Googling for "What is safe to exclude for a full system backup?" Found [this answer](http://askubuntu.com/questions/28477/what-is-safe-to-exclude-for-a-full-system-backup/28488#28488 What is safe to exclude for a full system backup?) from arrange and tried to build a bit on it
Please leave a comment if you know of more things that can be safely excluded from a full backup
| /dev/* | |
| /etc/fstab | |
| /home/*/.VirtualBox/VBoxGuestAdditions_*.iso | |
| /home/*/.adobe/Flash_Player/AssetCache | |
| /home/*/.cache | |
| /home/*/.cache/spotify/* | |
| /home/*/.cinnamon/spices.cache | |
| /home/*/.dbus | |
| /home/*/.dropbox | |
| /home/*/.dropbox-dist | |
| /home/*/.gvfs | |
| /home/*/.local/share/Trash | |
| /home/*/.mozilla/*/*/Cache | |
| /home/*/.mozilla/*/*/OfflineCache | |
| /home/*/.mozilla/*/*/startupCache | |
| /home/*/.thumbnails | |
| /lib/modules/*/volatile/.mounted | |
| /lib64/modules/*/volatile/.mounted | |
| /media/* | |
| /mnt/* | |
| /proc/* | |
| /run/* | |
| /sys/* | |
| /tmp/* | |
| /var/backup/* | |
| /var/cache/* | |
| /var/lock/* | |
| /var/run/* | |
| /var/tmp/* |