What is Aptik?
Aptik is a tool that simplifies the process of migrating settings and data from an existing Linux system to a newly installed system. This tool can be utilized when re-installing the operating system or when transitioning to a newer release of a Linux distribution
Highlights
- Backup and restore repositories, including Launchpad PPAs and third-party APT repositories
- Backup and restore installed software packages, including Flatpak and Snap packages
- Backup and restore user accounts, including login credentials and password expiry rules
- Backup and restore user-created groups
- Backup and restore mount entries for storage devices, bind mounts, and more
- Backup and restore scheduled tasks, such as cron jobs for each user and common jobs for all users
- Backup and restore icons, themes, and fonts
- Backup and restore home directory data for each user, with encryption, compression, and de-duplication using BorgBackup
- Backup and restore user-specific settings in the dconf database
Platforms
- Linux
Languages
- English