I'm on the road since more than a year in a round-the-world trip and I think my setup is fit.
Two notes, - when travelling, internet connection level changes a lot and sometimes you can be not connected for days, so an external disk/memory card rotation should stay your primary backup, especially for photos - for pictures, I'm taking both JPG+RAW and doing Internet backup only for JPG. If I have a full internet connection at my accomodation and can let transfer during night, if not day, it's working pretty well. RAW (10M per file or more, 5-10 times the JPG) is clearly not possible.
For small files (txt, id/passport copy,...), using Dropbox as primary (want to stay free), and lsyncd with my home server For pictures, nothing more powerful than rsync (at least, in one-way; if you make change at both place, could be interesting to check unisson) to my home server or NAS. rsync is particularly good, as for now, my main changes on pictures are metadata and from what I tested, both lftp and Dropbox would transfer all the files if there is a minor change.
CD/DVD are way too small for JPG+RAW. maybe JPG only. Of course, no pictures transfer if connection is poor or limited (3G or filtered). For China, need to pay for a VPN provider...
don't forget than macromedia is also in front line with adobe for imaging so Adobe will see this kind of acquisition has very hostile...
More, if Ms does it (which i don't think; more christmas gossips), they could wipe all Macromedia software from Mac as extra from wiping java from their softs.
it's like firewire network. if i remember well, there is only one company which made available necessary softwares...
It will be great if for example, home users can made all their computer or domotic stuff with only one or two interfaces. (not really the case in enterprise:)
the big bad why is Apple doesn't have 90% of the market...
the real choice is they are not really integrate as IE or WinMedia Player in the OS. It's easy to put them in trash compare to Ms bundle....
Second, all these software do small but very useful task for commoners:
- ichat is only AOL, need another soft for yours ICQ, yahoo or MSN contacts
- iTunes is a good jukebox, mp3 compile, and iPod base soft but it can't manage all sound formats (aiff, wav,...) and have not jam audio CD burning capabilities
- same for iMovie and iDVD: real work need Apple Pro software even if they are sufficient for nearly all of us.
- iSync is the only App i don't see any equivalent, because from what i see, we can sync Palm, mobile phone, Apple iApps and event LDAP database !
even if Apple have sometimes bad manner, it's not like Microsoft:)
Yes SoftUpdates is a "kind" of journaling FS, but it is not the same (i've read part of softdep doc and i use it on OpenBSD): it's more grouping actions to increase speed than journaling, even there were big discussion about sofdep vs journal.
more, when there is a crash, at least for openbsd, there is almost always a fschk...
i use XFS for a year and a half and also ext3 (i have tested ReiserFS) and i find the three good for journalized FS. I fond ext3 a bit slower, but i depends mainly on conf (best to use ordered mode)
On performance, i don't find any real difference (need some giant database test ?;)
My only problem is all journalized FS (including JFS) are only available on Linux, no other free OS (like *BSD or Darwin) and we have to patch kernel (except for ext3 and ReiserFS, but they are all in 2.5 so...).
i think getting all your device (even your micro wave;) ) will be well done and easy. far easier to have one type of cable and protocol to communicate with each computer device and configure them.
some problems are:
- speed: with ethernet, we are limited to Gigabit (or do you prefer optical everywhere...) compare to firewire future (1,6 Gbps to 3,2)
- wireless speed: same problem but also battle beetween bluetooth and 802.11b.
on the fact, we risk a poor security because there is one protocol, i said it will increase !
more programmers on one protocol and ONE recognized and universal implementation for all systems Linux, Windows, MacOS X, *BSD, etc...
so we are sure they can interoperate and are securely connected...
but well, when could i go in the future:-)
Multigen is sadly the only solution i know, (use for example in plane simulation) with Vega or Creator.
But it exists only on Windows NT/2k or IRIX.
there is no real stuff for Linux or no equivalent on free platform i know. I'm will also very interested to know if there is other good realtime software.
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I'm on the road since more than a year in a round-the-world trip and I think my setup is fit.
Two notes,
- when travelling, internet connection level changes a lot and sometimes you can be not connected for days, so an external disk/memory card rotation should stay your primary backup, especially for photos
- for pictures, I'm taking both JPG+RAW and doing Internet backup only for JPG. If I have a full internet connection at my accomodation and can let transfer during night, if not day, it's working pretty well. RAW (10M per file or more, 5-10 times the JPG) is clearly not possible.
For small files (txt, id/passport copy, ...), using Dropbox as primary (want to stay free), and lsyncd with my home server
For pictures, nothing more powerful than rsync (at least, in one-way; if you make change at both place, could be interesting to check unisson) to my home server or NAS.
rsync is particularly good, as for now, my main changes on pictures are metadata and from what I tested, both lftp and Dropbox would transfer all the files if there is a minor change.
CD/DVD are way too small for JPG+RAW. maybe JPG only. ...
Of course, no pictures transfer if connection is poor or limited (3G or filtered). For China, need to pay for a VPN provider
one interesting thing would be to run some virtualization on ppc/macosx
i know about mac-on-linux. but what about any xen/user-mode-linux or else natively on macosx ?
best of all world, many systems, one hardware, no reboot between them
was a best calc the HP48* ! ;)
:(
get plenty more softwares & games on palm
way to go to get it on palm.
but i'm sad i can't it get work because have no display color. why such a restriction
use openbsd, base system (with httpd, sendmail, named, ...) is audited:
3.3 as stack protection, propolice,W^X, and more
see openbsd.org & misc@
don't forget than macromedia is also in front line with adobe for imaging so Adobe will see this kind of acquisition has very hostile ...
More, if Ms does it (which i don't think; more christmas gossips), they could wipe all Macromedia software from Mac as extra from wiping java from their softs.
yes, very good feature, but why nobody use it ?
it's like firewire network. if i remember well, there is only one company which made available necessary softwares
It will be great if for example, home users can made all their computer or domotic stuff with only one or two interfaces. (not really the case in enterprise
don't think so !
...
....
...) and have not jam audio CD burning capabilities
:)
the big bad why is Apple doesn't have 90% of the market
the real choice is they are not really integrate as IE or WinMedia Player in the OS. It's easy to put them in trash compare to Ms bundle
Second, all these software do small but very useful task for commoners:
- ichat is only AOL, need another soft for yours ICQ, yahoo or MSN contacts
- iTunes is a good jukebox, mp3 compile, and iPod base soft but it can't manage all sound formats (aiff, wav,
- same for iMovie and iDVD:
real work need Apple Pro software even if they are sufficient for nearly all of us.
- iSync is the only App i don't see any equivalent, because from what i see, we can sync Palm, mobile phone, Apple iApps and event LDAP database !
even if Apple have sometimes bad manner, it's not like Microsoft
strategy only ...
Yes SoftUpdates is a "kind" of journaling FS, but it is not the same (i've read part of softdep doc and i use it on OpenBSD): it's more grouping actions to increase speed than journaling, even there were big discussion about sofdep vs journal.
...
more, when there is a crash, at least for openbsd, there is almost always a fschk
i use XFS for a year and a half and also ext3 (i have tested ReiserFS) and i find the three good for journalized FS.
;)
...).
I fond ext3 a bit slower, but i depends mainly on conf (best to use ordered mode)
On performance, i don't find any real difference (need some giant database test ?
My only problem is all journalized FS (including JFS) are only available on Linux, no other free OS (like *BSD or Darwin) and we have to patch kernel (except for ext3 and ReiserFS, but they are all in 2.5 so
i think getting all your device (even your micro wave ;) ) will be well done and easy. far easier to have one type of cable and protocol to communicate with each computer device and configure them.
some problems are:
- speed: with ethernet, we are limited to Gigabit (or do you prefer optical everywhere ...) compare to firewire future (1,6 Gbps to 3,2)
- wireless speed: same problem but also battle beetween bluetooth and 802.11b.
on the fact, we risk a poor security because there is one protocol, i said it will increase !
more programmers on one protocol and ONE recognized and universal implementation for all systems Linux, Windows, MacOS X, *BSD, etc...
so we are sure they can interoperate and are securely connected ...
but well, when could i go in the future :-)
Multigen is sadly the only solution i know, (use for example in plane simulation) with Vega or Creator.
But it exists only on Windows NT/2k or IRIX. there is no real stuff for Linux or no equivalent on free platform i know.
I'm will also very interested to know if there is other good realtime software.