Timeshift: System Restore on Ubuntu

Timeshift is hell of a useful utility for Ubuntu users. There are so many times when you may have broken your system and wished there was a tool like System Restore on Windows (or Time Machine on Mac) to get back to a Restore Point or snapshot. Admittedly, this is indeed an area where Linux was lacking a really useful functionality. Timeshift has just filled in the gap! Capabilities:

• Backs up only system files and settings
• Take incremental backups of your system at regular intervals
• Unmodified files are not backed up twice
• Return to a past snapshot
• Uses rsync and hard-links
• Automatic boot snapshots 30 minutes after system starts
• Runs at 30 minute intervals but takes snapshots only if required
• Uses tags to save more disk space
• System can be restored on the running system or from a live CD
• Cross-distro restoration for Ubuntu family of distros
• Minimal setup

To install on Ubuntu:

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:teejee2008/ppa
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install timeshift

Webpage: Timeshift

UPDATE

Timeshift is available for BTRFS volumes now. To install on Ubuntu:

sudo apt-add-repository -y ppa:teejee2008/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install timeshift-btrfs