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Re:Restic – Backups Done Right by cvs268 on Saturday November 13, 2021 @01:05PM (#29211804)
simple/fun vs. complicated/scary depends on the target user.

Simple for someone who is comfortable with the terminal. Scary for those who are oyherwise familiar with GUIs only.

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Re:Restic – Backups Done Right by bccdee on Saturday November 13, 2021 @10:35PM (#29215191)
Sure, but if I'm not comfortable with the terminal, I probably shouldn't be too loud with my criticisms of shell scripts.
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Re:Restic – Backups Done Right by kkjjkgjjgg on Sunday November 14, 2021 @05:31AM (#29216449)
It just seems a pity that knowledge of shell scripts is necessary to do backups.
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Re:Restic – Backups Done Right by bccdee on Sunday November 14, 2021 @11:39AM (#29218276)
Yeah I bet there are good GUI tools out there, but I always want to go for the stuff I can script myself, so I can hook desktop notifications into it and such.

It makes it hard for me to recommend backup tools to the non-technical people in my life, because they're looking for GUI solutions with the corners rounded off, and I want something crunchy and scriptable.

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