Re: backup applications and speech

[Henrik Nilsen Omma <henrik ubuntu com>]

MICHAEL WEAVER wrote:
> What Backup applications work with Gnome Orca?
> Someone helping me get Ubuntu working with speech suggested R Sync and 
> someone else suggested Simple Backup.
>   

Hi Michael,

I don't think there is a consensus approach on backup at the moment. 
Several people are working on simply backup solutions, but no clear 
standard has emerged. rsync would be useful if you prefer to use the 
command line.

To everyone:

We are starting to see a fair number of general Linux support questions 
on this and other lists now. The good news is that a growing number of 
users are experimenting with the free desktop with the aim of ditching 
Windows. The worry is that lists like this might soon get flooded with 
general support requests that we who frequent it may not even always be 
the best suited to answer.

We obviously need to welcome the new users arriving, but we should 
perhaps start thinking of ways to connect them with the wider Free 
Software community for general support. I made a post [1] in our forum 
relating this earlier today. But I'm interested to hear other ideas as 
well.

- Henrik

[1] http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=250603