Backing up in Ubuntu is Finally Made Simple: TimeVault | Linux Today

Backing up in Ubuntu is Finally Made Simple: TimeVault

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 12, 2008

[ Thanks to Nemilar
for this link. ]

“File backups are a key element for every user and on every
computer. Whether it be an office setting or a home desktop
machine, backups are essential–your hard drive will fail at some
point; you will need a backup, and you’ll be kicking yourself if
you learn this lesson the hard way.

“While it’s always been possible to use tools such as cron and
rsync to backup files in Linux, there has never previously been an
easy-to-use program that end-users and beginners could feel
comfortable configuring, until now…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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