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Going Linux #319 · Backups with Grsync


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Following our recommendations for strategies and methods of backing up your computer, we discuss an old tool, rsync, and it's graphical front-end, grsync. Almost all the options of rsync in a graphical form without the disadvantages of rsync. With the approaching release of the next iteration of Ubuntu and its derivatives, many of us will be looking to upgrade. Before making any major change to your system, a backup is an essential precaution.


Episode 319 Time Stamps

00:00 Going Linux #319 · Backups with Grsync
00:15 Introduction
00:45 Bill moves to New Mexico
03:40 Grsync
04:06 Backup before you upgrade
04:58 Backup hardware
07:44 Backup software
08:40 A graphical front-end for rsync
09:28 Grsync is cross-platform
11:35 Almost all the options of rsync in a graphical form...
11:53 ... without the disadvantages of rsync
13:53 University of Aukland NZ
16:08 Piero Orsoni's list of features of grsync
19:00 Why use an old program like grsync rather than the more modern options?
21:30 Grsync outputs the rsync commands
25:09 goinglinux.com, [email protected], +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe
26:09 End

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