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by cvs268 1673 days ago
simple/fun vs. complicated/scary depends on the target user.

Simple for someone who is comfortable with the terminal. Scary for those who are oyherwise familiar with GUIs only.
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bccdee 1673 days ago
Sure, but if I'm not comfortable with the terminal, I probably shouldn't be too loud with my criticisms of shell scripts.
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kkjjkgjjgg 1673 days ago
It just seems a pity that knowledge of shell scripts is necessary to do backups.
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bccdee 1672 days ago
Yeah I bet there are good GUI tools out there, but I always want to go for the stuff I can script myself, so I can hook desktop notifications into it and such.

It makes it hard for me to recommend backup tools to the non-technical people in my life, because they're looking for GUI solutions with the corners rounded off, and I want something crunchy and scriptable.

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