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What's your primary backup strategy for the /home directory in Linux?

What's your primary backup strategy for the /home directory in Linux?: Linux keys on the keyboard for a desktop computer

I frequently upgrade to newer releases of Fedora, which is my primary distribution. I also upgrade other distros but much less frequently. I have also had many crashes of various types over the years, including a large portion of self-inflicted ones. Past experience with data loss has made me very aware of the need for good backups.

I back up many parts of my Linux hosts but my /home directory is especially important. Losing any of the data in /home on my primary workstation due to a crash or an upgrade could be disastrous.

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Published on 14 April 2019 by Alan Category: SoftwareTag: Backup, Directory, Home, Linux, primary, Strategy, What's

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