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It has become a standard, isn't there a way to include it in the discover store?

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To briefly answer the question... it's because Timeshift is the work of a individual software developer.

Note: As of 19.04, it is in the repos now.

For those who don't know what Timeshift is...

The closest thing to a Windows-like restore point is by using Timeshift. I use it to save snapshots to an external USB hard drive. Although it can, it's normally not used for backing up your /home directory, just system-level changes. Use Backups (Déjà Dup) for backing up /home files.

Timeshift is a system restore utility which takes snapshots of the system at regular intervals. These snapshots can be restored at a later date to undo system changes. Creates incremental snapshots using rsync or BTRFS snapshots using BTRFS tools.

More information at https://github.com/teejee2008/timeshift

For pre-19.04 add the PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:teejee2008/ppa

And install it:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install timeshift
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  • Sorry to jump in on this but if Timeshift is incremental, can you delete previous snapshots or do you have to keep them all? – kerry Jun 17 '19 at 15:31
  • @kerry I believe that the answer is, no, you can't delete previous snapshots, as they use symbolic links to previous snapshots, to keep the total sizes lower. – heynnema Jun 17 '19 at 15:33
  • thanks very much, one last thing, do you know what happens if you reboot during a snapshot, does it mess up, resume on reboot, delete ? – kerry Jun 17 '19 at 15:40
  • @kerry Don't know. I'd assume that the last snapshot would be incomplete or corrupt, and probably should be deleted. Go to the web site and check under the "Issues" tab. – heynnema Jun 17 '19 at 17:06
  • NO WAY ! I found your answer very explanatory, I would never down vote without a comment explaining why and despise people that do. In fact I have never down voted any answer (or question for that matter) for any member. I think anyone who answers a question is trying to help and anyone asking a question is seeking help. I prefer to simply make a relevant comment. Since I believe your answer to be accurate and directly answers the question I have up voted it now. I hope that is some consolation. Thanks again for your kind assistance. – kerry Jun 18 '19 at 09:39
  • @kerry thanks for the kind words, and the up vote! – heynnema Jun 18 '19 at 13:04