What's the best Ubuntu backup solution for a non-technical user?

What's the best Ubuntu backup solution for a non-technical user? A friend was asking about setting up backups, and I don't want to tell him "just use rsync". I'd like a tool with a simple GUI, and automated backups. Advanced features aren't really necessary. What are some good choices?
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Guest [Entry]

"I recently wondered about the same thing and discovered these through a Google search.

Back in time
TimeVault
Flyback

Currently I'm using Back in Time but I find it a little quirky and haven't tried doing a full restore yet. I haven't tried TimeVault yet so I can't really say anything about it. Flyback looked promising but I wasn't able to get it to work with a network share. Apparently it's only prepared to use external hard drives via USB or Firewire for backup. From the screenshots it looks an awful lot like Apple's Time Machine."

Guest [Entry]

"This is a tough question (typically because of the too much choice paradox, see the BackupYourSystem wiki page) but, for a non technical user, I'd definitely recommend Déjà Dup:

Déjà Dup (day-ja-doop) is a simple backup tool. It hides the complexity of doing backups the Right Way (encrypted, off-site, and regular) and uses duplicity as the backend.

It really a nice application to backup your home folder (not a full system) the right way, as they say. You may want to browse the maintainer's blog to learn a bit more about it.

Back in Time would be my second choice if you need something more ""elaborated"" (nice UI, pretty easy to configure, smart remove strategy). But a non technical user won't be able to do the setup himself without assistance for a full system backup IMHO."

Guest [Entry]

SpiderOak. It does online encrypted backup with zero-knownledge. It has a nice graphical user interface, works on Windows, Mac and Linux (and smoothly with Ubuntu from my experience) and is free up to 2GB, and $10/100GB/month afterwards.