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v0.2.0
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Install on Pop!_OS / Ubuntu 24.04 or newer: download apsis_0.2.0-1_amd64.deb below, then sudo apt install ./apsis_0.2.0-1_amd64.deb. Run man apsis or see the README's "How to use".

Added

  • Apsis's own settings file, /etc/apsis/config.toml (backup disk and filters), written only
    by apsis-helper, atomically, with a .bak of the previous one. The first time, it's
    imported from Timeshift's /etc/timeshift/timeshift.json, which is only read.
  • Keep the last N snapshots (optional): p previews which older snapshots would go, and
    deletes them only after y; offered after each create. Commented snapshots always stay and
    don't count.
  • Reminder: the panel icon turns the warning colour, and the tooltip says so, when the last
    snapshot is older than 7 days (configurable, or off).
  • A disk usage line under the panes: the backup disk's used and free space as a bar.
  • Progress with the time left for creates and restores.
  • rsync runs at idle I/O priority and nice 19, so the desktop stays responsive.
  • just deb-install builds the .deb and installs it, for testing.

Changed

  • Creating, listing and deleting snapshots is done by Apsis (rsync), no longer by Timeshift.
    Deleting as root refuses anything that isn't plainly one snapshot folder: a snapshot name,
    no symlink on the way, an info.json, nothing mounted inside; it never follows a symlink or
    leaves the filesystem, and removes only that snapshot's tag links.
  • The settings view has the backup disk, home folders and filters, plus Apsis's own keep and
    remind.
  • apsis-helper is required (the .deb installs it); there's no pkexec fallback any more.
  • The .deb no longer recommends timeshift; apt purge also removes /etc/apsis.

Removed

  • Timeshift as the backend, and everything that ran timeshift.
  • Timeshift's settings in Apsis: schedules and retention counts, rsync/btrfs mode, @home.
    Apsis doesn't schedule or delete snapshots by itself.
  • The native backend's dry-run setting (the native backend is the only one now).

Not supported (yet)

  • Encrypted (LUKS) backup disks: Timeshift unlocks them itself; Apsis doesn't.
  • btrfs snapshots and full-system restore.
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