[Hudlug] backing up my laptop

[MICHAEL WEAVER]

Don't think I could make the WYLUG so may have to wait either until the 
next Birstall meeting or the next HudLUG meeting unless you can give me 
instructions as to how I could give directions to dad as to how to run 
the setup file for Orca.

Ben Fowler wrote:
> 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.
>
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