Cronopete

Current version: 3.0.0

Cronopete is a Linux clone of Time Machine, the backup utility for Mac from Apple. It aims to mimic it as closely as possible.

The name comes from anacronopete ("who flies through time"), which is a time machine featured in the novel from Enrique Gaspar y Rimbaud, and published in 1887 (eight years before than H.G. Wells'Time Machine).

History of versions

Version 3.0.0 (2011-12-25)
Added support for GTK3 (GTK2 still supported)
Now preserves the file extension when restoring a file
Version 2.3.0 (2011-12-02)
Allows to launch the restoring files and settings interfaces from the applications menu (useful for desktops without system tray)
Added DBus remote control
Icon cache in restoring interface to make it faster
Version 2.2.0 (2011-11-18)
Fixed a core dump when unmounting the hard disk after launching the restore interface.
It made a window capture when changing the restore view to list or icons. Fixed.
Version 2.1.0 (2011-11-13)
Little modification to ensure that the zoom effect works better in slow computers.
Version 2.0.0 (2011-11-11)
Added an interface to restore files.
Version 1.3.0 (2011-10-23)
Cronopete closes when trying to format a NTFS-formated external drive. Fixed.
Version 1.2.0 (2011-10-07)
Keeps the modification date and time of folders in the backup
Version 1.1.0 (2011-09-17)
Allows to set the time interval between backups
Allows to choose the installation folder in the Makefile
Fixed a bug that produced a clock skew of five minutes; now the backups are done precisely at time
Now the popup menu is shown under the main bar, not over it
Some little adjustments in the interface
Version 1.0.0 (2011-09-04)
First public version

Download section

Click here to download Cronopete 3.0.0 in TAR.BZ2 format (2272 Kbytes).