[Hudlug] backing up my laptop

[MICHAEL WEAVER]

Thanks ben for the suggestion about the USB stick for backing up.
What application would you suggest?
I got a message from a man called Thomas Ward as regards Gnome Orca. 
Apparently if I had Gnopernicus running I could launch the setup file 
for Orca without Sighted Assistance. I thought I would have to disable 
Gnopernicus on the grounds of screenreader crashing due to trying to run 
both at once, a bit like in Windows if I had for example Jaws and 
Windoweyes.
It doesn't say in the instructions for setting up Orca that a user with 
no vision could run Gnopernicus to gain access to the setup file that 
configures Orca.

Ben Fowler wrote:
> On 06/07/06, MICHAEL WEAVER <michaelweaver1 at btinternet.com> wrote:
>> When I get Orca working on my laptop, what would you suggest for making
>> backups?
>
> USB Stick??
>
>> My desktop PC running Windows is getting really untidy with bits of
>> removed programs stuck under Control pannel, the system doesn't always
>> start first time meaning speech stops after I login etc.
>
> Microsoft products do tend to suffer from bit-rot, RAM-worm or 
> registry-rust
>
>
>    However, it's a losing battle. The problem is that Microsoft makes 
> more
>    money if its operating systems self-destruct. What you call
> "vulnerabilities"
>    billionaires call "maximizing shareholder value".
>
>
>    If rich people sold good operating systems, poor people would not 
> buy the
>    next upgrade.
>
>
>    Correct. I don't know anyone who could really say what was 
> happening. I've
>    heard in tech shops the recommended lifespan is 18 months of a Windows
>    installation. I'd say that was about right, with minimal crashes
> during that time.
>
>
>    Microsoft built the gradual slowdown into Windows on purpose. When the
>    machine slows, it convinces the average user that they need a new 
> computer.
>    They upgrade unknowingly, and pay the Micro$oft tax once more.
>
>
>    Most people running Windows don't seem to realize that a lot of
> the chaos on
>    their systems, if not caused by malware, is caused by so-called
> "registry rot",
>    "the gradual degradation of a PC as applications are installed and 
> then
>    uninstalled, leaving behind traces that reduce system speed and 
> stability"
>
>
>> When I get Linux speaking fully I would like to be able to keep it a bit
>> more tidy.
>> Don't know if Linux has this same problem where for example you might
>> try an application, find it may not work for you and you try and
>> uninstall it and it leaves bits behind.
>
> In general: "No" linux has no problem in this direction. I would go
> one or more steps further and state that all distros taje steps to
> make uninstalling a package the mirror image of installing it, and in
> fact Debian (on which your Ubuntu is based) is the best of breed in
> this regard.
>
> Ben.
>
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