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   Gordon to ldo@nz.invalid   
   Re: Good backup program for Linux Mint   
   16 Feb 26 04:26:08   
   
   From: Gordon@leaf.net.nz   
      
   On 2026-02-16, Lawrence D’Oliveiro  wrote:   
   > On Mon, 16 Feb 2026 02:43:51 +0000, Shimon wrote:   
   >   
   >> Syncthing is a free, open-source, continuous file synchronization   
   >> program ...   
   >   
   > Not the same as “backup” though, is it ... unless you only want to   
   > count *current* files, rather than snapshots of what has gone before   
   > ...   
      
   More to the point we are getting the waters mudded. This thread is about   
   Backups. A programme which sync autmatically is a dangerous tool.   
      
   The Unix philosophy  is to have one tool that just does one thing well.   
      
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