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On 07/10/12 09:48, Roland Tarver wrote: > > Hi Neil, > > Please don't apologise nor withdraw your question. I think it was a > perfectly valid one to ask. > > In fact, I have been planning to set up my first home server too. I just > need to find the time! lol! > > In our household we have reached a point where there is lots of data, > mainly photos, on several laptop hard disks. Some of this data is not > backed up anywhere at the moment!!! So I really need setup a file server > / back up box soon!.... (or use the online options as Rob suggested) > > Also, I am utterly *rubbish* when it comes to networking so I am looking > forward to learning a little about that in the process. Also, learning a > bit more bash (+?cron) to automatically back up the data from the > various laptops will be good. :-) > > We have a ton of printed photographs that, as an xmas present, I am > going to scan for mum. I am going to store them on the, as yet un-made, > server and then was hoping to get several digital "picture frames" to > display some of the photos at various locations throughout the house. I > am not quite sure yet what hard ware to use for the picture frames, I am > sure a cheaper android tablet could be persuaded but i am kind of hoping > there is an even cheaper alternative since they will do nothing but > display pictures. I have not looked into it yet.... > > I might even have a play with apache again too...... > > But it's all time :-( lol. Maybe I should stop writing emails and crack > on! lol > > Best wishes > roly :-) > Thanks for your encouragement. At the moment we have three computers at home, my desktop, my wife's laptop and my daughter's laptop. I asked the question in part because I am concerned about back-up and I would like to have some way of helping the girls with any problems. My daughter is getting married soon and will be moving a few miles away so I am even more anxious to be of help where necessary. We all use Linux by the way, I have not touched Windows for about 12 years now. Recently I asked about linking computers via Samba and NFS etc. The answers were helpful but left me wondering whether setting up a server would be a better option. I have worked with computers for longer than I care to remember and I still find topics about which I am pretty clueless!! Regards Neil -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq