Backing up data with mintBackup

Do-It-Yourself Canning

Tim Schürmann

The clever mintBackup not only backs up your files, it also lists your currently installed programs.

Fairly hidden away in the Linux Mint start menu, under Other with the name Backup Tool , you'll find the useful mintBackup [1] program. This tool might provide only a limited number of functions, but it's easy to use, backs up your complete package list, and helps with distribution updates.

To start mintBackup, you need to enter the administrator (for Ubuntu-based Mint) or root password (for Linux Mint Debian Edition). The window in Figure 1 then appears.

To back up your personal documents, just click Backup files then choose the source location and the destination subdirectory for the files. Usually, mintBackup copies the contents of the source directory into the destination location. It's a good idea to have the Destination on an external medium. The root folder that appears by default is actually the /root directory – keep in mind that you started mintBackup with root privileges.

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