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Hmm, this doesn't appear to be what I hoped it was:

> Timeshift is similar to applications like rsnapshot, BackInTime and TimeVault but with different goals. It is designed to protect only system files and settings. User files such as documents, pictures and music are excluded.

On the other hand, a quick search looking for "that zfs based time machine thing" did reveal a new (to me) project that looks very interesting:

https://github.com/kimono-koans/httm




You can include the user files too in the home directory. I have some snapshots that include them and some that do not, so you are covered both ways.




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