Re: Alternatives to Dropbox??

Stefano Longo <[email protected]> Tue, 30 Oct 2018 02:57:20 +0000
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I'll throw in my 2cents as well:
I use Syncthing and I'm very happy with it! 
It's opensource and there's no need to rely on third party services!
Stefano


On 30 October 2018 01:53:37 GMT, Conor Murphy <[email protected]> wrote:
>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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<html><head></head><body>I'll throw in my 2cents as well:<br>I use Syncthin=
g and I'm very happy with it! <br>It's opensource and there's no need to re=
ly on third party services!<br>Stefano<br><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote=
">On 30 October 2018 01:53:37 GMT, Conor Murphy &lt;[email protected]&gt;=
 wrote:<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex=
; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<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's also spideroak <a href=3D"https://s=
pideroak.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 5=
00gb+) you could point it at wasabi <a href=3D"https://wasabi.com/">https:/=
/wasabi.com/</a> as it's cheaper than s3 yet still s3 compatible <br></div>=
<div><br></div><div>Conor<br></div></div></div></div><br><div class=3D"gmai=
l_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr">On Sat, 27 Oct 2018 at 08:50, &lt;<a href=3D"mail=
to:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote=
 class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc soli=
d;padding-left:1ex"><div>I use NextCloud hosted by <a href=3D"http://owndri=
ve.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 FDroid/Play s=
tore.<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"_blan=
k">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" sty=
le=3D"margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);paddi=
ng-left:1ex">
<pre class=3D"m_1950136895148157928k9mail">Don't know if many members are a=
ware or are bothered really, but Dropbox<br>are changing the way that they =
support Linux users in the next 2 weeks<br>or so.<br><br>The details are he=
re (<br><a href=3D"https://www.dropbox.com/help/desktop-web/system-requirem=
ents#linux" target=3D"_blank">https://www.dropbox.com/help/desktop-web/syst=
em-requirements#linux</a> ) but<br>essentially it's Ubuntu or Fedora with e=
xt4 and only full-disk<br>encryption (LUKS) although people with this set-u=
p have been getting<br>warning messages about becoming unsupported also.<br=
><br>There was a work-around posted, but that since been patched.<br><br>NT=
FS is the file system that is supported for Windows, but the file<br>system=
 support is not cross-platform so won't be supported in the Linux<br>client=
.  This is causing problems for people that dual-boot.<br><br>My use-case i=
s that I have 2 devices and need my data partition to be<br>encrypted.  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 Andro=
id 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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