What tools on linux are equivalent or similar to system restore points on Windows? I’m thinking of using TimeShift, but I don’t know if I have much space on my Surface laptop since I probably have about 20GB left. Would this be an issue? I know I can get an external drive, but would I need to have it constantly plugged in to use with TimeShift since I only have one USB port which I use for my wireless mouse.
#What is an equivalent to system restore points on linux to backup my partition?
icy night
tranquil kayak
What tools on linux are equivalent or similar to system restore points on Window...
You don't need the drive constantly plugged into your laptop if timeshift isnt configured to run automatically. Since you're tight on space definitely store timeshift backups on your separate drive, and run it manually when you feel like its necessary (with the external drive plugged in of course).
icy night
You don't need the drive constantly plugged into your laptop if timeshift isnt c...
If I were to keep it on my drive. Would you advise to create a separate partition for it? I think I was able to get about 10GB more space from shrinking my windows partition.
tranquil kayak
If I were to keep it on my drive. Would you advise to create a separate partitio...
Are those 20 gigs you mentioned are part of the windows partition or allocated to the Linux root partition? If its already allocated to your linux root filesystem partition you cannot expand it to take up those 10 extra gigs unless you are using LVM.
If possible I'd create a separate partition, if its safe to do so. Just make sure the space is unallocated not just free.
icy night
Are those 20 gigs you mentioned are part of the windows partition or allocated t...
Oh yeah I don't think I can expand left.
What are your thoughts of not using timeshift since the only thing I care about are my personal files which are backed up on either google drive, icloud, or onedrive?
If something happens to my laptop I plan to get another laptop with a larger SSD and more RAM.
tranquil kayak
Oh yeah I don't think I can expand left.
What are your thoughts of not using tim...
If you can use cloud storage to back up your files do it. I'm pretty sure there's ways to mount cloud storage on linux directly as a filesystem, but I've never done it because its a little bit more advanced.
However I'd recommend compressing and encrypting any files you want to upload to any cloud service just for security sake.
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