Destroying "only" your home directory (was Re: Newbie question on permissions)

[Derek Broughton]

Mario Vukelic wrote:

> I have read the whole thread so far, and I believe you are fighting
> windmills. Research the backup solutions that are available, e.g. (in no
> particular order):
> 
> backuppc
> keep
> konserve
> rdiff-backup
> tar
> afbackup
> amanda-*
> backup-manager
> backup2l
> backupninja
> bacula
> bkp
> cdbackup
> cpbk
> Etc., you get the picture. Search for "backup" in Synaptic.
> 
> These systems cover many cases from enterprise to individual. However,
> they might not be what you have in mind regarding ease of use. 

I don't think so.  I've still yet to find a decent backup tool to copy my
backups to CD/DVD.  

Not one of the above is suitable for a non-technical end-user, and some of
them aren't even suitable for geeks.

> For this, look into https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HomeUserBackup

This does look pretty well-planned, though it was started a little late for
its intended target of Dapper.

I checked out sbackup (not that you included that in the list) this morning,
and it was the sort of sloppy software that makes users run screaming to
Apple.  "Cancel" & "OK" buttons reversed from normal order.  A "Custom"
configuration telling you that if you select custom you'll specify what you
want in the "next panels", except that there aren't any.  A "Backup" button
you can hit before actually configuring anything.  And in the end, it
appears to back up into a non-standard format (maybe it's just a
non-standard file extension - I couldn't tell, because it apparently
terminated without completing and with zero feedback).  That's supposed to
be the "simple" backup tool.
-- 
derek