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The Need for Easy Backups in Linux

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Right now, setting up a backup system to keep their data safe is easy enough for advanced users, but many people still will not bother to backup unless simple tools are put right in front of them. With Leopard promoting its Time Machine, it is time for Linux distributions to start including an easy to use and pre-configured backup solution.

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tracyanne ·
On Mandriva there is a nice easy to GUI based backup application called drakbackup. See http://expert.mandriva.com/question/77786 for an explanation, and http://linux.techteam.gr/docs/mandrake/9.2/drakbackup.html for a description of the GUI.

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