Comments on: Ten Computing Tips | Data Recovery http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/top-ten-computing-tips.html Science Blog from Freelance Science Writer David Bradley Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:25:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David Bradley http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/top-ten-computing-tips.html/comment-page-1#comment-260390 David Bradley Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:29:03 +0000 http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/top-ten-computing-tips.html#comment-260390 Hah! Sorry to disappoint Egon ;-) Hopefully, at least some of these general tips will be of use to Sciencebase readers even if they aren't chem-enabled. Maybe you and I should put together a Top Ten Tips for chemical computationalists... db Hah! Sorry to disappoint Egon ;-) Hopefully, at least some of these general tips will be of use to Sciencebase readers even if they aren’t chem-enabled. Maybe you and I should put together a Top Ten Tips for chemical computationalists…

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]]> By: Egon Willighagen http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/top-ten-computing-tips.html/comment-page-1#comment-260379 Egon Willighagen Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:22:30 +0000 http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/top-ten-computing-tips.html#comment-260379 Oh, is that what you meant... when reading the headline I thought ten tips in chemical computing :( I like the comment, "backup any important data files first" :) OK, reinstalling a full workable Linux environment with office, programming tools, etc is a simple 'apt-get install this and that' command, but I remember those days I was plugging in and out in CDs for Windows, virus scanner, firewall, office, etc, etc... so let me suggest "backup your partitions". And what's that about 'important data'... is there any other kind? :) Another tip: put your important data in a version control system (like CVS, Subversion, Bazaar, Git...). Allows you to use the data at different machines too, and if you do, it automatically takes care of the backing up. Oh, is that what you meant… when reading the headline I thought ten tips in chemical computing :(

I like the comment, “backup any important data files first” :) OK, reinstalling a full workable Linux environment with office, programming tools, etc is a simple ‘apt-get install this and that’ command, but I remember those days I was plugging in and out in CDs for Windows, virus scanner, firewall, office, etc, etc… so let me suggest “backup your partitions”.

And what’s that about ‘important data’… is there any other kind? :)

Another tip: put your important data in a version control system (like CVS, Subversion, Bazaar, Git…). Allows you to use the data at different machines too, and if you do, it automatically takes care of the backing up.

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