> On linux with all that decision freedom it can be good and bad cause you have > to think about things :D
All the answers I've seen mention the use of "cron" but I'm not sure what they mean by that, nor am I sure what is your typical use of the desktop (e.g. is it always ON?), so I think it's worth mentioning the use of /etc/cron.daily and /etc/cron.weekly as well as `anacron` (nowadays provided by `systemd-cron`) which will run those tasks "when possible" rather than at fixed times. Regarding backup software I use `bup` for some systems and `rsync` for others. Stefan