Definitely go with rsync for backups. This is a better choice.
Also, fedora 8 is a perfectly fine OS but I would suggest using either
ubuntu 8.04 or centos5.2. Both are modern, stable distros tha tare easy to
maintain and manage and are free.
On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 2:17 PM, Rob Owens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> I agree with Nils that CentOS would be a better choice for you. If you
> like Fedora, you'll find that CentOS is nearly identical. If you're
> looking to try new things (sounds like you aren't, though), you could
> try Debian or Ubuntu's LTS version.
>
> If you want the longest support cycle for a server-type machine, I'd
> stick with CentOS until you find a reason to use something different.
>
> -Rob
>
> Kenneth L. Owen wrote:
> > When I started this transition, Fedora 8 was issued and stable. When I
> am
> > more stable with Linux, I'll be willing to be more adventurous. -- ken
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Michael Mansour [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Friday, October 10, 2008 11:23 PM
> > To: General list for user discussion,questions and support;
> > BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> > Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Almost working
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> >> Hello all,
> >>
> >> For a number of years I have run a small home network of windows
> machines.
> >> I recently decided to move my computing to Linux. I now have two
> machines
> >> running Fedora 8. The first machine assumed the role of my windows
> server
> >
> > Why choose Fedora 8 and not Fedora 9? Fedora 8 has an End of Life next
> > month:
> >
> > http://poelstra.fedorapeople.org/schedules/f-10/f-10-all-tasks.html
> >
> > No more support for it after that.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Michael.
> >
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