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How to exclude Flatpaks from TimeShift? (lemmy.today)
submitted 1 week ago by gpstarman@lemmy.today to c/linux4noobs@lemmy.world
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Which folders and files do I need to exclude from TimeShift?

Also is there a way to also exclude programs installed as .deb ?

I doing this to reduce Backup size as I have limited storage.

100GB - Windows 11
400GB - Storage
400GB - Mint
100GB - TimeShift
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[–] verstra@programming.dev 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Sorry, I don't know where flatpacks are installed (probably in /home/user/.local or /var/lib), but i want to nit-pick:

Its directories, not folders.

[–] gpstarman@lemmy.today 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

So, Folders is a Windows term ?

Edit: it just found this

[–] verstra@programming.dev 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Exactly:)

[–] verstra@programming.dev 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Ok now I feel bad for being pedantic and to really helping:

flatpacks are installed ~/.local/share/flatpak and /var/lib/flatpak, depending on distro/flatpak installation I think. On my machine they are in ~/.local/share/flatpak, but there are people reporting having them in /var/lib/flatpak.

Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/flatpak/comments/f6uq3z/where_are_flatpaksflatpak_apps_installed/

Btw, I'd also exclude ~/.cache (for obvious reasons) and everything out outside of /home.

[–] gpstarman@lemmy.today 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Ok now I feel bad for being pedantic No need man🤝🏽

Thank You for helping

I'd also exclude ~/.cache

I just included my every hidden files and folders in ~/ and now I feel stupid.

Are there any other files and folders that I can exclude to save storage in TimeShift ?

[–] verstra@programming.dev 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Everything outside of your home dir? This will prevent applications and logs and configuration to be backed up.

You can use ncdu cli to see which dirs take the most space.

[–] gpstarman@lemmy.today 1 points 9 hours ago

Thank you.

[–] Krafting@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Ignore the folder .var/app In your homedir, I think this should do the trick

[–] gpstarman@lemmy.today 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

my /var doen't have any folder called app. Do you mean /var/lib/flatpak/app?

[–] Krafting@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

No, ~/.var/app

[–] gpstarman@lemmy.today 1 points 1 week ago

Thank You.

I also found /var/lib/flatpak/app has significant storage use, because runtimes are stored there.