a thought on timeshift

[cavejug]

Hi all,
I've been introduced to Linux the year Ubuntu 5.0 was realised... Since then, I've been 'battling' various issues, related to a steep learning curve.. I am glad, I've managed to overcome most, by investing in books and reading forums like this...Last 7-8 years I have settled on Mint, only to get the rug pulled in under me once some bright spark decided to drop KDE edition. It goes without saying, I get it for free and have no right to complain... Nevertheless, begrudgingly I've settled on Cinnamon, currently 20.1, always looking for something to replace KDE look and feel.. No joy thus far... The biggest disappointment right now is Timeshift.. Once it starts, walk away for 15 minutes, pull my hair out and wait for a hog to finish and give me access again... I do not believe there is a bigger dog of a program in Linux at this point in time...
There, I have vented my spleen in hope some will share a thought or two and point to some relief on this..
Thanks in an advance
Bob

[trytip]

well i could tell you that my favorite was pclinux0s 2012 KDE4 which rolled out pretty well until some poor sap decided to stop nvidia-340 updates and then not soon after kde4 was dropped from support as kde5 came out. kde5 (plasma) has nothing on kde4 and now they all dropped kdesu (root GUI) because they say it's security risk
the way i see it it's a small step forward to make linux closed source like android. in a system where the end-user does not have full control over their root a lockdown is sure to follow.

timeshift has saved me at least 100+ times. the trick is to run it in live mode and have your snapshot directory in a HOME partition or external something.
the reason you are getting overworked about being a slave to timeshift is because you did not take control. take control and lower the schedule interval. i for one disabled schedule. i bet your timeshift is wasing a lot of hard drive space

[Moonstone Man]

I've been introduced to Linux the year Ubuntu 5.0 was realised... The biggest disappointment right now is Timeshift.. Once it starts, walk away for 15 minutes, pull my hair out and wait for a hog to finish and give me access again...

So don't use it. Work out a different method to restore your system if it breaks.

I don't use the darned thing, and nver have. It's for newcomers who don't know what a backup or an image is.

[AndyMH]

I use both timeshift and backintime running automatically on a daily basis. I rarely notice that they are running. Not high spec laptops - third gen i5's and ssd to 5400rpm hdd on a sata3 interface.

[cliffcoggin]

The biggest disappointment right now is Timeshift.. Once it starts, walk away for 15 minutes, pull my hair out and wait for a hog to finish and give me access again... I do not believe there is a bigger dog of a program in Linux at this point in time...

If it takes 15 minutes to take a snapshot either you have it set up wrongly or your hardware is faulty. Timeshift is invaluable to me because I don't have to concern myself with restoration strategy and can use the time to do something more useful. If that makes me an eternal newcomer so be it. I am content to let the computer look after itself.

[Larry78723]

If you're using Timeshift to backup your /home as well as your system, you're using it for a purpose it wasn't designed for. There are programs such as Back In Time and Lucky Backup that were designed to backup /home.

[cavejug]

Hi all,
most grateful for responses from you guys.. I've changed the settings to just ONE monthly run. Never had anything selected but what default settings suggest... Thank you all again...