rdiff-backup backs up one directory to another, possibly over a network.
The target directory ends up a copy of the source directory, but extra
reverse diffs are stored in a special subdirectory of that target
directory, so you can still recover files lost some time ago. The idea
is to combine the best features of a mirror and an incremental backup.
rdiff-backup also preserves subdirectories, hard links, dev files,
permissions, uid/gid ownership, modification times, extended attributes,
acls, and resource forks. Also, rdiff-backup can operate in a bandwidth
efficient manner over a pipe, like rsync. Thus you can use rdiff-backup
and ssh to securely back a hard drive up to a remote location, and only
the differences will be transmitted. Finally, rdiff-backup is easy to
use and settings have sensical defaults.
ok mbalmer@
Wmcb is a WindowMaker dockapp that displays the current content of the
cut buffers built into every Xserver. It allows the buffers to be
manipulated with the mouse in a point and click manner.
ncdu is an ncurses version of the famous old 'du' unix command. It
provides a fast and easy interface to your harddrive. Where is your disk
space going? Why is your home directory that large? ncdu can answer
those questions for you in just a matter of seconds.
ok mbalmer@
Bacula is a set of computer programs that permit you (or the system
administrator) to manage backup, recovery, and verification of
computer data across a network of computers of different kinds.
In technical terms, it is a network Client/Server based backup program.
Bacula is relatively easy to use and efficient, while offering many
advanced storage management features that make it easy to find and
recover lost or damaged files. Due to its modular design, Bacula is
scalable from small single computer systems to systems consisting of
hundreds of computers located over a large network.
from Mike Erdely <mike@erdelynet.com>
libstatgrab is a library that provides cross platform access to
statistics about the system on which it's run. It's written in C and
presents a selection of useful interfaces which can be used to access
key system statistics. The current list of statistics includes CPU
usage, memory utilisation, disk usage, process counts, network traffic,
disk I/O, and more.
from William Yodlowsky (MAINTAINER)
with tweaks by me
little flashing battery icon when the battery is about to die
so as long as we're talking to /dev/apm, store the battery level and
show when it changes ("Battery level changed to low")
Filelight creates an interactive map of concentric segmented-rings that
helps visualise disk usage on your computer.
It is like a pie-chart, but the segments nest, allowing you to see not
only which directories take up all your space, but which directories and
files inside those directories are the real culprits.
thanks to steven@ for improving my pathetic patch...
ok steven@
