rdiff-backup. Source: almost 2 years ago

• What are you doing for your backups?

  I use backintime to back up files in my home directory, and use Timeshift for backing up system settings (really useful if you're messing around with your grub and fuck something up, speaking from experience). Source: almost 2 years ago

• Best and easiest way to backup?

  I use BackInTime for userspace backups, Timeshift for system files. Source: about 2 years ago

• how to recover from a broken OS?

  My own backup routine is a complete system backup before and after any major Manjaro update, along with incremental backups every night. With backintime automatically taking snapshots of selected files & directories (mainly in my home directory) every 15 minutes to secure most stuff in areas where I might be making changes. Source: about 2 years ago

• i'm about to replace Ubuntu with Kubuntu

  From my understanding, this isn't a good idea. Technically, you could install the KDE desktop, then uninstall the GNOME DE, but this would likely muck u your system with leftovers and unwanted crap. Best to make a backup of your home folder with something like BackInTime, then do a fresh install of Kubuntu. You can install your programs and then restore your home folder. Source: over 2 years ago

• What program do you use for backup /home folders?

  I have LM 19.3 on my main driver, and on it I use Back In Time - I use the older repo version instead of adding the PPA. It the past I have used the MintBackup (aka, Backup Tool) and Déjà Dup (aka, Backup). MintBackup is my least favorite, but I like all three. I use Déjà Dup on my LM 20.x boxes. I am pretty sure all or front-ends for rsync, and all should work with your NAS. Https://github.com/bit-team/backintime. Source: over 2 years ago

• Personal Ubuntu laptop backup solution

  For simple, local backups on a personal machine, my favorite is Back in Time, which I've relied on for years. I've also used DejaDup, which is Ubuntu's preinstalled backup software. It's fine. Source: over 2 years ago

• Using Timeshift on Pop OS 21.04 with System-d

  Time shift is great for system files, but not great for other types. BackInTime is what I use for personal files. Works great. Source: over 2 years ago

• Recommend Backup Solution For Data

  Anything based on rsync will do fine. E.g. BackInTime: https://github.com/bit-team/backintime. Source: almost 3 years ago