Automated backup system (works well so far)
Requirements
A desktop or laptop of any kind
A linux server
Applications used
Backuppc on the linux server (there’s a package for it on most distributions)
DeltaCopy on Windows XP (you can use rsync directly on Mac and Linux desktops)
Basically, install both, and configure to taste. Consult the documentation on both sites.
However, there are some tricks that made life easier. [...]