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I use Syncthing, which just silently does its job, to the point that I forget it's there. I use that to get files to my Linux PC, where they can be backed up a

• Macha 6y ago
  Syncthing (and SaaS equivalents like Dropbox) don't really qualify as backup tools because as soon as the file is updated on one device it's updated on all devices. Paid services usually give you a certain amount of rollback to cover the "oops didn't mean to save/delete that" case but even that won't help for something like ransomware trying to keep you out of files. Of course many backup solutions also have the ransomware problem, like plain rsync+cron.
  • mkl 6y ago
    That's right, but replicating changes from multiple devices onto one that then runs a proper backup tool with versioning and remote storage seems simpler than trying to do backups properly on each separate device.