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How to exclude flatpaks from TimeShift? (lemmy.today)

submitted 4 months ago by gpstarman@lemmy.today to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Which folders and files do I need to exclude from TimeShift?

Also is there a way to also exclude programs installed as .deb ?

I doing this to reduce Backup size as I have limited storage.

100GB - Windows 11
400GB - Storage
400GB - Mint
100GB - TimeShift

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[–] stuner@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You can make this work using ext and Timeshift rsync. I have also opted to exclude /var/lib/flatpak/ because it's quite large. With that, my 5 snapshots currently take up about 34 GB.

However, I would recommend backing up your deb applications/packages (typically installed under/usr), as those can be critical for your system.

[–] gpstarman@lemmy.today 1 points 4 months ago

Thank you for the suggestion.