How to exclude flatpaks from TimeShift? (lemmy.today)

submitted 4 months ago by gpstarman@lemmy.today to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Which folders and files do I need to exclude from TimeShift?

Also is there a way to also exclude programs installed as .deb ?

I doing this to reduce Backup size as I have limited storage.

100GB - Windows 11
400GB - Storage
400GB - Mint
100GB - TimeShift

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[-] Bitrot@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 4 months ago

Btrfs is well supported.

Btrfs uses snapshots and subvolumes. It is not a traditional partition and can restore to itself.

I think Timeshift is primarily a snapshotting tool for a quick rollback if something breaks. I would not consider it a full backup tool, there are tools that are much more robust and configurable for keeping files safe and elsewhere.

[-] gpstarman@lemmy.today 1 points 4 months ago

there are tools that are much more robust and configurable for keeping files safe and elsewhere.

But AFAIK, Only Pika Backup has intuitive GUI. And It's auto backup doen't work on Mint 21.3 cause of some old packge. So I sticked to TimeShift.

[-] Bitrot@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 4 months ago

Vorta, Deja Dup (duplicity), duplicati are some others.

[-] gpstarman@lemmy.today 1 points 4 months ago

All of utilities you suggested are awesome.

Which one do you suggest? And why?

[-] mrvictory1@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

I would recommend using Timeshift. BTRFS mode can create local snapshots and rsync mode can be used to backup to external media. Timeshift can exclude directories based on user preferences.

[-] gpstarman@lemmy.today 2 points 4 months ago

BTRFS mode can create local snapshots

So BTRFS can't create external backups?

[-] Bitrot@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Btrfs can send a snapshot to another machine, but there is no pretty gui for it.

Most file systems cannot do this.

[-] gpstarman@lemmy.today 1 points 4 months ago

How about just another partition on the same disk though?

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