In this image, we have a screenshot of DoubleKiller on the left and dupeGuru on the right, both running in Windows 10 (double-click to enlarge):Īs the image illustrates, DoubleKiller offered a denser listing than dupeGuru. This side-by-side comparison image may provide a sense of the difference. I had also concluded that, for my purposes, dupeGuru was not a serious competitor against DoubleKiller.

In previous searches, I had repeatedly seen that dupeGuru was considered among the best Linux tools for this purpose. Perhaps I should begin by explaining what I was looking for, by describing a bit of my usage of DoubleKiller in Windows. It seemed that I would have to find duplicate detection software written for Linux. As described in the post reporting on that effort, I had unfortunately found that DoubleKiller performed poorly in Wine. I had recently tried to run DoubleKiller in Linux using Wine. As part of that process, I was interested in finding Linux software that could detect duplicate files.

As described in another post, I was in the process of developing a ransomware-resistant backup system that relied, in part, on a Linux system.

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