OK Here is what I am looking to find on Linux. I want an open-source gui based frontend for backing up my files on Linux. I want it to basically mimic the features somewhat of Dantz Retrospect. Which are to be able to backup to network drives, ftp server, or cd/dvd. Is there anything out there like this. I have seen mondo rescue but it is not exactly what I want because I want something with a GUI that can be scheduled.

What are the options out there for me?

I am not familiar with Dantz Restrospect (in fact, I have never heard of it) but scheduling a GUI program to run at different times sounds counter-productive.

Is a GUI really that important? It sounds like what you want to do is pretty static (same things to back up every time). You could write a bash script to do this pretty easily and just tell cron when you want it to run to have it done without you having to worry about it.


Håkan

Well is there something that will help me set this up? This is one of the things that keeps me from switching full time to linux for desktop use.

I want some visual feedback on my laptop that it is backing up. I want this to backup only changed files each time and be able to restore multiple versions of files.

Maybe I don't "need" a gui but I would like to have it. I could get other users to move to linux if I could find some program like this. I also looked at arkeia but I want the server I back up to to be able to back up to something other than a tape drive.