I was curious about a n810 or earlier model a month ago, but I found them
difficult to find here. Anywhere I found them was almost *twice* the price
of what it was in the U.S. Many of the site I was looking at seemed
outdated, but even the up-to-date sites were disappointing. I even
contacted a few stores Nokia had listed as retailers, and they did not carry
them. The Nokia site isn't the mess it was a month or two ago, but still...
I ended up settling on an Archos 5, which Best Buy has on sale, but out of
stock. Future Shop matches the price, so I got the 60 GB model for about
$250.
I briefly considered an Ipod Touch, but apparently it doesn't play nice with
Linux.
I think I should write an article to tell you folks what usability and
trinkets are like...
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> From: Montana Quiring <montanaq(a)gmail.com>
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> This just got announced too:
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> http://www.h-online.com/open/Sharp-launch-Linux-based-Netwalker-in-Japan--/…
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> Japan only though. :(
> -MQ
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> On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 9:39 AM, Montana Quiring <montanaq(a)gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> > Hello,
> >
> > I know there's more then a few of us that are interested in and excited
> > about this announcement!
> > http://cli.gs/n900announce
> >
> > --
> > -Montana
> >
> >
>
PartImage (and similar & derivative pkgs) add intelligent functionality like volume spanning (back up an 80Gb volume to 10 8Gb DVD-Rs, or to 2Gb files on a FAT filesystem), only backing up used sectors (particularly helpful on drives with tons of free disk space), unicast and/or multicast over-the-wire (for when you can't easily mount the remote filesystem), and automatic partition re-sizing (transfer an image of an 80Gb HDD onto a 300Gb HDD or a 40Gb HDD [as long as there's enough room]).
The main advantages come with scenarios *other* than simple disk replacement or cloning to an identical disk, esp. disaster-recovery archiving, mass cloning, etc.
-Adam
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From: Lange, John
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To: Roundtable, MUUG
Subject: Re: [RndTbl] Open Source Backup/cloning to USB HDD
Sent: Oct 27, 2009 15:36
Just out of curiosity, what is it that these various programs that
people have recommended do with regard to imaging that "dd" doesn't?
I've never looked at any of these in any great detail but so far as I
can see they all add complexity while reducing functionality.
Image a disk? dd
Backup a file system? rsync
to tape? tar
to remote? ssh (or scp)
scheduled? put any of the above in cron
That's all you need. What am I missing?
Regards,
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John Lange
http://www.johnlange.ca
On Tue, 2009-10-27 at 15:26 -0500, Montana Quiring wrote:
> This is from Clonezilla page:
> Based on Partimage, ntfsclone, partclone, and dd to clone partition.
> However, clonezilla, containing some other programs, can save and
> restore not only partitions, but also a whole disk.
>
> Thanks for the feedback everyone!
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Clonezilla (GPL) is awesome. The live CD supports backup to network shares as well as transfer over ssh.
Kelly
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On Tue, 2009-10-27 at 14:00 -0500, Montana Quiring wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I want to backup a few Fedora serves and I'm wondering what Open
> Source software people have used and would recommend for taking a
> snapshot of a the complete system and have it save to an external USB
> hard drive.
Personally I like "dd" for images.
dd if=/dev/xxx | gzip > backup.img.gz
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Research E-Conference. CISSE 2005 was the first high-caliber Research
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(or) during the Q&A slot that follows the presentation. This international
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both on a DVD (including all papers, powerpoint presentations and audio
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presentations, final paper manuscripts and time schedule for live
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The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly
meeting on Tuesday, October 13. The meeting topic for this month is
as follows:
Jabber
Today, instant messaging is taken for granted. We use it to stay in
constant contact with our friends and colleagues. There are some
environments where it is not feasible or practical to use external
IM services in a corporate environment. Like most things, there is
an Open Source solution for that. In this case, we're talking about
the Jabber instant messaging protocol.
In this presentation, Darren Hildebrand and Sean Cody, from Prime
Focus VFX, will talk about the Jabber system and show how the
eJabberd implementation can be used to provide closed instant
messaging services in a secure, simple and client-application
agnostic way. They will also discuss what logging, auditing and
authentication options are available. If you were ever interested in
replacing or providing AIM/MSN/ICQ/gTalk functionality in your
workspace this presentation is for you.
The group holds its general meetings at 7:30pm on the second Tuesday of
every month from September to June. (There are no meetings in July and
August.) Meetings are open to the general public; you don't have to be a
MUUG member to attend.
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Please note our meeting location: The IBM offices, at 400 Ellice Ave.
(between Edmonton and Kennedy). When you arrive, you will have to
sign in at the reception desk, and then wait for someone to take you
(in groups) to the meeting room. Please try to arrive by about 7:15pm,
so the meeting can start promptly at 7:30pm. Don't be late, or you may
not get in. (But don't come too early either, since security may not
be there to let you in before 7:15 or so.) Non-members may be required
to show photo ID at the security desk.
Limited parking is available for free on the street, either on Ellice
Ave. or on some of the intersecting streets. Indoor parking is also
available nearby, at Portage Place, for $5.00 for the evening. Bicycle
parking is available in a bike rack under video surveillance located
behind the building on Webb Place.
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