Back-Packing With Nokia N810

[mcr at xdsinc.net]

    > Greetings Everyone,
    > 
    > So I finally got around to buying one. The following post I made
    > on the Ubuntu forum, but I just realized this might be a good
    > place for it as well.
    > 
    > So I would like to do some travelling and reasoned the Nokia N810
    > is the way to go after doing some extensive research. I would now
    > like some more advice from the gracious forum community.
    > 
    > Throughout my travels, I will most likely want to record dates
    > and times, new contacts, and communicate via email. But there is
    > always the potential risk that my N810 might get lost / broken /
    > stolen / etc.. If that were to happen, it would be tragic to lose
    > any of the various forms of data I may have gathered throughout
    > my travels.
    > 
    > Email has a simple solution, IMAP. Everything is automatically
    > synchronized and get on my mail server.

  I don't understand some of the responses.  Many of them assume that
you can remain online whenever you want to use things, which for me
defeats the point of having a portable device that run linux, and can
run all your favorite applications.  

  Email works because you keep a copy locally, so you can read it
offline and compose offline, but I don't see how running a local server
helps you at all -- the server will store things locally, AFAIK, and you
are back where you started.

  It seems like what you want is an easy remote backup solution.

  For the money, rsync.net might fit the bill -- you can just rsync your
/home to that, or if you want more detailed control, you can use sshfs
to mount it. Does the N810 have the fuse module already built?

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