My dear lemmings,

I discovered Clonezilla a while ago and it still is my main tool to backup and restore the partitions I care about on my computers.

I cannot help but wonder if there are now better, more efficient alternatives or is it still a solid choice? There’s nothing wrong with it, I’m just curious about others’ practices and habits — and if there was newer tools or solutions available.

Thank you for your feedback, and keep your drives safe!

  • PenguinCoder@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    9 months ago

    Clonezilla has its place, but not as a main backup and restoration tool. I personally don’t see it as a backup tool, especially that it operates at partition level for such. What you want is you base install system and file level backups for your data (/home/) etc. For the file level backups, use something like restic. Backup what you need to go from a fresh install to a system with your data back on it. Packages can be reinstalled.

    Restic is my primary backup for all my devices. If I need something more than fresh iso -> my data system, I use packer.

    • yo_scottie_oh@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      9 months ago

      I noticed for file level backups you mentioned something other than rsync. Any particular reason why you landed on restic instead?