The Ultimate Online Tool For Finding Online Backup Providers

AboutCloudStorage.com has recently announced a cool new tool for those looking for a good online backup provider.

In essence it's like one of the many price-comparison sites but it applies specifically to online backup providers. You enter a few simple questions and then the tool selects only those providers that perfectly match your needs; thus making choosing a backup provider much easier than the old way of sorting through dozens of different providers and accounts.

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Tools to Manage ISO Files on Linux

A while ago we showed you what you can do with PDF files on Linux. Today we take a look at ISO files and Linux applications which you can use to work with them. ISO files are also known as ISO images or disk images because they are usually used to create backup copies of hard disks or optical media (CDs and DVDs).

An ISO file is in fact an archive which stores files in uncompressed format (unlike, for instance, ZIP or RAR archives), which means that an ISO image of a DVD is an exact, “mirror” copy of its contents. You're probably familiar with this type of media – chances are that you installed your Linux distribution from an ISO image. You can create ISO images from any type of file on your computer and burn them to CDs or DVDs. Existing ISO images can be mounted, extracted, and modified (if necessary) thanks to a number of user-friendly Linux tools.

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Why Should you Backup?

This blog will be a little fragmented and I apologise but I’m sure it will be legible all the same. This blog as you can tell is about backing up. I backup everything to about 12 different places and I try my hardest to keep everything in sync. I am going to list the main reason for backing up and what the best services or ways of doing so are. Okay, so backing up… Backing up in my opinion is one of the most important parts of owning digital media; I back up all the time mainly because if I lost all my data I would probably fall to the floor in the fetal position and cry for weeks on end. I’m sure this is the case with everyone who takes pride in work or schoolwork and people that love music and couldn’t bare to loose it but what are the best and safest ways to back up? The answer to this question is different for everyone but for me it’s everything!

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