There is now a beta version of foxclone50. It can be downloaded from https://www.foxclone.org/ (this is the 'archive' site). There is an iso to download and a deb file.
This is a complete re-write of foxclone, primarily to improve maintainability of the code so basic functionality is unchanged. I used the opportunity to make some minor cosmetic changes.
Foxclone:
- nearly all windows are now resizable. Note if you resize the progress window there is a 3 second delay before it catches up. Underneath partclone is running on a 3 second update cycle.
- you can change the text size - for those with poor eyesight, you will need to manually resize the windows to accommodate larger text.
- default is now to select all partitions on a backup and if you want to deselect partitions you need to go to the settings tab and enable 'partition selection'. This to make it more difficult for newbies to make mistakes.
- troubleshooting in the event of a problem is easier - enable debugging on the settings tab and it saves a file on the desktop - email it to help@foxclone.com.
- more error checking, particularly when backing up/restoring.
- lightdm replaces slim as the display manager - of interest to nobody but me!
- connecting to wifi - it will prompt for your password (existing foxclone is clunky).
- reverted to pcmanfm as the file manager replacing thunar (which had some issues).
- there is a utility to set the timezone if date/time is showing incorrectly (an issue for some users).
As always, feedback welcomed, comments here or at help@foxclone.com. Subject to no significant bugs being reported, I'll upload it to the main site https://www.foxclone.com/ in a couple of weeks to replace the current version.
Backing up a dual boot win10 + LM19.2 drive booting in UEFI mode:
EDIT 3 Feb - there is now a version with a 5.13 kernel available to download, download size is larger than I would like.
Note - initially unconvinced, I've become a fan of ventoy. Found it a lot easier during testing - just copy the new iso to the ventoy stick, before it was burn iso to stick with mint's usb image writer. The only complaint - download ventoy, burn it to a stick, boot from it, what next? You need to install ventoy to the stick you just booted from. Thereafter from mint you will see an exfat partition on the stick - you just copy isos to it, as many as you want and not just foxclone.