Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Backup to a home network via Internet?

Q. Which NAS allows me to backup my laptop to my home hard drive via the internet?
For example, I travel to Europe and want to backup to my NAS which is at home in Asia. Is it possible to backup this way? If so which company is recommended?
Netgear, WD, Synology, QNAP, ...?

Thanks

A. Well it isn't so much a specific NAS tool as it is the ability for your ISP to allow incoming traffic of this kind. You might want to use something like FreeNAS or TurnKey Linux and then set up a VPN on your home network. When you are away, simply access your VPN and you will have access to your NAS just as if you never left your home network, plus VPN typically adds some privacy too.

Autodesk student software help?
Q. Is there a version of Autodesk Smoke that's for Windows in the Student download center? I saw the one for mac but can't seem to find any other versions.

A. Autodesk Smoke is originally sold on SGI hardware, it was later ported as a turnkey solution on Linux and Mac OS X.

compare - linux, microsft, apple?
Q. essay.
Need good point about MS, apple, + linux
bad points abour: Ms (I know there are millions) , apple +linux

A. MS pros:. Preinstalled. lots of software. good support for most new hardware.
MS Cons: expensive, buggy, prone to worms/viruses/trojans/spyware ..etc, poor support of older hardware, very processor intensive, limited customizing capability, requires continual tweaking.

Linux pros: Stable, secure from most malware, tons of free software (often included), works with most PC hardware, including non intel and older intel processors, can runs some Dos and Windows software

Linux cons: Confusing to new users, must be installed, requires know-how to configure some hardware. cutting-edge hardware may not be supported. Popular commercial software such as games may not be readily available.

Apple pros: Excellent Turnkey system. Excellent stability. fairly low incidence of malware. Simple user interface.
Apple Cons: Somewhat pricey, poor backward compatibility between OS versions.

The focus of the Apple macintosh line has been to bring a computer to the masses as an appliance. So the user can work on their documents without haveing to fiddle with the configuration constantly.

Windows is positioned by MS corp to maintain a strong-arm monopolistic position on the computer software industry as a means of maximizing the value of it's stock.

Linux is the core of a concerted grass-roots approach (Open Source Initiative) that uses an ultra-democratic, ultra-competitive approach to produce software to compete against anti-competitive monopolies and their attempts to subvert everthing for profit legal or otherwise.



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