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I propose that KDE should have feature like "Time Machine" of MacOSX.

There is already a utility for Linux called "Backintime". It's very close, but it does not have all the features of Time Machine. Please visit - http://backintime.le-web.org/

We need a front end for this feature for
- Settings in System Settings
- Browsing in Dolphin / Konqueror

At back end we have rsync, diff, cp which are also used by "Backintime"


** - Please read following note on "Time Machine"

Time Machine. A giant leap backward.
More than a mere backup, Time Machine makes an up-to-date copy of everything on your Mac--digital photos, music, movies, TV shows, and documents--so you can go back in time to recover anything.

Set it, then forget it.
You can start using Time Machine in seconds. The first time you attach an external drive to your Mac, Time Machine asks if you'd like to use that drive as your backup. Say yes and Time Machine takes care of everything else. Automatically. In the background. You'll never have to worry about backing up again.

Back up everything.
Time Machine keeps an up-to-date copy of everything on your Mac. That includes system files, applications, accounts, preferences, music, photos, movies, and documents. But what makes Time Machine different from other backup applications is that it not only keeps a spare copy of every file, it remembers how your system looked on any given day--so you can revisit your Mac as it appeared in the past.

Go back in time to restore any file on your system.

Go back in time.
Enter the Time Machine browser in search of your long-lost files and you see exactly how your computer looked on the dates you're browsing. Select a specific date, let Time Machine find your most recent changes, or do a Spotlight search to find exactly what you're looking for. Once you do, click Restore and Time Machine brings it back to the present. Time Machine restores individual files, complete folders, or your entire computer--putting everything back the way it was and where it should be.

Preferential treatment.
Customize Time Machine by modifying the following behaviors in System Preferences:

Backup disk. Change the drive or volume you're backing up to. Or back up to a Mac OS X Server computer.
Do not back up. By default, Time Machine backs up your entire system. But you can also select items you'd rather not back up.
Encrypt backup data. Turn on encryption to store your backup securely.
Backup storage time limits. Manage older backups so your backup drive doesn't fill up.

Time machine is more hardware... if you're suggesting KDE SC should now become KDE S&HC, I feel like that's a bit long

I guess this is a good idea to have pop up when an external hard drive pops up, is this what you had in mind?

envalin wrote:Time machine is more hardware... if you're suggesting KDE SC should now become KDE S&HC, I feel like that's a bit long

I guess this is a good idea to have pop up when an external hard drive pops up, is this what you had in mind?

Yes.

When a new USB drive is attached, KDE will ask whether the user wants that drive to be used as backup drive. If user says yes, it will automatically detect it next time and start backup as per schedule.

But there should be possibility to do backup also on local drive as traveling back is the most important feature. Backup is byproduct of this feature.

Are you suggesting a KDE-based GUI frontend to something like rsnapshot?

Moult wrote:Are you suggesting a KDE-based GUI frontend to something like rsnapshot?

Yes. rsnapshot also relies on rsync.

So basically I want GUI front-end to rsync, diff, cp which will provide me the features of "Time Machine"