If you’re going to install from source at least change the compile config options so the prefix defaults to /opt/program-name.
You can further integrate with the system by adding the /opt/program/bin/ and sbin/ dirs to the PATH variable, and add lib/ to /etc/ld.so.conf but it should not be needed normally — only if other programs need to compile against this one.
You can also simplify integration by making common dirs for example /opt/.bin and /opt/.lib, adding only those to PATH and ld, and symlinking binaries and libraries from all /opt programs to them.
May I point out that all a RAID1 does is sync the blocks between two drives. It won’t protect against writing something dumb that would mess up the filesystem, it will just dutifully sync it.
You should be able to back up ext data from a filesystem on a RAID array, unless I’m confused about what e2image actually does. Are you trying to use it on the underlying drive devices by any chance? You have to point it at the RAID device on top of them, something like /dev/md1 rather than /dev/sda1.
This sounds like a good extra backup to have but don’t let it lull you into a false sense of security. It may help recover from a very specific kind of mistake but the recovery may be very specific as well. It’s not file backup.
Not just the terminal, I mean a full remote desktop. What’s the best method? Not just from one linux machine to another machine, but also remoting from a windows machine to a linux machine....
Install x2go on the client machine. You need X and SSH on the target machine. That’s it, when you connect it will open a new desktop session on the server.
If you want to connect to an existing desktop session you need x2godesktopsharing installed on the target, you need to activate sharing in x2godesktopsharing, and in x2go client you need to select “session type” as “X2Go/X11 desktop sharing”.
Checking dependencies for manual build and install of software
I am pretty new to linux so please excuse any foolish mistakes....
Automatic backups of inode tables and partition info for easier data recovery
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What's the best way to remote into a linux machine?
Not just the terminal, I mean a full remote desktop. What’s the best method? Not just from one linux machine to another machine, but also remoting from a windows machine to a linux machine....