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Timeshift is one of the best programs you can use to automatically create backups for your Linux system. Unfortunately, these backups\u2014or snapshots\u2014are large files and can very easily fill up your hard drive within just a few months of enabling automatic backups.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Timeshift is one of the best programs you can use to automatically create backups for your Linux system. 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