<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/4.6.0"> </HEAD> <BODY> John, and all: I have been regularly using Deja Dup, on all of the Ubuntu partitions (different ubuntu flavors) I do development on, including lubuntu, which is my primary system. I did have to explicitly search for it, and install it (it wasn't installed by default). I haven't yet had any problems with it, and I have used it to restore my files a few times. It has worked well in that capacity, restoring not only files, but configuration settings. My main negative about it, is that to restore an individual file to a state it was in on a given date, requires you to restore your entire directory structure to some similarly-sized area, then you can go there and get the particular file, which will be as of the latest backup (unless you somehow limit the backup files used to restore from). That is too much work to use it in that capacity. I still use (monthly) a package called "faubackup", which creates a directory structure you can go into and get individual files (by date). It also handles configuration (hidden) files. My negatives on faubackup, are that it seems to actually physically compare each and every file before deciding if the file actually needs to be saved or not, and thus uses up a lot of processor power while it runs. Also, it has disappeared from repositories, not being the most popular (but not before I saved my own copy I could re-install). I use Ubuntu One regularly for important development stuff I wouldn't want to have to re-create, but it is a pain to have to encrypt everything before putting it in the directory. It's negative, is that upload internet speed tends to be significantly less than download internet speed, so I only use it for really important stuff, and don't save so much stuff that way. Also, it may not let you know at what point everything has been synchronized. -- <PRE> Sincerely, Aere </PRE> -----Original Message----- From: John Hupp <<A HREF="mailto:John%20Hupp%20%3clubuntu@prpcompany.com%3e">lubuntu@prpcompany.com</A>> To: <A HREF="mailto:lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</A> Subject: [Lubuntu] Recommended online backup services (or those to avoid)? Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2012 11:59:10 -0500 <PRE> I see that none of these are installed by default in Quantal: Deja Dup Ubuntu One Duplicity In fact, a Synaptic search on "backup" doesn't show that any backup package is installed. A little searching indicates that there have been problems installing or using Deja Dup + Ubuntu One on Lubuntu, though there are not a great many results. Have any of you had good (or bad) experiences with installing/using/restoring from various online backup services? (And I'm specifically interested in backup-oriented services, though I'll broaden the question to include sync services.) </PRE> </BODY> </HTML>