Questions tagged [timeshift]

Question 1

With Timeshift, is there a way to include only a sub-directory? Example: Exclude /var but include /var/lib/libvirt/images I've tried some combinations but doesn't works! There is an example:

Question 2

I have done one (whole disk, including home folder, even root folder) timeshift snapshot yesterday quickly, expecting an SSD failure soon. Well I did not expect it so soon, it happened today, SSD ...

Question 3

I have a problem with installing linux on another SSD drive. The reason is i bought new ssd and i want to bring my current system with all settings and programs, and move it to the new drive. Steps i ...

Question 4

I am curious how Timeshift restores will work with my system configuration which includes UEFI and a BTRFS formatted system partition. First, here's some information about how my system is organized: ...

Question 5

Because I'm paranoid, I'd like Timeshift to take a snapshot immediately before updates are automatically installed. Currently I have daily snapshots, and choose to install updates manually, but I'd ...

Question 6

I would like to automate Timeshift under Debian. All the snapshots should go into an external hard drive. When I plug in my external hard drive Timeshift should automatically decide in the background ...

Question 7

In my home/, the folders Desktop, Downloads, Public, and Templates cannot be accessed anymore. For some reasons, those XDG user directories turned into symbolic links. ticjo@komputilo:~$ ls -l total ...

Question 8

In the video "Debian 12 Bookworm Minimal Install w/BTRFS " by JustAGuy Linux at 8:28 you see the author run mv @rootfs @ You see that @rootfs that is the subvolume that's been created but we'...

Question 9

Edit: Ignore this question. Weird bugs happened today. I am using Timeshift for full system backups. (all Home folders included). How can I exclude a sub folder of the home folder, like ~/Dropbox from ...

Question 10

So I have 3 different linux distros using the same partition to store backups using timeshift. Arch linux Arch linux Ubuntu 20.04 I installed one of the arch linux a few days ago, and now after ...

Question 11

if you're using the live usb (this is specific to pop!_os 21.04, but i think it would apply to ubuntu etc) and you do a fresh reinstall, would you need to boot into the new system to get access to the ...

Question 12

The GUI version of Timeshift offers the ability to automatically keep the last X backups: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/teejee2008/timeshift/master/images/settings_schedule.png As far as I can see,...

Question 13

Timeshift can be configured to include Home in snapshots. That could potentially be harmful without the ability to do a partial restore. In the event you need to restore the OS from a weeks or ...

Question 14

I recently installed timeshift and set it to backup weekly. However, when I looked in /etc/cron.d, I only found timeshift-hourly which ran: 0 * * * * root timeshift --check --scripted which appears ...

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Questions tagged [timeshift]

Include only a subdir with Timeshift backup

How to copy/rsync? old home folder from a full timeshift snapshot with original dates? possible? how?

Linux emergency mode is not exitable

Question about what Timeshift restores with UEFI system and BTRFS filesystem

Linux Mint: Can I have timeshift take a snapshot automatically before updates are installed?

Automate Timeshift for external hard drive

Inaccessible folders: Too many levels of symbolic links

btrfs subvolumes: What is @rootfs and @?

Exclude directories in Timeshift

Duplicate Timeshift backups name

restoring using timeshift with an encrypted disk from a fresh live usb install

How can I tell Timeshift how many backups to keep using CLI?

Timeshift partial restore

Timeshift weekly cron emails

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