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I really don't understand Timeshift - Tyrannocaster - 10-02-2018
The way I read it, Timeshift is supposed to make a first backup of my system, then each time after that it adds to it. That isn't what is happening; each time I try to use it, it creates another full backup. Where is the setting that changes this? I only have a 120 gig system disk and I can't afford to have a bunch of giant files taking up space on it. Each one is 9 gigs or so. This doesn't seem at all like a "system restore point" to me - rather, it's just a ton of system backups. And worryingly, it won't let me do them on my other disks, because they are not NTFS, they are FAT32.
I realize that you can go in and manually delete old backups via Timeshift, but I'd rather get it to do what I read about in the documentation, and which I thought it was going to do.
Also, after trying different filter options about what actually gets copied, I noticed that a backup with all the "include" options set isn't any bigger than with those set to "exclude". That really doesn't seem right.
Re: I really don't understand Timeshift - Tyrannocaster - 10-03-2018
I've used Clonezilla three times now; Timeshift is out of here. :-)
Re: I really don't understand Timeshift - elelme - 10-03-2018
Tyrannocaster, you said it!