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Supported System Configurations
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Normal - OS installed on non-encrypted partitions
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LUKS - OS installed on LUKS encrypted partitions
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LVM2 - OS installed on LVM2 volumes (with or without LUKS)
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BTRFS - OS installed on BTRFS volumes (with or without LUKS). Subvolume layout must be Ubuntu-type with @ and @home subvolumes. Other layouts are not supported.
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GRUB2 - Bootloader must be GRUB2. GRUB legacy and other bootloaders are not supported.
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EFI - EFI systems are fully supported. Please make sure that
/boot/efi
partition is selected for mounting before restoring snapshots (it will do it automatically). -
Docker & containers - Docker and containerized systems are not supported. Running Timeshift on such systems will have unpredictable results.
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Encrypted Home - For users with encrypted home, the files in
/home/.ecryptfs/$USER
will be backed-up and restored. The decrypted contents in$HOME
will be excluded. This avoids the security risk of decrypted contents becoming available outside the user's home directory. -
Encrypted Private Directory - For users with encrypted Private directory, the encrypted files in
$HOME/.Private
, as well as the decrypted files in$HOME/Private
, will be excluded (as it contains user data). Filters added by user to include files from$HOME/.Private
or$HOME/Private
will be ignored.