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
    • gpstarman@lemmy.todayOP
      1·
      11 days ago

      If you only want backups of your files

      Actually, I want to backup my system as I’m new to Linux, there is that I will break the system. So, setting up my system from ground again due to some silly mistake I made is tiresome. Also I have separate Storage drive for personal files.

      BTRFS.

      I’m afraid about the compatibility of BTRFS ( not like system drive need any compatibility ). Does it have a good community support as ext4?

      It’s not very friendly when it’s almost full

      ?

        • gpstarman@lemmy.todayOP
          2·
          10 days ago

          Thanks man. you rock.

          I learned a lot. Now, I’m planning to use BTRFS in a VM first to understand it fully.

        • gpstarman@lemmy.todayOP
          1·
          10 days ago

          Tools like df and other file system monitors

          What’s df though?😅 Is it like cli file manager.

          The problems you mentioned regarding the remaining space left on BTRFS, they occur on GUI file managers too?

              • Skull giver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl
                2·
                9 days ago

                I take advantage of the free disk space savings and don’t worry about disk space much. I’ll clear out my download directory and maybe some caches when my disk usage grows beyond 80% (as reported in GUI tools). Running duperemove across my drive every now and then also tends to help a lot without deleting anything.

                If I do run out of space, there are a few interactive terminal tools that’ll point out the biggest files so I can delete them and save some space in a pinch. I practice, I just don’t really think about it much.

      • tron@midwest.social
        2·
        11 days ago

        Snapshotting is a feature of BTRFS file systems. Timeshift will manage said snapshots. BTRFS file system is required.