Backup HowTo

First of all, I'm not agreeing with your "In Ubuntu many times there are system crashes."-remark. I've been using Ubuntu for quite some time, and have never had any serious system crashes (certainly not any that caused me data loss).

That being said, performing a regular backup is always recommended. There is just one step that is missing from your HowTo: installing sbackup before use. To do this, go to System -> Administration -> Synaptic Package Manager and search for 'sbackup'. Mark this for installation and press the Apply button.

Hi,
Jeroen Brattinga .
My statement about UBUNTU crash is not based on opinion of just one person. I had taken opinion of nearly 50-60 UBUNTU users. And about the installation procedure none of my article contains the installation procedure for the softwares.
Regards,
Piyush

Hi Jeroen, thanks for your info about installing sbackup. We are writing only about using the application, but I am sure that the people will welcome your comment. Thanks.

And about Ubuntu crashes. It's the same like Windows crashes. Many people runs the system without problem, others have serious problems :-)

Not true. Ubuntu is solid.

Sbackup does seem like a pretty good program, but I still prefer whole-system tarball images. You can usually compress them twofold and you don't need extra programs in order to recreate the filesystem. It is usually best to use command line utilities for things as important as backups.

Hi Nick, First of all I will really appereciate your information. But I am not a full time UBUNTU user so first of all I will have to gather information on the topic you have commented and then only I will be able to answer your question to your satisfaction. After studying the whole thing I will provide an article also on it, Regards, Piyush

Totally useless post, but your commet made it worthwhile

Hi, why do you think that this post is useless?

This has got to be the worst post I have ever had the displeasure to read. It uses poor English, and if English isn't your mother-tongue, then write in language you understand. The writeup is incorrect, inaccurate, false, poor, and all around bad.
Then in an answer you have the gall to state you don't use or understand Unbuntu. Hell, we knew that after the first couple of sentences.

That's my comment.

Thank you jurlickouf for your comment. Author of this article will not write for this website more.

As someone who has used every OS available (linux, mac, bsd, windows, etc.) I feel that the above comment about the crashes being the same is erroneous in the largest degree. There truly is a difference. No, no OS can be so stable that ANY user wont crash their computer. That's impossible. However, with my vast experience of computer use, I must say the difference in the "crashes" is easy:
When windows crashes, usually no one knows why, and there's no known way to fix it, except for the good ol "re-install".

I've used ubuntu for over two years, and I've never had to reinstall. Every error has been on my part, my doing, which I have had the chance to learn about as I fixed the problem. This is certainly not the case in windows; an excellent example of this is the window's registry.
I've also never once lost data. As a newbie, I did occasionally do stupid things that locked me out of my computer, or broke X, but I was able to fix those with a few command line entries of text. Windows, and more specifically, window's crashes, do not work this way.

Making backups is always prudent and this is independent of the operating system you have as Windows is not the only operating system that crashes. Ubuntu is great but its not pancea for the average user. Its install require some technical understanding and even then driver support for some high-end graphics card is still quite poor

I agree I got my parents a ubuntu computer and they have not had a single issue. I am interested in using some sort of backup software on their computer though in case something does happen.

Ok I never post bad comments about people who write howto's but saying ubuntu like windows has a tendency to crash should not even be used in the same sentence. The people that say ubuntu crashes like you are saying are ones that really shouldnt even being using ubuntu to begin with, or they need to take the time and actually read up and understand _Linux_ . Linux is an amazing OS and yes it can be tricky to make a switch, and it's not like you have to "switch". Dual boot, then when they are getting frustrated or just can not do what they need to in Linux they can just reboot into their other OS. I was doing this for a long, long time then once I did get rid of my other OS I really began to understand Linux. I'm a Linux fan boy and I am always trying different distros, applications, desktops,..etc...Ubuntu is one I always end up leaving on my system as my default OS. Simply for the fact how you see many people saying "Ubuntu just works" well it does period. One last note: "Linux is like having a bottomless toy box"

great post, a little hard to read with some of the weird characters that didn’t transfer well, but other then that I enjoyed the brief quotes form the interview.

thanks for your info about installing sbackup.

Thank's for sharing this information with us

I agree I got my parents a ubuntu computer

Making backups is always prudent
thanks

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Thanks for good advice and nice blog .useful blog in our computer restore data.nice site.great knoeledge.

Thanks for this usefull information. I hope to read more in future

Sbackup is a very good tool to recover what has been lost. I have used it and my personal experience says that it is a must tool for every developer.

Thanks for the good advice and nice blog. I was running Ubuntu from live CD , but was planning to instal it sometime near future. This will be helpful. thanks

hello.. i want to thanks you..
Very good article. This will really help me thank you..
can i use this article on my website?

Hello, thanks. However you couldn't use any of Backup HowTo's articles on other websites. You could link them, of course.

The people that say ubuntu crashes like you are saying are ones that really shouldnt even being using ubuntu to begin with, or they need to take the time and actually read up and understand _Linux_ . Linux is an amazing OS and yes it can be tricky to make a switch, and it's not like you have to "switch".

Great a share. A clear expression. Thanks for the tutorial descriptions. More waiting.

Also when you have to upgrade the Kernels in Ubuntu OS it is recommended that first you should take the backup of the system.