Install "duplicity" package by default and let user configure backup in onboarding app

[spotlesscoder]

Problem

I know too many people who don't make any backups and only then start to worry when it's too late and their data is already lost. Humanity as a whole could benefit from that because the time needed to get new copies of documents, etc. could be invested in cleaning the environment, working on cures for diseases, etc.

Proposal

Install duplicity by default. Guide the user to configure it. An encrypted cloud backup to any of the major providers (Onedrive, google, dropbox, nextcloud) etc. should be available by default

Prior Art (Optional)

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[teamcons]

I like this idea. Wouldnt be stupid to have a page for this on first launch.

any idea or mockup laying around for how it may look like ? It would need to be basic.

[spotlesscoder]

i would simply add an "enable backups" checkbox and a file chooser to select a backup directory or list all harddrives except the root drive as possible backup location