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Never used one except on WinDoze, where they were more trouble than they were worth and now not even on Windows (which I hardly ever use now) apart from the system stuff. Custom bash scripts using moostly find, cp -au --parents, diff or cmp where required, etc, are efficient enough, visible (mis-called "transparent" nowadays), controllable, customisable, maintainable ...
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Backing up your system is wise. If you crash the system you are TOAST! Backupninja is EASY to use. Using the dd command you can make a backup of your entire disk. If worst comes to worst you can always restore the entire disk. If you use Backupninja it is automated, if something goes south in one of your partitions you can simply restore that single partition.
Well, rsync was removed for the same reason tar (or gtar) was removed: they are not backup programs. There are backup programs that use the rsync libraries and protocols, but rsync itself is just a file/folder sync tool. (and Tar is just a tape archive manager). They can be used to MAKE a backup system, but they are not one in themselves.
Although, they are VERY useful tools and I value them highly. If backup and recovery is your bread and butter, the difference is VERY clear.
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