Ubuntu – Which is Most TimeMachine-like Backup Program for Ubuntu

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I know this article but there is no comparison to OSX's TimeMachine.
I would like to find a backup software which is about the same as TimeMachine or better.

I would like to have such a software which can use some format of HDD which is suitable for big files (50 GB) in Linux.
I noticed that

  • OSX format of HFS+ is not supported by Linux distros, since no maintainer of HFS in Linux since 2006
  • NTFS format made by Debian 8.1 is not supported by older Linux distros

If Windows support, good.

Try with the Backups (Deja Dup) software

I did start the backup first time but I wanted to go to lunch after backup was running already two hours of just 10 GB files.
So it gave me this after the lunch

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which is really insane, reported now here, since the software is not designed to have pauses in doing the backups.

Best Answer

You can use Cronopete. Cronopete is a backup utility for Linux, modeled after Apple's Time Machine. It aims to simplify the creation of periodic backups.Launchpad.

To install, just press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open Terminal. When it opens, run the command(s) below:

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:rastersoft-gmail/cronopetedev
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install cronopete

To install from source, see Here

Or you can try Back In Time. Back In Time is a simple backup tool for Linux inspired from FlyBack and "TimeVault".Back In Time / Launchpad.

To install just press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open Terminal. When it opens, run the command(s) below:

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:bit-team/stable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install backintime-qt4

On a personal note, I use Systemback for all my backups, archiving, and imaging. To install it, just press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open Terminal. When it opens, run the command(s) below:

sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:nemh/systemback
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install systemback
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