[Bug 268596] New: Time machine-like backup tool

[KDE Brainstorm Submissions]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=268596

           Summary: Time machine-like backup tool
           Product: kde
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Unlisted Binaries
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: wishlist
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: unassigned-bugs at kde.org
        ReportedBy: brainstorm at forum.kde.org


Version:           unspecified (using KDE 4.6.1) 
OS:                Linux

It would be really nice if we had a backup (snapshot) tool like Apple's "Time
Machine" integrated in KDE. We already have all the core parts, since we have
already anacron (for the scheduled jobs) and rsnapshot (for the periodic,
incremental, hard link based snapshots). 
We also can mount a directory on top of another directory in read-only bind
mode, so we can preserve files avalable for restoration from modification.

The only thing missing is a nice frontend to let the unexperienced user
configure the backup and restore files from snapshots.

This restore tool could just be a file manager that displays in different panes
a scrollale time line of the various snapshots of a specific file or directory,
so the user can look at different versions of that file or directory and choose
whether he/she wants to restore it or not. 

I think also that this frontend shoud warn the user when the space avalilable
is low. Dolphin/Konqueror integration would be really great!

I love rsnapshot, and it saved my life many times, but you know, all that
configuration file editing could be scaring for some new users, and they are
the same users that really need a reliable way to do automatic backups.

This feature request was originally submitted through KDE Brainstorm, and has
been submitted to Bugzilla due to popular demand. Original idea:
http://forum.kde.org/brainstorm.php#idea53625_page1

Reproducible: Didn't try

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