Re: Alternatives to Dropbox??

Conor Murphy <[email protected]> Tue, 30 Oct 2018 01:53:37 +0000
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I use Pcloud https://www.pcloud.com/

There's also spideroak https://spideroak.com/one/

Or if you are creative with Nextcloud and have a lot of data to store (eg
500gb+) you could point it at wasabi https://wasabi.com/ as it's cheaper
than s3 yet still s3 compatible

Conor

On Sat, 27 Oct 2018 at 08:50, <[email protected]> wrote:

> I use NextCloud hosted by owndrive.com
>
> The sync client (owncloud-client) should be in your distro repos and the
> app is in the FDroid/Play store.
>
> On 26 October 2018 23:44:54 GMT+01:00, Jason Horan <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>>
>> Don't know if many members are aware or are bothered really, but Dropbox
>> are changing the way that they support Linux users in the next 2 weeks
>> or so.
>>
>> The details are here (
>> https://www.dropbox.com/help/desktop-web/system-requirements#linux ) but
>> essentially it's Ubuntu or Fedora with ext4 and only full-disk
>> encryption (LUKS) although people with this set-up have been getting
>> warning messages about becoming unsupported also.
>>
>> There was a work-around posted, but that since been patched.
>>
>> NTFS is the file system that is supported for Windows, but the file
>> system support is not cross-platform so won't be supported in the Linux
>> client.  This is causing problems for people that dual-boot.
>>
>> My use-case is that I have 2 devices and need my data partition to be
>> encrypted.  One device is also dual-boot.  Current data is just shy of 90GB
>>
>> Anyone have any alternatives that they can suggest for me?  Also need
>> and Android app and camera upload.  People seem to be suggesting pCloud.
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Jason
>>
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr">I use P=
cloud <a href=3D"https://www.pcloud.com/">https://www.pcloud.com/</a></div>=
<div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div>There&#39;s also spideroak <a href=3D"https=
://spideroak.com/one/">https://spideroak.com/one/</a></div><div><br></div><=
div>Or if you are creative with Nextcloud and have a lot of data to store (=
eg 500gb+) you could point it at wasabi <a href=3D"https://wasabi.com/">htt=
ps://wasabi.com/</a> as it&#39;s cheaper than s3 yet still s3 compatible <b=
r></div><div><br></div><div>Conor<br></div></div></div></div><br><div class=
=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr">On Sat, 27 Oct 2018 at 08:50, &lt;<a href=
=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><bl=
ockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #=
ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div>I use NextCloud hosted by <a href=3D"http:=
//owndrive.com" target=3D"_blank">owndrive.com</a><br><br>The sync client (=
owncloud-client) should be in your distro repos and the app is in the FDroi=
d/Play store.<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On 26 October 2018 23:44:54=
 GMT+01:00, Jason Horan &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=
=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<blockquote class=3D"gmail_q=
uote" style=3D"margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,2=
04);padding-left:1ex">
<pre class=3D"m_1950136895148157928k9mail">Don&#39;t know if many members a=
re aware or are bothered really, but Dropbox<br>are changing the way that t=
hey support Linux users in the next 2 weeks<br>or so.<br><br>The details ar=
e here (<br><a href=3D"https://www.dropbox.com/help/desktop-web/system-requ=
irements#linux" target=3D"_blank">https://www.dropbox.com/help/desktop-web/=
system-requirements#linux</a> ) but<br>essentially it&#39;s Ubuntu or Fedor=
a with ext4 and only full-disk<br>encryption (LUKS) although people with th=
is set-up have been getting<br>warning messages about becoming unsupported =
also.<br><br>There was a work-around posted, but that since been patched.<b=
r><br>NTFS is the file system that is supported for Windows, but the file<b=
r>system support is not cross-platform so won&#39;t be supported in the Lin=
ux<br>client.  This is causing problems for people that dual-boot.<br><br>M=
y use-case is that I have 2 devices and need my data partition to be<br>enc=
rypted.  One device is also dual-boot.  Current data is just shy of 90GB<br=
><br>Anyone have any alternatives that they can suggest for me?  Also need<=
br>and Android app and camera upload.  People seem to be suggesting pCloud.=
<br><br><br>Thanks,<br><br>Jason<br></pre></blockquote></div></div>

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