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Distribution: manjaro (KDE) 17.1.7 or kubuntu 16.04.4
Posts: 65
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Timeshift
I have just installed Timeshift.
On clicking the programme it will not start. Suggestions please.
Further, If I can't access the pc, I can use the live pendrive to access the computer's hard drive. But, do I also have to install Timeshift on the pendrive?
I have no external hard drive, so where will Timeshift install the backups. Further, I don't want my hard drive filled with backups Important). Suggestions please
Distribution: manjaro (KDE) 17.1.7 or kubuntu 16.04.4
Posts: 65
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Originally Posted by ondoho
open a terminal and start timeshift from there, then post all the output you get.
i don't understand.
please explain again.
there's no "portable apps" for linux.
Thank you for responding
sudo timeshift does not run the programme. But, sudo timeshift-gtk does run the programme.
Let me expalain the second part of my question.
Hypothetically, if the computer crashes so that the gui cannot be accessed, then I could use a live pendrive to access the pc, but would I need a copy of timeshift on the pendrive if this programme is on the hard disk?
sudo timeshift does not run the programme. But, sudo timeshift-gtk does run the programme.
that is not the information i asked for.
also i am not at all sure if it's a good idea to run timeshift with superuser privileges.
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Hypothetically, if the computer crashes so that the gui cannot be accessed, then I could use a live pendrive to access the pc, but would I need a copy of timeshift on the pendrive if this programme is on the hard disk?
i understand.
it is possible that it's just a gui frontend to some more widely used software like rsync.
different backup tools work differently; some require software to access the backups, some just dump the files as they are, so no special software is required.
you should read timeshift's documentation & web pages on this.
Distribution: manjaro (KDE) 17.1.7 or kubuntu 16.04.4
Posts: 65
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[QUOTE=ondoho;5854879]that is not the information i asked for.
also i am not at all sure if it's a good idea to run timeshift with superuser privileges.
i understand.
it is possible that it's just a gui frontend to some more widely used software like rsync.
different backup tools work differently; some require software to access the backups, some just dump the files as they are, so no special software is required.
you should read timeshift's documentation & web pages on this.[/QUOTE
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