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Today's Topics:

1. Re: Introducing myself (Sebastian)
2. Re: Introducing myself (Sebastian)
3. Re: Introducing myself (Adrian Portway)
4. Re: Introducing myself (Sebastian)
5. Re: Backup drive (david)
6. Re: Backup drive - de-duping (Mike Yates)


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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2014 21:49:32 +0000
From: Sebastian <sebsebseb_mageia@gmx.com>
To: Bristol and Bath Linux User Group <bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk>,
Sebastian <sebsebseb_mageia@gmx.com>
Subject: Re: [bristol] Introducing myself
Message-ID: <5311046C.1010904@gmx.com>
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> Been using Linux for about 10 years or so starting with Mandrake 9 on
> an old Dell Inspiron laptop.
Same here used it for about 10 years now. Desktop Linux since 2004. What
distro/s do you use now of interest? Mandrake/Mandriva is dead as a
Linux distributor, but there's Mageia and Open Mandriva instead now for
example.
>
> I work as IT Manager at a firm in Devon looking after the desktops (
> mostly Windows ) and servers ( all Linux ).
>
By the way there's also a Devon and Cornwall LUG, but hope to meet you
at some of our LUG meeting's As Dave mentioned we also have got Linux
Live coming up, which is an opportunity to meet some of us, and help
make people aware of Desktop Linux, by giveing them an opportunity to
try out three different distro's and interfaces, (that are remastered
with updates and some additional software). The distro's and interfaces
being openSUSE with KDE, Mint with Cinnamon, and Ubuntu with Unity.

We are also still looking for more on the day helpers for the event.
>
> Hopefully I'll be able to get up to Bristol to meet a few of you some
> time.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Adrian
>




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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2014 22:08:03 +0000
From: Sebastian <sebsebseb_mageia@gmx.com>
To: Bristol and Bath Linux User Group <bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk>,
Sebastian <sebsebseb_mageia@gmx.com>
Subject: Re: [bristol] Introducing myself
Message-ID: <531108C3.7020503@gmx.com>
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On 28/02/14 21:43, Nigel Sollars wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Welcome aboard,
>
> As an off topic, I will be back in Bristol in June ( 24th ) until
> July 14th, I was hoping to meet up with everyone. Can someone point
> out if there is a meeting within that scope?.

Ok a few days before the LUG meeting on Saturday 28th June, hope to meet
you then.
>
> Living in Florida leaves me with a rather hefty mileage deficit.
>
> Regards
> Nige



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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2014 22:09:16 +0000
From: Adrian Portway <adrian.portway@gmail.com>
To: Bristol and Bath Linux User Group <bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [bristol] Introducing myself
Message-ID:
<CAAUR1PsJ5pyBnyvBWQexjW5hXg2nS7ihW3ynDiWJp0UO+3Le-w@mail.gmail.com>
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On 28 Feb 2014 21:50, "Sebastian" <sebsebseb_mageia@gmx.com> wrote:
>
>
>> Been using Linux for about 10 years or so starting with Mandrake 9 on
an old Dell Inspiron laptop.
>
> Same here used it for about 10 years now. >Desktop Linux since 2004. What
distro/s do you >use now of interest?

I've fallen into the Ubuntu camp :-) I keep telling myself I'll give Arch a
go but haven't got round to doing it yet, can't have my work machine out of
action and my wife will probably kill me if I mess around with things on
the home system AGAIN ;-) I just need to claim an old machine to play with.

>Mandrake/Mandriva is dead as a Linux >distributor, but there's Mageia and
Open >Mandriva instead now for example.

I went over to SimpleMepis originally when alot of the Mandriva troubles
were going on and found I liked the Debian base more ( no religious wars
please ).

>
>>
>> I work as IT Manager at a firm in Devon looking after the desktops (
mostly Windows ) and servers ( all Linux ).
>>
> By the way there's also a Devon and Cornwall LUG, but hope to meet you at
some of our LUG meeting's As Dave mentioned we also have got Linux Live
coming up, which is an opportunity to meet some of us, and help make people
aware of Desktop Linux, by giveing them an opportunity to try out three
different distro's and interfaces, (that are remastered with updates and
some additional software). The distro's and interfaces being openSUSE with
KDE, Mint with Cinnamon, and Ubuntu with Unity.
>
> We are also still looking for more on the day helpers for the event.

I read about the Linux Live event in LXF which was what promoted me signing
up to the mailing list, I've been meaning to get in touch with a LUG for
ages but never got round to it. I really like the Linux Live idea, I'll
have to see what the family has planned that weekend but if I can I'll
gladly lend a hand.

>
>>
>> Hopefully I'll be able to get up to Bristol to meet a few of you some
time.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Adrian
>>
>
>
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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2014 22:40:15 +0000
From: Sebastian <sebsebseb_mageia@gmx.com>
To: Bristol and Bath Linux User Group <bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk>,
Sebastian <sebsebseb_mageia@gmx.com>
Subject: Re: [bristol] Introducing myself
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> >> Been using Linux for about 10 years or so starting with Mandrake 9
> on an old Dell Inspiron laptop.
> >
> > Same here used it for about 10 years now. >Desktop Linux since 2004.
> What distro/s do you >use now of interest?
>
> I've fallen into the Ubuntu camp :-) I keep telling myself I'll give
> Arch a go but haven't got round to doing it yet, can't have my work
> machine out of action and my wife will probably kill me if I mess
> around with things on the home system AGAIN ;-) I just need to claim
> an old machine to play with.
>
My story is different Ubuntu since second release in 2005, but Fedora
Core 2 and 4 being my first distro (however couldn't use online at the
time since...). Then in 2009 started trying to move away from Ubuntu
more, because of certain reasons. Makeing a long story short, this
eventually lead me going the Mandriva to Mageia route, with some proper
PC Linux OS trying in between as well for example.
>
> >Mandrake/Mandriva is dead as a Linux >distributor, but there's Mageia
> and Open >Mandriva instead now for example.
>
> I went over to SimpleMepis originally when alot of the Mandriva
> troubles were going on and found I liked the Debian base more ( no
> religious wars please ).
>
I think for most users DEB, or RPM, or something else, doesn't really
matter, as long as can easilly enough install the software that is
wanted. For packagers on the other hand, of course it matters more.
>
> >
> >>
> >> I work as IT Manager at a firm in Devon looking after the desktops
> ( mostly Windows ) and servers ( all Linux ).
> >>
> > By the way there's also a Devon and Cornwall LUG, but hope to meet
> you at some of our LUG meeting's As Dave mentioned we also have got
> Linux Live coming up, which is an opportunity to meet some of us, and
> help make people aware of Desktop Linux, by giveing them an
> opportunity to try out three different distro's and interfaces, (that
> are remastered with updates and some additional software). The
> distro's and interfaces being openSUSE with KDE, Mint with Cinnamon,
> and Ubuntu with Unity.
> >
> > We are also still looking for more on the day helpers for the event.
>
> I read about the Linux Live event in LXF which was what promoted me
> signing up to the mailing list, I've been meaning to get in touch with
> a LUG for ages but never got round to it.
>
Ok that's nice to know as one of the organisers that the LXF advertising
has already worked, or at least to some extent :).
>
> I really like the Linux Live idea, I'll have to see what the family
> has planned that weekend but if I can I'll gladly lend a hand.
>
Ok awesome :), and please get back to me if you are able to that
Saturday, because I am also helping organise the helpers.

Regards

Sebastian





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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2014 10:28:08 +0000
From: david <david@avoncliff.com>
To: bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk
Subject: Re: [bristol] Backup drive
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On 28/02/14 18:55, Adrian Portway wrote:
> Hi David,
>
> As regards deduping software I've found dupeguru pretty good and the
> developer has recently opened up the source. You can find it here :
> http://www.hardcoded.net/dupeguru/
>
Thanks that looks just what I need, the music and picture versions cover
the problems I feel I have coming.





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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2014 11:42:44 +0000
From: Mike Yates <bblug@fonehelp.co.uk>
To: Bristol and Bath Linux User Group <bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [bristol] Backup drive - de-duping
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Hi David

IMHO you can't beat "BackupPC" for de-duping.

http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/

It is available as an Ubuntu package.
It is written entirely in PERL which facilitates its excellent web
interface for admin, fine-grained retrieval and even version-control.
It uses the most "natural" method of de-duping, hard-links, i.e. the actual
files are stored in a "pool", named by their checksums, while
whole-pc-version trees, of just hard-links to those, are mirrored from the
client machines by use of rsync.
I was able to completely backup 25 machines every night, including
developers' PCs, admin windoze PCs and Linux servers, in less than one
terabyte, with 8 back-versions, so that it began to supersede the
developers' own version-control system. The space saving from de-duping was
87:1. I was even able to restore a complete Windows7 image from it as fully
licensed on a replacement HDD! I used rsync under cygwin as the client,
after "Erunt" had backed up the registries which were locked open.
It can work "within" a single box, the client-server architecture can be
simulated and the "pool and trees" can sit on an ext4 USB-drive. It would
be advisable to have the complete program and its configs there too.

HTH
Mike
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