Yes yes yes, CrashPlan solves this with or without their service (which is a bargain, BTW, especially the unlimited family plan). Been using it both to back up (and a few times to restore) for > 1 year now, and I'm so happy with them.

There's no reason to be a dick. Have you ever considered that maybe some people have different needs and usage scenarios than you?

I followed a similar curve, but I saw OS X going to hell in a handbasket after the iPhone was launched and became a huge money maker. Suddenly I couldn't trust OS X updates not to break things anymore, etc etc. I think I went back 100% around 2008. For me, it was a relief to to back to Linux. I know I can trust my Linux system not to change unless I want it to. I know that my Linux apps will 'just work', and I won't have to screw with MacPorts or Fink or whatever the cool kids are using these days. To the OP: If you know what you want in Linux, I'd say just try the mainline distros (Debian, Fedora, even Ubuntu), see if they meet your needs. If not, maybe Windows. Like other commenters I don't even really hate Windows 7. It's just not well-suited for what I need. I have no experience with Windows 8.

+1 for the ReadyNAS. Thing just works. I have a ReadyNAS duo. I can set up all that stuff myself (NFS, CIFS, etc), but the ReadyNAS just does it. Most of the time I forget it's there. Plus, it can serve via DLNA.

Unfortunately, you can look to the NRA's recent speech on Sandy Hook to see what the GP is getting at. Not sure what they were thinking there, but it seems like they'd be happy to throw the 1st and maybe 4th and 5th out the window. Disappointing to me as an NRA member.

I'm not even sure I know what you're trying to say, but calling me 'son' with a UID more than 2x higher than mine is presuming a lot.

This, it's totally irresponsible.

I have a Galaxy Note II, and I can even read and annotate papers with that, albeit with some panning around. If I were still an academic reading papers all the time I'd buy a Note 10.1 tablet immediately. It's fantastic for that and note-taking.

And thank you also! This would be so great if I can make it fly.

Thank you, this is exactly the kind of information I was looking for!

Yes, WildBlue and HugesNet are expensive, severely limited, and unreliable.

Thanks, I don't want to make money from this. I want better internet service for myself and my community. I'm willing to work at it in order for that to happen, since certainly nobody else is doing it.

Exactly. I have two business DSL lines in a parallel/failover configuration, and we can barely swing Netflix streaming. Never mind when I need to upload 6GB of data to my server.

You don't know how hard I wish I could just do this.