Backups using GNU/Linux

There are a lot of ways to backup your files. One might spend some time working on a complex solution; spend some money on a commercial product or often both. From what I can tell, these are more suited for large scale deployments. If you are like me, a simple folk with a bunch of computers, this might be too much for your needs. This article focuses on quick and simple ways to backup your files using basic tools from any Linux distributions.