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   4d3fect (4d3fect@sfba.social)'s status on Thursday, 13-Mar-2025 08:05:36 JST 4d3fect

   Ok, longshot here; any Debian/Ubuntu ppl have recs for backup apps? I had an adventure recently that might have been mooted by the presence of a system backup.

   Thanks for looking.

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     Philip Weiss (Phil in SF) (kingrat@sfba.social)'s status on Thursday, 13-Mar-2025 08:05:35 JST Philip Weiss (Phil in SF)

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     @4d3fect I used the builtin DejaDup (a wrapper for duplicity) with backups going to GDrive, where I pay for 2 TB of space. I've used CrashPlan in the past (it ran about $10/month) but for about 5 months it would grab 100% of my CPU every hour and bog use down, so I dropped it. However, it was super-easy to use and I did successfully use it for recovery twice. If they have fixed the CPU issue and you are okay with the price, I recommend it.

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     4d3fect (4d3fect@sfba.social)'s status on Thursday, 13-Mar-2025 08:12:05 JST 4d3fect

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     • Philip Weiss (Phil in SF)

     @kingrat Thanks. I don't have much in the way of super important stuff, and I lost no data last time, but did learn a few lessons!
     Probably better for me to try something without a sub fee atm.

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     Philip Weiss (Phil in SF) (kingrat@sfba.social)'s status on Thursday, 13-Mar-2025 08:19:18 JST Philip Weiss (Phil in SF)

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     @4d3fect You can do DejaDup to a network mounted drive, but I haven't attempted to set that up.