[Hudlug] backing up my laptop

[Ben Fowler]

On 06/07/06, MICHAEL WEAVER <michaelweaver1 at btinternet.com> wrote:
> Thanks ben for the suggestion about the USB stick for backing up.
> What application would you suggest?

rsync

> 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.

Do you mean that you want to do the Orca setup as soon as possible, eyes-free?
Can you get to WYLUG on Monday?

Otherwise I will have to think about it and send you some
instructions? Can your father help?

I don't think that Gnopernicus and Orca together would actully cause a
crash, but it might be difficult for you to grasp what was going on,
and I would not advise it!

Don't let me stop from undertaking any steps that you have thought
through, without Sighted Assistance just as soon as you are ready to
do it.

Ben.


> 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 take 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.