linuxmint/timeshift
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System restore tool for Linux. Creates filesystem snapshots using rsync+hardlinks, or BTRFS snapshots. Supports scheduled snapshots, multiple backup levels, and exclude filters. Snapshots can be restored while system is running or from Live CD/USB.
7 mentions on Hacker News by 7 people: 1 story, 6 comments · first 2023-08-14 · latest 2026-05-31
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…that are currently open on the rsync issues page, that were only introduced post-vibecoding ( https://github.com/linuxmint/timeshift/issues/548 ) There are four actual regressions there. The commits that introduced two of them have been…
comment by graemep · 2026-05-31 · in Please Do Not Vibe Fuck Up This Software -
…that are currently open on the rsync issues page, that were only introduced post-vibecoding ( https://github.com/linuxmint/timeshift/issues/548 ), one of those links goes to a larger aggregate of bugs reported downstream (…
comment by fao_ · 2026-05-31 · in Please Do Not Vibe Fuck Up This Software -
…Anyway, heard about Timeshift for Ubuntu on here, might be worth taking a look at it: https://github.com/linuxmint/timeshift Doesn't require a GUI, so it can be used for servers/headless too. Please note that's it's not a backup solution,…
comment by ninjagoo · 2026-05-03 · in Windows quality update: Progress we've made since March -
Isn't it also how timeshift [1] backups are working? [1] https://github.com/linuxmint/timeshift
comment by kunley · 2026-02-02 · in Time Machine-style backups with rsync (2018) -
…with the terminal and a bunch of commands, only if I really wanted to. [0] https://manjaro.org/ [1] https://github.com/linuxmint/timeshift
comment by katsura · 2023-11-22 · in Ubuntu squeezes more performance than Windows 11 on new AMD Zen 4 Threadripper -
…levels, and exclude filters. Snapshots can be restored while system is running or from Live CD/USB. https://github.com/linuxmint/timeshift
comment by istjohn · 2023-08-14 · in ZFSBootMenu