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From: za kAT on 14 Apr 2010 15:11
On Wed, 14 Apr 2010 11:58:11 -0700, Craig wrote:

> Think emacs versus vi

I'd rather not. I can just about bodge my way in and out of vi if it hits
the fan, but this Linux admin likes to admin from a cosy Windies desktop...
using winSCP and editing in Metapad or some such heresy.

I realise there is little hope for me.

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From: »Q« on 14 Apr 2010 19:22
In <news:hpv52f$dve$1(a)news.datemas.de>,
Whirled.Peas <peas(a)earth.org> wrote:

> Terminal Programs:
>
> Cedar Backup
> Homepage: http://cedar-backup.sourceforge.net/
> Cedar Backup is a software package designed to manage system backups
> for a pool of local and remote machines. Cedar Backup understands how
> to back up filesystem data as well as MySQL and PostgreSQL databases
> and Subversion repositories. It can also be easily extended to
> support other kinds of data sources. Cedar Backup is focused around
> weekly backups to a single CD or DVD disc. It supports multisession
> discs, allowing you to add incremental data to a disc on a daily
> basis. Cedar Backup also provides a Python library of backup-related
> functionality.
>
> Scdbackup
> Homepage: http://scdbackup.webframe.org/main_eng.html
> scdbackup is a simplified CD/DVD backup program for Linux. It can
> back up large amounts of data on one or more media, with no special
> tools needed for reading the backup. It supports ISO9660 filesystems
> and afio archives. Its special features are automatic division of
> data into multiple volumes, verification of write success,
> incremental backups, a search and restore helper for large ISO9660
> backups. CDs get written via cdrecord, wodim, cdrskin, or xorriso.
> DVDs and BDs get written via growisofs, cdrskin, or xorriso.
>
> Tartarus
> Homepage: http://wertarbyte.de/tartarus.shtml
> Tartarus is a backup script designed to make backups of dedicated
> servers easy. It employs a range of standard Unix tools to achieve
> this goal, to simplify disaster recovery even when only a minimal
> rescue system is available. Archives can be stored on-the-fly on FTP
> servers as well as in the local filesystem, while a plugin system
> allows adaption to a wide range of usage scenarios. The use of LVM
> snapshots and the creation of differential backups are also included,
> as is an expire script to remove older archives from an FTP site.

Thanks for installment 8 -- these are great posts. To this one, I'd
add:

rdiff-backup
Homepage: http://rdiff-backup.nongnu.org/
rdiff-backup backs up one directory to another, possibly over a
network. The target directory ends up a copy of the source directory,
but extra reverse diffs are stored in a special subdirectory of that
target directory, so you can still recover files lost some time ago.
The idea is to combine the best features of a mirror and an incremental
backup. rdiff-backup also preserves subdirectories, hard links, dev
files, permissions, uid/gid ownership, modification times, extended
attributes, acls, and resource forks. Also, rdiff-backup can operate in
a bandwidth efficient manner over a pipe, like rsync. Thus you can use
rdiff-backup and ssh to securely back a hard drive up to a remote
location, and only the differences will be transmitted. Finally,
rdiff-backup is easy to use and settings have sensical defaults.

From: Nemesis on 14 Apr 2010 20:54
On Mon, 12 Apr 2010 12:52:31 +0000, Whirled.Peas wrote:

> The Linux Ware Weekly #8

> This week we are going to look at back up software. Backing things up in
> Linux can be as easy as setting a cron job to run rsync. It can also be
> much more involved. I will present a few back up solutions, some of
> which are simply GUI interfaces running rsync in the background.
I like simple backup (sbackup) under ubuntu. Can't get it to run
under Debian5, the author introduced some non portable su/sudo issues.
[]'s
From: Sergio on 15 Apr 2010 08:38
On 14.04.2010 20:37, Wheel wrote:
>
> Linux Mint 8 - Helena:
>
> I've just downloaded and installed: Seems to work as expected here.

I had stability problems. Even when you setup "only backup" it is using
sync mode. It's GUI and options are so confusing even for non newbie. In
every day I use rsync but it would be nice to see something like
syncback width gui.

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From: Wheel on 15 Apr 2010 23:28
Sergio wrote:
> On 14.04.2010 20:37, Wheel wrote:
>>
>> Linux Mint 8 - Helena:
>>
>> I've just downloaded and installed: Seems to work as expected here.
>
> I had stability problems. Even when you setup "only backup" it is using
> sync mode. It's GUI and options are so confusing even for non newbie. In
> every day I use rsync but it would be nice to see something like
> syncback width gui.

I'm new to Linux, but have "some" experience with Windows, so found the
GUI straightforward. It is well behaved here and sits in a panel
notifying on the half hour, as set, that all chosen back-ups have been
backed up. It's probably not the best, but I couldn't ask for more at
this stage. Now you've introduced it to me, and I tend to stick with the
first solution that works the way I want, I'll continue to use it until
it doesn't. I like everything about it.

So far, as a GUI user, things are starting to fall into place, after
only a couple of weeks. Admittedly, it's a mad learning curve, but I've
put the time and effort in to get this far.

I'm working with 'Wine 1.1.42' now, and 'LinCity', trying to find a way
to replace Windows altogether. I won't be satisfied until I have my own
"private Ubuntu cloud" up and running.

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