)Right Datais the basis for Geekdom.

to understand, you must have a basis for knowledge, and knowledge comes from both experience and study.

Ethical Conduct

Right Partitioningallows you to separate and manage data.

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Unix permissions are not preserved in FAT32, and the NTFS hidden flag isnt respected in HFS+.

Ext3 is backwards compatible as ext2, but journaling is lost.

Each partition serves a purpose, and each file system has its strengths and weaknesses.

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As such, you should take care when copying files back and forth to not alter its integrity.

Sometimes, partitions should be merged, or used simultaneously for one system, and so on.

Partitioning should be used for the overall unity of the system.

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Image byKamikaZenRight Backupallows for preservation.

Incremental backups are extremely helpful, but full system backups are essential.

No loss of data should occur if it can be helped, and timely recovery is of crucial importance.

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Do not take unnecessary risks with irrecoverable data.

All users data is equally valuable, so do not let anyone be without backup.

This applies to all data, digital and otherwise.Right Securitygoes hand in hand with backup.

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Data stewardship is as much every admins responsibility as it is every users.

Applying this in a real-life way means to assess risk-taking behaviors and work for the well-being of geeks everywhere.

Right Security is integral to laying the path for digital harmony.

Being able to differentiate between the two and respond accordingly is important.

Interpretation of rules and ethics can vary from person to person, and there is no universal transition layer.

Right Observation grants one the ability to witness struggle but to not be swayed by it.

It forms the basis for Right Developing.Right Developingis the dedication of contribution to, and experience of, code.

Continual Developing hones this state of being further until there is no distinction between coder and code.

There is suffering in our technological world, and it has a cause: attachment.