Re: [GTALUG] Laptop recommendations?
It's my wife's computer, she has been using HP and figured she'd keep using them. On Sat, Apr 25, 2020 at 5:17 PM William Park via talk wrote: > > I'd interested to know why you went with HP? > -- > William Park > > On Sat, Apr 25, 2020 at 09:11:44AM -0400, Gron Arthur via talk wrote: > > Thanks for the help everyone. It's was my wife's laptop that crashed > > and she'll be ordering one from the HP website. I'm also going to try > > to use restic with Backblaze B2 for backing up our data. > --- > Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org > Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
Re: [GTALUG] Laptop recommendations?
I'd interested to know why you went with HP? -- William Park On Sat, Apr 25, 2020 at 09:11:44AM -0400, Gron Arthur via talk wrote: > Thanks for the help everyone. It's was my wife's laptop that crashed > and she'll be ordering one from the HP website. I'm also going to try > to use restic with Backblaze B2 for backing up our data. --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
Re: [GTALUG] Data backup recommendations?
I sort of do that now. I have a drive that I leave at a friend's place. But, it's not that convenient so;I don't end up backing up my data often enough and, now with social distancing I don't want to be dropping by people. On Sat, Apr 25, 2020 at 2:10 PM James Knott via talk wrote: > > On 2020-04-25 02:02 PM, Howard Gibson via talk wrote: > > On Wed, 22 Apr 2020 22:18:33 -0400 > > Gron Arthur via talk wrote: > > > >> I have a backup drive, but I'm thinking it would be better to store > >> personal files at a second location. About 200-300GB in total. > > Gron Arthur, > > > > If my house and all around it is utterly destroyed, I lose all my data. > > Short of that, I should be okay. I could stores my backup Blu-Rays in a > > bank vault. It is too bad the local bank brances are not open. > > > > How about switching between a pair of 4TB USB drives? They live at > > the alternate location. One comes home to do the backup. The other stays > > in the outside place. > > > > I remember backing up to floppies! ;-) > --- > Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org > Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
Re: [GTALUG] Data backup recommendations?
On 2020-04-25 02:02 PM, Howard Gibson via talk wrote: On Wed, 22 Apr 2020 22:18:33 -0400 Gron Arthur via talk wrote: I have a backup drive, but I'm thinking it would be better to store personal files at a second location. About 200-300GB in total. Gron Arthur, If my house and all around it is utterly destroyed, I lose all my data. Short of that, I should be okay. I could stores my backup Blu-Rays in a bank vault. It is too bad the local bank brances are not open. How about switching between a pair of 4TB USB drives? They live at the alternate location. One comes home to do the backup. The other stays in the outside place. I remember backing up to floppies! ;-) --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
Re: [GTALUG] Data backup recommendations?
On Wed, 22 Apr 2020 22:18:33 -0400 Gron Arthur via talk wrote: > I have a backup drive, but I'm thinking it would be better to store > personal files at a second location. About 200-300GB in total. Gron Arthur, If my house and all around it is utterly destroyed, I lose all my data. Short of that, I should be okay. I could stores my backup Blu-Rays in a bank vault. It is too bad the local bank brances are not open. How about switching between a pair of 4TB USB drives? They live at the alternate location. One comes home to do the backup. The other stays in the outside place. -- Howard Gibson hgib...@eol.ca jhowardgib...@gmail.com http://home.eol.ca/~hgibson --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
Re: [GTALUG] Data backup recommendations?
rsnapshot is pretty nice and saves space -no GUI though Le sam. 25 avr. 2020 à 11:02, Stefan Kloppenborg via talk a écrit : > I've been using duplicity for backups. I use the CLI, but I'm pretty sure > there are GUI front ends available too. > > For storage, I've been using Backblaze B2 for the last few years. It's > supported by rclone, which duplicity uses for data transfer, so it's pretty > easy to configure duplicity to work with Backblaze B2. At half a cent per > GB per month, it's reasonably priced. My monthly bill comes up to a few > dollars. > > Backblaze B2 does have some access controls, but I encrypt my backups > locally before sending them to the cloud. Duplicity works with GPG, so this > is fairly straight forward to do too. > > > > On April 22, 2020 9:02 PM Gron Arthur via talk wrote: > > > > > > I'm looking for an easy way to backup data? What's good software to > > use, preferably open-source, better if it had a GUI? > > > > Where is the best place to buy some space, for storing data? > > > > Trying to modernize how I backup files personal files. > > --- > > Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org > > Unsubscribe from this mailing list > https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk > --- > Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org > Unsubscribe from this mailing list > https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk > --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
Re: [GTALUG] Data backup recommendations?
I've been using duplicity for backups. I use the CLI, but I'm pretty sure there are GUI front ends available too. For storage, I've been using Backblaze B2 for the last few years. It's supported by rclone, which duplicity uses for data transfer, so it's pretty easy to configure duplicity to work with Backblaze B2. At half a cent per GB per month, it's reasonably priced. My monthly bill comes up to a few dollars. Backblaze B2 does have some access controls, but I encrypt my backups locally before sending them to the cloud. Duplicity works with GPG, so this is fairly straight forward to do too. > On April 22, 2020 9:02 PM Gron Arthur via talk wrote: > > > I'm looking for an easy way to backup data? What's good software to > use, preferably open-source, better if it had a GUI? > > Where is the best place to buy some space, for storing data? > > Trying to modernize how I backup files personal files. > --- > Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org > Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
Re: [GTALUG] Laptop recommendations?
Dell XPS 13 works like a charm and it ships with Ubuntu pre-installed Le sam. 25 avr. 2020 à 09:24, James Knott via talk a écrit : > On 2020-04-24 12:11 PM, Dhaval Giani via talk wrote: > > While not a recommendation, this just popped up on LWN > > > > https://fedoramagazine.org/coming-soon-fedora-on-lenovo-laptops/ > > > > > > Down in the comments, the article author posted: > > "I don’t know about current models, but Lenovo is working with their > vendors to make sure we have firmware support going forward." > > This is certainly good news. I like the ThinkPads, but when I got my > E520 I had to wait a short while for SuSE to catch up with the WiFi. > One other thing I like about ThinkPads is they have the TrackPoint. > I've hated using those touch pads ever since I first came across one on > a Toshiba notebook running Windows 95. I disabled the touchpad on my E520. > > --- > Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org > Unsubscribe from this mailing list > https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk > --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
Re: [GTALUG] Laptop recommendations?
On 2020-04-24 12:11 PM, Dhaval Giani via talk wrote: While not a recommendation, this just popped up on LWN https://fedoramagazine.org/coming-soon-fedora-on-lenovo-laptops/ Down in the comments, the article author posted: "I don’t know about current models, but Lenovo is working with their vendors to make sure we have firmware support going forward." This is certainly good news. I like the ThinkPads, but when I got my E520 I had to wait a short while for SuSE to catch up with the WiFi. One other thing I like about ThinkPads is they have the TrackPoint. I've hated using those touch pads ever since I first came across one on a Toshiba notebook running Windows 95. I disabled the touchpad on my E520. --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
Re: [GTALUG] Laptop recommendations?
Thanks for the help everyone. It's was my wife's laptop that crashed and she'll be ordering one from the HP website. I'm also going to try to use restic with Backblaze B2 for backing up our data. On Fri, Apr 24, 2020 at 12:11 PM Dhaval Giani via talk wrote: > > While not a recommendation, this just popped up on LWN > > https://fedoramagazine.org/coming-soon-fedora-on-lenovo-laptops/ > > Dhaval > --- > Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org > Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
