[Hudlug] backing up my laptop

[MICHAEL WEAVER]

Hi Alan!
In answer to your question I use Ubuntu or will be when I get it talking 
with Orca.
I did have some success with Gnopernicus but as I have told Ben I don't 
think there has been much development of that screenreader.
I think Orca has more community support because of its ability for 
scripting. They seem to have different groups doing different things ie 
one group working on Open Office support, another working on Evolution etc.
Alan Pope wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 06, 2006 at 04:15:57PM +0100, MICHAEL WEAVER wrote:
>   
>> When I get Orca working on my laptop, what would you suggest for making 
>> backups?
>>     
>
> I have recently been using a rather nice tool called "Simple backup" [0] on
> Linux. 
>
> It's really easy to use to either perform ad-hoc backups or regularly
> scheduled ones. I don't know what distribution you use, but I use it on
> Ubuntu and it's lovely. It backs up your home directory, all the config in
> /etc, a list of all packages installed, and can include and exclude
> paths/files you specify. For example you might want it to backup your .jpegs
> but not your .avi files. 
>
>   
>> 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.
>>     
>
> Nowhere near as much as windows does. It is possible on some distros to
> install a package which then installs some dependants, then remove the
> package but the dependants are left behind. They can of course be removed if
> you like, but many people forget to do this.
>
> Cheers,
> Al.
>
>
> [0] http://sbackup.sourceforge.net/HomePage
>
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