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3 Types Of Backup You Need For Complete Data Protection

Note: This is a guest post contributed by StoragePipe.com. When we think of data protection, most people just imagine themselves copying their computer over to another device on a regular basis… so that it can be copied back in an emergency. Of course, it’s not that simple. There are many different challenges that make data [...]

Public Service Announcement: Verify Your Backups!

There’s only one thing worse than having no backup at all: thinking you have a backup, and finding out it doesn’t work when you go to restore. It seems like common sense, but unfortunately backup validation is often overlooked. After establishing a backup system, it’s vital that you periodically check to make sure that it [...]

Get a Dynamic Interplanetary Background with Xplanet

This tutorial will show you how to setup a cool, dynamic wallpaper for your computer based upon XPlanet. The image to left is the final result of this how-to; notice the cloud map and the daylight, which are both periodically updated to match real-time cloud data and sunlight. You can chose to do the same [...]

How to Schedule Tasks with Gnome-Scheduler

If you’ve used Linux for a while you’ve probably learned about cron, which is the system service responsible for executing scheduled tasks. Cron runs in the background, and helps keep your computer running. At scheduled times, it launches programs to rotate log files, check for software updates, and perform other housekeeping jobs. You can also [...]