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Nothing compares to Beyond Compare for… backups

January 26, 2026 Nothing compares to Beyond Compare for… backups2026-01-26T13:53:48+01:00 6 Comments apps, Linux, Win10, Win11, Win7

There aren't many kinds of software I'm willing to pay for. VPNs are one such category. Dictionary apps (or online subscriptions to dictionaries) might be a second one. And Beyond…

E-book readers on Windows and Android: my 2 cents

October 6, 2025 E-book readers on Windows and Android: my 2 cents2026-01-30T00:15:40+01:00 10 Comments android, apps, books, epub, tips, Win10, Win11, Win7

I have always favored, literally for decades, the ePub file format for e-books and ranted against Amazon's various Kindle-specific e-book formats. And, oh boy, they have changed in time: from…

I still prefer VMware to VirtualBox

October 1, 2025 I still prefer VMware to VirtualBox2025-10-01T14:25:07+01:00 1 Comment apps, Linux, tips, Ubuntu, Win10, Win11, Win7

Everyone swears by VirtualBox for Type 2 virtualization, most likely because it has always been free. But it's a complete piece of crap, and never was anything but a pain…

The little DLL that broke Windows 7 (on purpose)

August 14, 2024 The little DLL that broke Windows 7 (on purpose)2025-10-03T13:26:27+01:00 3 Comments idiocy, Microsoft, tips, Win7

People stopped using Windows 7 not because Microsoft ceased offering security updates; they had to do it because more and more programs that they needed suddenly started to require “Windows…

Béranger on Nothing compares to Beyond Compare for… backups: “Unfortunately, I never used GoodSync, so I can’t have an opinion about it.” Jan 28, 18:03
Rosen Kolev on Nothing compares to Beyond Compare for… backups: “Beyond Compare is indeed a great tool. Thank you for sharing how you use it! Those details will definitely help…” Jan 28, 17:34
Béranger on Nothing compares to Beyond Compare for… backups: “You are completely retarded. I want COMPLETE CONTROL WITH MY OWN BRAIN’S SUPERVISION over my backups of: – e-books -…” Jan 28, 00:17
Eugen on Nothing compares to Beyond Compare for… backups: “manual backups? geez. how about rclone or rsync plus a bash script plus cron plus a 5$ vps?” Jan 28, 00:14
ng6333 on I never thought I’ll prefer ONLYOFFICE: “It makes sense. LO/OO internal format (ODF) is not OOXML. The other office suites native format is closer to MSoft…” Jan 27, 13:16
Béranger on Nothing compares to Beyond Compare for… backups: “Indeed, its 3 predefined sync modes, “Two-way,” “Mirror to right,” and “Update right,” should cover everything. Obviously, actions can be…” Jan 27, 10:13
xwa on Nothing compares to Beyond Compare for… backups: “How about FreeFileSync? May not have such detailed settings, but it should be able to do all those mirror/update/left/right scenarios…” Jan 27, 09:49
Béranger on Debian has its retards too: they plan to kill GTK2!: “Nope.” Jan 24, 20:39
ng6333 on Debian has its retards too: they plan to kill GTK2!: “I tried a method that can restore some old apps or libraries; Add previous release(s) to apt sources: – unstable…” Jan 24, 04:28
xwa on Debian has its retards too: they plan to kill GTK2!: “I wonder who is going to use GNOME anymore… Do you think you are safe if you migrated to /…” Jan 23, 18:16
Béranger on The Braver and Braver New World: “Trump über alles! After the fabulous address by Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada (here, here, here, or here; official…” Jan 23, 11:33
Béranger on The Braver and Braver New World: “Not an official link: Full text: Charter of Trump’s Board of Peace.” Jan 22, 16:51
Béranger on The Braver and Braver New World: “Chancellor Friedrich Merz delivered a special address in Davos. His ~20+ minute speech (in English) can be watched here (with…” Jan 22, 12:14
Béranger on The Braver and Braver New World: “Trump’s speech at WEF 2026 in Davos is psychiatric material. Trump confused Greenland with Iceland several times, but he appeared…” Jan 21, 19:06
GnomeSucks on Debian has its retards too: they plan to kill GTK2!: “Ah, the good old Gnome lunatics are at it again… Doesn’t surprise me when you look at the bullshit they…” Jan 21, 13:34
Béranger on Nu, Nicușor Dan nu a rezolvat problema de clasa a patra! Actualizare: ba da!: “Pentru problema din 1988 și rezolvarea acesteia din 2020, rediscutată în 2026, vezi aici.” Jan 20, 22:49
Christian on The “joys” of systemd in Fedora XFCE: “January 2026 and the bug is still there. Thanks you for writing this! Was driving me nuts.” Jan 19, 20:13
Ashtone on 📖 In the unlikely event you installed Lubuntu 25.10…: “Thank you.” Jan 16, 14:23
B. Stack on Debian has its retards too: they plan to kill GTK2!: “Thanks for the notice! Somehow, this is the first I’ve heard of it. I use Devuan Ceres (unstable, just like…” Jan 16, 02:03
Béranger on The American Dream: being one crisis away from poverty: “I was aware of much of this. But the idea was that, as a non-insured person, the fees are absurd.…” Jan 15, 14:04
edel on The American Dream: being one crisis away from poverty: “Forget the abominable costs, what I’d found most horrendous in American Health Plans is the impossibility to choose adequately, specially…” Jan 15, 13:59
edel on I don’t believe in Iran’s future: “Nice article! Just one thing to add; Israel would never tolerate any country to economically succeed in the area, unfriendly…” Jan 15, 12:31
edel on Which one comes first, Greenland or Iran?: “Trump has within reach Greenland, that will give him the legacy he is so desperately to obtain, and Europe would…” Jan 15, 12:13
Béranger on AI and Linux: comments and resolutions for 2026: “Three small updates: one regarding Xebian, another one regarding MX, and a third one regarding the customization of XFCE in…” Jan 15, 00:28
Béranger on AI and Linux: comments and resolutions for 2026: “Euria was not in my short list. It’s basically Qwen.” Jan 14, 19:23
HAL on AI and Linux: comments and resolutions for 2026: “some are not worthwhile (Lumo) You forgot “the great” Euria from the equally “great” Infomaniak 😉 Worse than Lumo, better?” Jan 14, 19:20
Béranger on Happy Trump’s Kampf: “En qué estado está la industria petrolera venezolana y por qué recuperarla costará muchos millones: “Nunca pude imaginar que a…” Jan 13, 16:07
edel on We shouldn’t have forgotten Guantánamo: “Worse by number, is the number of “jihadists” arrested and convicted by online entrapment that in real life they would…” Jan 12, 19:57
Béranger on Fun and pain with a teardown—analogic radios are defunct: “UPDATE: A 10th chapter adds comments from Mistral on the ICs highlighted in this post, on old-style radio ICs, on…” Jan 11, 20:12
Béranger on 📻 Radio Streams: “Added Romantic FM (at the end).” Jan 11, 19:16
Béranger on „Crasse Montana”: spulberarea mitului elvețian: “Service door of Crans-Montana bar where 40 died in fire was locked from inside, owner says: The French owner of…” Jan 11, 15:55
Béranger on Operation ‘Emperor of the World’: “FT: Nordics reject Trump’s claim of Chinese and Russian ships around Greenland: Nordic diplomats rejected US President Donald Trump’s claims…” Jan 11, 15:45
HMS on Stephan Pastis on a difference between AmE and BrE: “I thought the joke was that nobody cares about the UK anymore. I respect the history, but it’s a play…” Jan 10, 19:56
Béranger on Gramatica geto-dacă e cea mai superioară, etc. (cu completări): “Kiev sau Kyiv? La Radio Moldova, Dan Alexe înșiră o serie de argumente: O samă de cuvinte | Englezirea excesivă:…” Jan 10, 11:09
Béranger on 📻 Radio Streams: “Added JazzRadio Berlin in the 10th position, between Europa Radio Jazz and TSF Jazz.” Jan 10, 03:52
HAL on Dedoimedo honored me!: “Oh 😀👍👏” Jan 10, 03:42
Béranger on „Crasse Montana”: spulberarea mitului elvețian: “Elemente de tâmpenie umană extrase din 68 de secunde. Reconstituirea tragediei din Elveția: ❶ După ce spuma a luat foc,…” Jan 10, 02:35
Johannes rexx on As a New Year’s gift, Facebook decided I don’t exist: “When I told my brother that the three billion facebook users are all stupid idiots he refuted that so many…” Jan 10, 00:48
Béranger on The Western Hemisphere includes all the oil tankers in the world: “At most with Putin.” Jan 9, 17:32
HMS on The Western Hemisphere includes all the oil tankers in the world: “The past 100 years have been a headfake on the “rules based order” and “democracy.” Realism and Great Men have…” Jan 9, 17:21
Béranger on The Western Hemisphere includes all the oil tankers in the world: “– The US Civil War was before they become civilized (so to speak). – Spain in 2004 was not in…” Jan 8, 21:45
edel on The Western Hemisphere includes all the oil tankers in the world: “I understand, I said I give it a “pass” check. Exceptions as you mention are few, but they are. -…” Jan 8, 21:23
Béranger on The Western Hemisphere includes all the oil tankers in the world: “Nope. (1) Missiles and drones are falling in Kyiv and other “free” cities, too. (2) No country on Earth has…” Jan 8, 20:46
edel on The Western Hemisphere includes all the oil tankers in the world: “True, I understand it completely since 2022! As I consider 2024 Venezuela elections as contested/suspended under the less explosive, but…” Jan 8, 20:44
Béranger on The Western Hemisphere includes all the oil tankers in the world: “Regarding Kyiv: Britain didn’t hold elections during the war. They did it right after the capitulation of the Third Reich,…” Jan 8, 20:14
edel on The Western Hemisphere includes all the oil tankers in the world: ““But the US will remain a threat for everyone, even if Trump disappears.” Now, like I have been saying since…” Jan 8, 20:10
Béranger on The Western Hemisphere includes all the oil tankers in the world: “Trump, on Truth Social: I am pleased to announce that the Interim Authorities in Venezuela will be turning over between…” Jan 8, 15:00
Béranger on Operation ‘Emperor of the World’: “At 6:31 (until 8:00), Stephen Miller Explains Trump’s Reasoning for Invading Venezuela. At 8:00, Stephen Miller: “The United States should…” Jan 7, 22:53
Béranger on Operation ‘Emperor of the World’: “From a tweet by the Chinese dissident Bin Xie: Years ago, China imported almost no oil from Venezuela due to…” Jan 7, 12:47
Béranger on Operation ‘Emperor of the World’: “You have to watch this! The Daily Show: Trump Kidnaps President Maduro, Targets Venezuelan Oil & Ditches “America First” (Jon…” Jan 7, 01:40
Béranger on Operation ‘Emperor of the World’: “Cuba publica las fotos y los nombres de sus 32 soldados muertos en el ataque a Caracas: Los muertos son…” Jan 7, 00:50
Béranger on Operation ‘Emperor of the World’: “Updates on Venezuela, and my question to the world: ● Trump clarifies who is ultimately in charge in Venezuela: ‘Me’:…” Jan 6, 18:54
Béranger on RECORDER, Justiția, prescripția și cazul Vanghelie: “Cazul Vanghelie: s-ar putea să fi greșit când am pus botul la teoria CAB potrivit căreia una din cele două…” Jan 6, 18:22
Béranger on More AI hysteria (and some tips): “Apparently, Claude is eating your tokens: Claude devs complain about surprise usage limits, Anthropic blames expiring bonus. See also #16157…” Jan 6, 12:54
HAL on Wanderings around Debian: “Learn Japanese ? 😁 MX is good for people who would otherwise choose Mint. I am not the typical user.…” Jan 6, 02:11
Béranger on Wanderings around Debian: “MX is good for people who would otherwise choose Mint. I am not the typical user. Otherwise… would you like…” Jan 6, 00:44
HAL on Wanderings around Debian: “Regarding Ventoy, I didn’t know. Thank you. If I ever install Debian XFCE again, I won’t choose MX, not even…” Jan 6, 00:41
Béranger on I’m literally sick of this much AI: “Even the Sky May Not Be the Limit for A.I. Data Centers: Google announced in November that it was working…” Jan 6, 00:34
Béranger on More AI hysteria (and some tips): “From the NYT’s 10 Pieces of Tech Jargon That Confused Us in 2025: – A.I. Factory: Tech companies like Nvidia…” Jan 6, 00:17
Béranger on Beware of what you do: you can be tried in the US even if you never set foot there!: “FOS meaning… ?! PRC was the legitimate government of continental China. But as long as the US (and the West,…” Jan 5, 21:48