wahlau's online hut

last updated: 2006-12-15

here i will post some of the backup tricks i will use for my own backup. It is not something from me (i wished) but a collection of different tricks that at least works for me.

Rsync

Rsync is a tool that uses Samba's creator Andrew Tridgell's algorithm to perform copying/backup task. I like this line found in a how-to:

The basic implementation of rsync is: rsync -a source/ target/. This command copies the source directory to the target as if you were executing cp -a source/. target/. Unlike cp, rsync uses the rsync algorithm to check for differences between source and destination files. Since it copies only new changes, a technique known as incremental backup, rsync provides a very fast method for updating your backups.

you might shout "oh no, not another one!?", but i know i just need to note down things i have done, so that i can redo them easily without search around the whole world just to overcome a simple step which can take you and me another precious 20 minutes.

1. SDK installation and start

- to start preparing your box for SDK development, read this. 

- it might be useful to double check your scratchbox distribution/version, and also to reinstall it according to the one mentioned in the wiki. it saves you at least the trouble to have something different from the given example. 

[constantly (and slowly) in update mode, please revisit for updates] 

yes, a new hobby - gonna start now to learn and to start to poke around gaim.

got myself the nice book from Sean, the maintainer of GAIM project. Reading it now (still), and have already tried out his hello world plugin example (with minor modification, since the example does not work with the current gaim source 1.5.0). It is pretty exciting, since i am lost in C when i look at the source codes :) but nevertheless, it is not that scary after all. after poking around for a 15 minutes, i've got it running.

this entry will explain things you need to do to get a cvs server up and running, and using it too (of course!).

CVS server
using ubuntu would be rather simple to install the server

sudo apt-get install cvsd cvs

this would install the server and client. When prompted for the repository path, keyin /cvsrepo (or any other repository path you want to name). at the end of apt-get installation, create the directory too

sudo mkdir /var/lib/cvsd/cvsrepo

change cvsrepo to the name you have chosen.

next you need to initialize the repository

yes, after seeing many attempts everywhere, i got itchy and decided to install windows XP on my Ubuntu Breezy using qemu. It is not that difficult anyway, so i would just write down simple instructions that looks the same everywhere :)

This is an ongoing article on how to use bluetooth in Linux, and connecting it with series 60 Nokia phones. Come back for updates.