Backup set up

[NeedHelp]

Is it better to use 2 different applications for backup? For example: Pika for data and Timeshift for system image or just use the best one to do both data and system image, if so what is the better app
Thanks

 

[bob466]

Welcome to the Forum.

It's always better to have two backup solutions and to backup everything not just system files...never keep the backups on the same Drive.

I use Foxclone...https://www.foxclone.org/ and Rescuezilla...https://rescuezilla.com/
Both create an image of all used space on the Drive..which is saved to a folder on an External Drive. Both compress the image and have a verify tool.

Should anything happen...the worst being Drive failure...you delete something or you run a command that bricks your system...you just put the image back.

 

[Mike-BTU]

Also use Foxclone. Great disk imaging software. I boot it with Ventoy, all on a USB stick.

 

[deb_user]

I put both backups on the same drive, but also on multiple drives. If one drive dies, I still have both backups. One backup of anything is at least one too few. I prefer separate /home and / backups, but not everyone does. Each method has advantages and disadvantages, but for me having them separate has more advantages and fewer disadvantages. It's a personal choice, though.