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Backup and synchronization

I want to synchronize my personal document repository between my different computers in my home. Today this folder is under a dedicated partition of the hard drive of a dual boot workstation. My ...
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Stacked filesystems with write-back

I need to setup a system where a laptop and a desktop computers coexist. The idea is, I bring the laptop into the network and the laptop syncs the /home directory( with some exceptions) with the ...
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Why is my EC2 server's time off by ~10 seconds every day?

I have what I believe is a system file, /etc/cron.daily/ntpupdate which runs ntpdate ntp.ubuntu.com daily to sync with the network time. Every day it generates output very similar to this: ...
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Keep local copy of nfs mount on computer

I mount all my home directories and what ever else on my laptop when it is on my home network. I was wondering if there is a way to keep a local copy of the nfs mount when my laptop is off the ...
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How to prevent user from changing files using linux permission

Is it possible, using linux permission scheme, to allow users create files but not edit or delete them at a later time? I mean, we have a delivery folder where users put artifacts there and we do not ...
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Is there a software like Nokia Ovi Suite for syncing Nokia symbian phones with GNU/Linux?

I have been looking unsuccessfully for many days for a nice linux software similar to the Nokia Ovi Suite or Nokia PC Suite for syncing Messages, Contacts etc in Ubuntu/Fedora. There were rumors ...
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Sync Palm Centro pictures on Linux

I have a Palm Centro, and I'd like to copy the pictures to my computer. However, I'm using Ubuntu, and I don't want to switch to Windows or use Palm's horrible sync application (through Wine.) Is ...