Backing up.

[Paul Lemmons]

Knapp wrote:
> Hello, I have been dumb for years and gotten away with it. Now I want
> to start backing up my system.
> What is the best software for this? Is there a system that backs up
> only what you say and then every week or day or whatever does an
> incremental backup perhaps linked to cron, so I don't have to think
> about it? What is the best software?
> Thanks from the backup stupid me.
>   
Looking for something myself I did a little poking around in Google and 
found a couple helpful pages:

Lists options with descriptions:
http://linux.about.com/od/softbackup/Linux_Software_Backup_Solutions.htm
http://www.foogazi.com/2008/02/25/free-linux-backup-solutions/

On the recommendation of the second link above I tried the "Simple 
Backup Suite"

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BackupYourSystem/SimpleBackupSuite

Simple GUI for setup, backup and restore. Scheduled backups. Incremental 
as well as full. So far it looks OK. I installed it, configured it and 
started my first backup in about 10 minutes.

That said, the backup has not finished and I have not tried to restore 
yet. I will report back tomorrow.
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