Yah, I really like this approach. Same reason I set up Timeshift and Mint Backup on all the user machines in my house. For others rsync + cron is aces.

I like the sound of that!

However it looks like has a lot of potential for a ‘xz’ style exploit injection, so I’ll probably skip it.

From the project’s README.md : The current maintainer continues to apply pull requests and makes regular releases, but unfortunately has no capacity to do any development beyond addressing high-impact issues. When reporting bugs, please understand that unless you are including a pull request or are reporting a critical issue, you will probably not get a response.

I can’t decide if I’m happy or disappointed that no one suggested I make a Beyowolf cluster.

Thanks for that caveat. I could definitely see myself falling into that

See, this is interesting. I’m out here looking for the new shiny easy button, but what I’m hearing is “the old config-file based thing works really well. ain’t broken, etc.”

I may give that a swing and see.

this looks promising. Seems a little heavy-weight at first glance… How was it to get up and running?

LAN only. I may set up a VPN connection one day but it’s not currently a priority. (edited post to reflect)