Source: HowToForge.

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TimeVault is a simple front-end for making snapshots of a set of directories. Snapshots are a copy of a directory structure or file at a certain point in time. Restore functionality is integrated into Nautilus – previous versions of a file or directory that has a snapshot can be accessed by examining the properties and [...]

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Linux Planet has a 3-part series on simple backups for both single PCs and small networks, using portable USB storage devices. Learn how to nail down your device names in udev, attach your backup command to a menu icon, and schedule regular unattended backups.
Linux Backups for the regular user: Part 1, Part 2 and Part [...]

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GParted is essentially the open source version of Partition Magic. It’s a most-excellent piece of software that can run off a standard Linux distribution for regular partition manipulation, but for wholesale moving or backup of boot partitions you’d have to use the LIVE-CD (only a 50meg ISO) which assures no partitions are mounted, so the [...]

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