Here is how I back up my Linux laptop to make sure I don't lose anything important. Before I worried about exactly how I was ...

All the tools that are needed for the automatic backup system are included with most Linux distributions. The first is Samba, an excellent open-source package that allows UNIX-type systems to ...

CrashPlan is an automated backup system that does the job, but it’s not without its pitfalls.The software offers a cross-platform backup solution that’s reliably easy to use once you configure the ...

These days, it is common to fill huge hard drives with movies, music, videos, software, documents and many other forms of data. Manual backups to CD or DVD often are neglected because of the ...

On September 3, Veeam has released the version 13 of Veeam Backup and Replication, but in this first step, ONLY the Pre-Hardened Software Appliance (Linux). The v13 of the Windows based deployment ...

Box Backup is unique in that not only is it fully automated but it can use encryption to secure your backups. Box Backup uses both a client daemon and server daemon, as well as a restore utility.

One of the things I love about Linux is that it comes with a huge suite of software and utilities that can be very powerful. Some of these utilities go un-noticed or are not widely known.

Linux only: When it comes to backups, there's no messing with rsync for reliability. If running the Unix utility through a command line isn't your cup of tea, luckyBackup adds an easy-to-grasp ...

Linux only: Back In Time, a Linux backup app inspired by Macs' Time Machine and offering the same kind of no-worry, space-saving snapshot protection, is worth adding to your must-install list ...

You don’t have to be an avid distro hopper to appreciate the need for a simple and reliable “set it and forget it” backup solution. Desktop Linux provides an array of options on this front ...