Has anyone figured out how to get TimeShift installed on Solus?

From my understanding, although Solus is not listed as a supported platform for running their installer, it should still work just fine. Follow their instructions here. Can't test it out myself until I get home today.

    Check this topic about Timeshift as a program for system backup.
    I am still using it and it works fine. It does only ondemand snapshots.

    chickenwingding By "their installer," I assumed you meant the .run option. Or does Solus somehow support .deb files? Anyway that didn't work for me - says I need to install four dependencies that are already present.

    IS there any way to install a .deb or .rpm file on Solus? As you might have guessed, I'm experienced with Linux, but quite new to Solus. I'm trying to figure out how to configure it as my everyday Linux distro.

      Pppssttt... there is a search box on the top navigation bar.... perhaps you should try it... 😉

      [unknown] I meant the backup command, not the game. I'll take a look at the rollback feature - that's the main reason I take timeshift snapshots, anyway.

      On the Foss site, when I click on the "here" link for the 64-bit version, I just get a 404 error, but I've already tried the .run file from Github, and that didn't install on Solus. Thanks for the reply!

        WetGeek Yes, I meant the .run file. I tried installing it myself and that script completed successfully, however when I try to run timeshift-launcher, there are missing dependencies that the script failed to install. I didn't look too far into it.

            chickenwingding Same here. Launcher appeared in the menu, but when I tried to use it, it was looking for crontab, which eopkg would not install. I think I'm going to just set Solus aside until it's a bit more mature. I love a lot of its features, but trying to configure it as a system I can use every day has gotten to be too much work.

            If anyone is as frustrated as I am, MX Linux is a beautiful distro as well, and simple to configure.

                WetGeek Eopkg wont install Crontab because Solus does not have Cron in the repo - on purpose. And the Timeshift author can't be bothered to add support for systemd timers, so.... /shrug

                  If you're worried about the ability to restore your Solus install without online access or just for convenience, you can do everything TimeShift does manually easily enough, arguably even more efficiently. Just fetch a copy of all installed apps via eopkg. Use a command like

                  eopkg li | awk '{ printf "%s ", $1 }' > list

                  if you have a lot of apps and dependencies, in order to put a preformatted text list in home. Put fetched packages in a backup folder. Categorize by apps, libraries, whatever you prefer, then just run a 'sudo eopkg it *.eopkg --reinstall --ignore-dependency', etc, per backup folder whenever you want to restore anything. Most relevant commands are found via 'eopkg -h' should you run into any problems. We have a ridiculously logically designed and powerful package system here. Might as well take advantage of it.

                  You may reevaluate Solus once you run into the common limitations of distros that are not focused on typical desktop uses like gaming, multimedia out-of-the-box, and the widest selection of the newest maintained and useful curated apps (apart from TimeShift, of course). Solus is certainly not an immature distro. It simply has a very strict -- and I think ultimately wiser -- repo policy for long-term stability along a narrow line of purpose.

                  If you require any help with manual package management, I can provide you with a more detailed step-by-step. However, it goes without saying you should study the docs and know what you are doing, otherwise you can totally mess up your installation. Personally, I keep my own manifest and archive of installed apps, dependencies, libraries, and dated updates, so I'm always aware of software versions and system states. At the end of the day, once the devs finish all the work on their end, stability is all about transparent packaging and complete user control.

                  Thanks for your comments, Johann. I'm keeping my Solus VM available, and I'll check in here from time to time.

                  I DO like a lot of what Solus offers, even little things like being able to mount my NAS shares with just a right mouse click, instead of having to copy and paste to /etc/fstab and reboot. But there are still things that are a lot more work than they need to be. I assume they're works in progress, and I'm fine with waiting for more progress. Thanks again.

                    WetGeek But there are still things that are a lot more work than they need to be.

                    Just curious, could you give any examples?

                      Yes. There are several posts about it already.

                      With the ability to rollback built in, what is the recommended backup tool: Grsync or Deja Dup (Backup)? I like that I can browse backed-up folders with rsync compared to Deja Dup. Deja Dup seems to have a more user friendly frontend allowing the user to easily create a schedule and a location from a dropdown.

                      Are there any advantages of one over the other? (I.e. Restores, NAS, size of backup, etc.)