I believe Deja-Dup was originally started for the purpose of becoming default. At the very least, it is simple, useful and actively developed. <a href="https://launchpad.net/deja-dup">https://launchpad.net/deja-dup</a> I'm not sure how stable it as at the moment, since I'm not actively using it, but I have poked around its interface a bit. <div class="gmail_quote">2010/1/27 Flávio Etrusco <<a href="mailto:flavio.etrusco@gmail.com">flavio.etrusco@gmail.com</a>> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">+1. Even a manual backup utility would suffice to me ;) Is there a bug entry for this? Best regards, Flávio <div><div></div><div class="h5"> On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 10:07 PM, Caleb Marcus <<a href="mailto:caleb.marcus%2Bu-d-d@gmail.com">caleb.marcus+u-d-d@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > Yes, yes, yes. I fully agree. > Currently I use an anacron job running rdiff-backup, but this is CLEARLY not > right for non-techie users. > I stopped using Simple Backup ages ago... it was really deficient. For one > thing, its incremental backups had to be restored like so: 1) restore last > full backup 2) restore next incremental 3) rinse and repeat until you're > restored to the right date. > > On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 3:14 AM, Aaron Whitehouse <<a href="mailto:lists@whitehouse.org.nz">lists@whitehouse.org.nz</a>> > wrote: >> >> Hello all, >> >> According to: >> <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BackupYourSystem" target="_blank">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BackupYourSystem</a> >> "Backup is essential." However, no tool to backup the system is >> available in the default installation. >> >> By contrast, Mandrake (as it was then) included an excellent simple >> option built-in when I used it around five years ago: >> <a href="http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/Docs/Howto/Drakbackup" target="_blank">http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/Docs/Howto/Drakbackup</a> >> >> I have just read through all of the Wiki pages I could find on the topic: >> >> <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Home?action=fullsearch&from=0&context=180&value=backup" target="_blank">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Home?action=fullsearch&from=0&context=180&value=backup</a> >> and it seems that each release brings a new spec to include a backup >> program by default and, each release, people write out the use-cases, >> set out the alternative backup programs available and argue about >> missing features. Then the release happens and no backup program is >> installed by default. >> >> Simple-backup-suite appears to be the most officially-sanctioned backup >> solution for the simple use-case and I understand that it was designed >> for Ubuntu (during the 2005 GSoC) for this purpose. Unfortunately, the >> project does not seem at all maintained, which makes it unlikely that >> bugs will be fixed or features added. The facility to restore backups is >> also pretty primitive (as far as I can tell), requiring the user to >> search through each backup file one-by-one to find the correct >> version(s) of a file, rather than having any master indexes. >> >> I would really like to see Canonical/Ubuntu officially support this >> crucial part of the desktop. There are so many choices for backup, each >> with subtle differences, that having a recommendation would be very >> valuable to all but the most skilled backup experts. Canonical/Ubuntu >> supporting one backup program would also no-doubt encourage further >> activity in that program. Finally, there could be excellent >> (revenue-generating?) opportunities to offer an option to backup to >> Ubuntu One etc. >> >> I understand and appreciate the differences between the backup programs >> (some using inotify and hard-links, some using diffs and archive files >> etc.), but I feel that it is one of those cases where it is more >> important to encourage the user to backup the system in any of the >> available ways than to keep arguing about the most technically-correct >> approach. >> >> Regards, >> >> Aaron >> >> -- >> Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list >> <a href="mailto:Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com">Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com</a> >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss</a> > > > -- > Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list > <a href="mailto:Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com">Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss</a> > > </div></div>-- <div><div></div><div class="h5">Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list <a href="mailto:Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com">Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss</a> </div></div></blockquote></div>