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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/13397700

Malicious KDE theme can wipe out all your data

Or is it just buggy?

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[–] dr_jekell@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago (7 children)

This is why you back up your data!

I use both Timeshift and Lucky Backup.

Timeshift is setup to back up the entire OS and user data and fire off a backup when updating (onto an internal drive).

Lucky Backup has been setup to do a one way sync of my user folders (doc's, download, pictures, videos etc) onto an external drive.

[–] linuxPIPEpower@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 8 months ago

Lucky Backup is a fantastic piece of software. It is the perfect amount of GUI to spread over rsync.

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