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Awesome tool for backing up game saves! (github.com)

submitted 1 year ago by Rade0nfighter@lemmy.world to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world

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After too much time spent on google I finally found this lightweight GUI + CLI tool that finds locally installed games (yes including non-steam games running under proton) and thought I'd spread the gospel!

Combeined with something like dropbox/onedrive/nextcloud, or rsync/borg/syncthing etc you've got yourself cloud backups too.

Zero configuration involved so far on my Steam Deck which is nice as well.

Forgive me if it's old news ☺️

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[–] Puzzle_Sluts_4Ever@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A lot of people came to lemmy because it is open source and will NEVER have the monetization issues reddit has (because hosting and development becomes free if you are open source, I guess?).

So we basically have a LOT of people who are the equivalent of a comp sci 101 kid learning that linux exists and insisting that is the answer to all problems and wanting to show off how much cooler they are.

Personally? I prefer FOSS when it is viable. But I am also not going to go too crazy over using a closed source app or driver to... better play my closed source games that I installed via my closed source Steam client.

But also: Honestly, a few rsync scripts running as part of a cron job handles most of this. Because most games I play are through Steam so they already have save file sync. Which mostly leaves my emulator saves and what not.

[–] bgtlover@linuxrocks.online 1 points 1 year ago

@Puzzle_Sluts_4Ever @V0lD personally, I use systemd timers, in combination with the btrfs tooling to backup certain snapshots of my filesystem, which include game saves. I can't use steam because it's entirely screenreader inaccessible, so I play stuff with retroarch and other emulators, plus the occasional audiogame in wine, and very rarely, native ones, those are so rare.