Hi, we all have our prefered method of backing up. It depends on the person, what equipment they have along with what they can externally access. This is not a 'fault' of lubuntu... it is 'fault' of you mad people have all sorts of different systems :)
Look through the (many) various options of backing up..... Then choose the one best for you. As a starter pack, I always suggest that you have a /home partition[1] Regards, Phill. 1. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Partitioning/Home/Moving On 29 December 2012 21:47, Aere Greenway <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > John: > > One important thing to take note of in my earlier reply, is that for most > backups, I don't use online services. I noticed (later) that you were > asking about online services. > > I use an external hard-drive (Seagate, USB, 300 Gig), that I plug into a > USB 2.0 port. Using that method, you do need to be very meticulous about > unmounting your drive before removing it. > > -- > > Sincerely, > Aere > > > -----Original Message----- > *From*: John Hupp > <[email protected]<john%20hupp%20%[email protected]%3e> > > > *To*: Aere Greenway > <[email protected]<aere%20greenway%20%[email protected]%3e>>, > [email protected] > *Subject*: Re: [Lubuntu] Recommended online backup services (or those to > avoid)? > *Date*: Sat, 29 Dec 2012 14:55:27 -0500 > > On 12/29/2012 2:41 PM, Aere Greenway wrote:> John, and all:>> I have been > regularly using Deja Dup, on all of the Ubuntu partitions > (different ubuntu > flavors) I do development on, including lubuntu, > which is my primary > system.>> I did have to explicitly search for it, and install it (it wasn't > > installed by default).>> I haven't yet had any problems with it, and I have > used it to restore > my files a few times. It has worked well in that > capacity, restoring > not only files, but configuration settings.>> My main > negative about it, is that to restore an individual file to a > state it was > in on a given date, requires you to restore your entire > directory structure > to some similarly-sized area, then you can go > there and get the particular > file, which will be as of the latest > backup (unless you somehow limit the > backup files used to restore from).>> That is too much work to use it in that > capacity.>> I still use (monthly) a package called "faubackup", which creates > a > directory structure you can go into and get individual files (by > date). > It also handles configuration (hidden) files.>> My negatives on faubackup, > are that it seems to actually physically > compare each and every file before > deciding if the file actually needs > to be saved or not, and thus uses up a > lot of processor power while it > runs. Also, it has disappeared from > repositories, not being the most > popular (but not before I saved my own > copy I could re-install).>> I use Ubuntu One regularly for important > development stuff I wouldn't > want to have to re-create, but it is a pain to > have to encrypt > everything before putting it in the directory. It's > negative, is that > upload internet speed tends to be significantly less than > download > internet speed, so I only use it for really important stuff, and > don't > save so much stuff that way. Also, it may not let you know at what > > point everything has been synchronized.>> -- > Sincerely,> Aere>> > -----Original Message-----> *From*: John Hupp <[email protected] > > <mailto:john%20hupp%20%[email protected] > <john%20hupp%20%[email protected]>%3e>>> *To*: > [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected] > <[email protected]>>> *Subject*: [Lubuntu] Recommended online > backup services (or those to > avoid)?> *Date*: Sat, 29 Dec 2012 11:59:10 > -0500>> I see that none of these are installed by default in Quantal:> > Deja Dup> Ubuntu One> Duplicity>> In fact, a Synaptic search on > "backup" doesn't show that any backup> package is installed.>> A little > searching indicates that there have been problems installing or> using Deja > Dup + Ubuntu One on Lubuntu, though there are not a great> many results.>> > Have any of you had good (or bad) experiences with> > installing/using/restoring from various online backup services?>> (And I'm > specifically interested in backup-oriented services, though> I'll broaden the > question to include sync services.)> > Thanks for the detailed review. > > > -- > Lubuntu-users mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users > > -- > <https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users> > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw
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