Fight the Good Fight with SmokePing

My Internet connection is unstable. I do realize ISPs generally claim
some downtime is expected, and service is not guaranteed, and countless
other excuses are common for intermittent service. I currently pay
$120/month for business-class service, however, and I expect to get
reliable Internet access on a regular basis. more>>

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Rsync, It’s GRRRRaphical!

Every year for our Readers’ Choice survey, the venerable tool rsync
gets votes for favorite backup tool. That never surprises us, because
every time I need to copy a group of files and folders, rsync is the
tool I use by default. more>>

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