Backup and restore

[Hendrik Boshoff]

I think it would be a good idea to have a little GUI applet under
Applications -> System Tools of Edubuntu Gnome to do backup and restore
using tar. I have seen Archive Manager, but it is still too open-ended.
If Edubuntu is really targeted at educators who are not geeks, the
function of system and user backup is essential, but not obvious how to
accomplish. The options should be kept simple, like choosing full vs
incremental backup, whole system vs user data only, and selection of
storage medium. The specification of tar switches and standard directory
exclusions should be automatic.
 
I know the features for Dapper has been frozen, so this can be included
later.
 
Is there anyone else who has thoughts on this? Could it be useful for
Ubuntu as well?
 
Hendrik Boshoff
 
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