Hi, I'll just chime in for my favorite backup solution for my stuff at
home: BackuPC [1]. You set up a dedicated box on your local network, and
it backs up configured clients (Mac, Linux, Windows), whenever it finds
them. I've got it tweaked a bit to also back up a few personal web sites
that I support. I haven't yet set it up to mirror important stuff (like
docs, pics and videos) to the cloud, but that's on the agenda for this
year.

[1] http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
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On 12/16/11 12:39 PM, "Esmé Cowles" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Mark-
>
>One option which works on any Linux/Unix machine (including OSX) is rsync
>with the --link-dest option.  This does the same thing as Time Machine:
>it creates backups that hardlink to existing copies of files (if they
>exist) saving disk space on unchanged files.  There are lots of
>instructions for how to do this, e.g.
>http://blog.interlinked.org/tutorials/rsync_time_machine.html
>
>This doesn't provide the same UI as Time Machine for restoring files,
>though.
>
>-Esme
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>"Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the
> argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves." -- William Pitt, 1783
>
>On 12/16/2011, at 1:06 PM, Mark Jordan wrote:
>
>> Apologies to anyone who is not interested in this thread, but I'm
>>curious to know what backup software comparable to OS X Time Machine
>>Linux users have on their lap/desktops. Time Machine is one of those
>>parts of OS X that would make it hard for me to emigrate from the garden.
>> 
>> Mark
>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> I just had a Howard Beale moment with Apple. I'm mad as hell and I'm
>>> not going to take it anymore.
>>> 
>>> I'm curious what people can suggest for linux laptop?
>>> Any suggestions for distros and hardware?
>>> 
>>> thanks. b,chris.