[shapoopy]

I don't know how many other folks feel this way, but I would kill for a GUI-less version of your client. I'd love to configure XML files, or some (any!) analog.

I've been looking for an off-site backup solution for a (nerdy and technically competent) home user for years, and yours is the only one that I could afford (poor recent BA here).

Please?! I would pay $10 a month (probably more, really) for that. Even if you don't want to support it, could you do it just for me? It'll be our little secret!

[cakeface]

It sounds like those XML files are already there when you install the windows or mac version. Why don't you just open them up and edit them by hand?

[brianwski]

Honestly, the XML files are pretty simple. The one main one the GUI writes out is called bzinfo.xml and is found on any Mac system at /Library/Backblaze/bzdata/bzinfo.xml and on any Windows Vista or later system at C:\ProgramData\Backblaze\bzdata\bzinfo.xml

Backblaze is designed to be used with absolutely no configuration (for many users they have no idea where their Outlook.pst file is and we don't think they should have to know), and the only way we could figure out how to make this work was to backup EVERYTHING on your system unless you explicitly exclude it. So bzinfo.xml is basically a flat list of excluded folders you do not want backed up. There is also a throttle in there if you don't want Backblaze to utterly destroy your network uplink, and a few other small settings. It's pretty straightforward.

With that said, we really pride ourselves on easy to use software, so it goes against everything in our DNA to release software with NO GUI at all, but maybe we'll give that a serious thought. If you are using Linux, you probably aren't the average Mom & Pop user. :-)

[ebiester]

To a linux user, editing an xml file is easy to use. And since it's a pretty reasonable default to backup /home, you're likely to be pretty safe with defaults anyway.

Call it alpha, see how much demand there is, and the extra money you bring in might be the motivation to finish up the pretty. :)

[gasull]

we really pride ourselves on easy to use software, so it goes against everything in our DNA to release software with NO GUI at all, but maybe we'll give that a serious thought. If you are using Linux, you probably aren't the average Mom & Pop user. :-)

I just want to join others asking here for a Linux version. Please do release whatever you have. And actually I would prefer a command line tool, so I can use it in my cron.