I've been happy with sbackup for a while now, though I believe the latest Ubuntus are using DejaDup? But I can't remember the last time I needed to restore a file. -Mike On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 13:06, Mark Jordan <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Apologies to anyone who is not interested in this thread, but I'm curious to know what backup software comparable to OS X Time Machine Linux users have on their lap/desktops. Time Machine is one of those parts of OS X that would make it hard for me to emigrate from the garden. > > Mark > > ----- Original Message ----- >> I just had a Howard Beale moment with Apple. I'm mad as hell and I'm >> not going to take it anymore. >> >> I'm curious what people can suggest for linux laptop? >> Any suggestions for distros and hardware? >> >> thanks. b,chris.