0.1.8-beta

Prerelease for Windows 10/11 x64 and Linux (Ubuntu 24.04+, Debian 13+, amd64).

• own-backup-install_0.1.8-beta.exe — Windows setup wizard in English and Russian: installs the program for all users and starts its backup service; needs administrator rights. It installs over an earlier version, keeping settings and jobs.
• own-backup_0.1.8.beta_amd64.deb — Linux package: sudo apt install ./own-backup_0.1.8.beta_amd64.deb installs the program, starts its service and adds you to the own-backup group (sign in again to open the window).
• OwnBackup-Linux-0.1.8.beta_amd64.iso — Linux boot medium (Debian 13 live): boots from a CD or a USB stick, UEFI with Secure Boot or BIOS, to back up or restore the computer's disks, Windows ones included.

Added

• Windows: Linux partitions in Total Commander. A file system plugin shows the files of this computer's Linux partitions — ext2/3/4 and btrfs, also inside LVM and LUKS encryption (an Ubuntu installed with disk encryption) — read-only, in place: nothing is attached, and the other partitions of the same disk stay in use. Total Commander asks for the encryption passphrase. btrfs is shown the way the system sees it after boot, by its /etc/fstab (@ is the root, @home is \home); compressed files (zstd, zlib, LZO) are read as they are. The installer puts the plugin's archive into C:\Program Files\OwnBackup\TotalCommander\OwnBackup-TC-plugin.zip: opened in Total Commander, it installs the plugin. The service does the reading, so it must be running.
• Linux boot medium: the keyboard layout indicator on the taskbar. When the medium is built in the Linux window, the "Tools just in case" box, as for the Windows medium, adds the Krusader file manager and the FeatherPad editor (the ready ISO from GitHub has neither).

Fixed

• The service no longer waits forever, when it is stopped, for a client that keeps its connection open without answering (Total Commander with the plugin): the installer hung on "Stopping the Own Backup service". Open connections now get 3 seconds to close.

Changed

• Release files carry the version in their names: own-backup-install_0.1.8-beta.exe, own-backup_0.1.8.beta_amd64.deb, OwnBackup-Linux-0.1.8.beta_amd64.iso. The release package has no Debian revision (0.1.8~beta); the window still finds the media of earlier releases, named with one.

Windows: settings and jobs are kept in C:\ProgramData\OwnBackup, the service log in the Logs folder next to the program. The window needs the Microsoft Edge WebView2 Runtime: Windows 11 has it, and the installer says so if a Windows 10 does not. Linux: settings and jobs in /var/lib/own-backup, the log in journald (journalctl -u own-backup).

License: PolyForm Noncommercial 1.0.0; third-party components keep their own licenses. The checksums of the files are in SHA256SUMS.txt.