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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. [...]

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Ahh, nostalgia…

Aren’t you all glad errors like this are much less common? Oh, and notice you DON’T have any option other than rebooting the computer. Wait a second, that sounds like installing “updates” on Windows….

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Billions and billions!

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