Hi, you don't hear from me often but I watch with interest.<br>Durham is a tad too far for me to get to meetings though one day ...<br><br>Need some input here. I have five PCs running both that-other-OS(?) and LINUX.<br>Lately I have become concerned about data security.<br>I have acquired a 2.4GHz Intel box with two 250GB HDDs and run it for a couple of months checking hardware is OK. It is intended as the network backup machine.<br><br>Which backup software do you recommend? I did some digging and AMANDA seems to be about the best though do I want to spend a week setting it up? I also have some minor concerns about AMANDA's long term free-as-in-beer situation ... note the number of ads seen around the net on 'about.com', etc.<br>There's also AFBACKUP, BACULA and MONDO plus a few more but support appears thin.<br><br>Also, what's the best flavour of LINUX to use? A desktop bias isn't necessary since I can just about work my way around with
the Command Line. I use UBUNTU at present which is fine as a desktop machine but it tries too hard to be all-things-to-everybody and hog resources.<br><br>Cheers<br>Peter Holmes, Arkengarthdale<br><BR><BR><font face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial"><pre><font face="Verdana, Arial"><br></font></pre></font><p> 
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