On Wed, 2007-01-31 at 08:38 +0000, Alan Pope wrote: > On Tue, Jan 30, 2007 at 02:38:11PM +0000, baza wrote: > > On Tue, 2007-01-30 at 14:30 +0000, alan c wrote: > > > London School of Puppetry wrote: > > > > Hi Jonathan, I agree but I think the problem is wider than just us > > > > isn't > > > > it....I'm concerned that non-groupy types....like most of the ordinary > > > > world should be able to access Ubuntu and other OSS > > > > and know that there is exactly the same expert support available as > > > > there is for Windows etc. Caroline > > > > > > > > I give phone support (free) if asked, for local contacts. I am not > > > any expert! > > > > > > When I began with linux a few years ago, I was experienced with online > > > use getting help, but found my local LUG of limited value for a number > > > of reasons. I like the idea of very local help. Experience to date > > > suggests that it is only the very initial questions that need answers, > > > reassurance included. > > > > The best advice anyone can give, IMHO, is to burn your 'home' directory > > to CD or DVD every month, that way if you system does the big firework > > you can reinstall and keep (most) of you data. > > > > Heh, that might not be quite so easy for many people. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ du -hs . > 100G > > Maybe time to get one of those new fangled HD-DVD or BD burners ;) > > Alternatively you could use a nice backup tool such as SBackup [0] or > HuBackup [1] to selectively backup the stuff that is important > like documents, photos and email, skipping the less important stuff (and > bulky stuff) like games (which can be re-installed) or (in my > case) qemu/virtualbox virtual machine images:- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/vm$ du -hs . > 53G >
While on the subject of backups, I find that a nightly rsync of my home directory to strongspace hits the spot nicely. Not only is it secure, it's (very) off-site too. http://www.strongspace.com/ Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
