For ownCloud u need a middle man as a server for storing files clearskies doesnt require that
Saurav Modak http://www.linuxb.in | https://www.sauravmodak.com | http://www.uniquerockrzapps.net | http://about.me/sauravmodak On 25 February 2014 13:06, Siji Sunny <sijisu...@gmail.com> wrote: > We all know that RMS do not like the concept of cloud storage, since the > > data is not in our hands once we submit to the cloud and so the control > is. > > > > Dropbox is one famous and popular File sync service that operates over > the > > cloud, where you can connect your Tablets / Smartphones / Laptops / > > Desktops using dropbox account and so uploading a file to one of your > > connected devices will automagically download the files to all the other > > devices that are connected and synced with your dropbox account. > > > > Here, the data you upload from your device is stored in dropbox cloud > > servers and then the copy of that file is actually downloaded to your > other > > devices I hope. > > > > At later point of time, BitTorrent came up with an idea of eliminating > > Cloud storage as a middle man from this architecture and so they > released a > > client called BTSYNC or BitTorrent Sync which is pretty good that > operates > > over the poplular bittorrent peer to peer protocol. But again this BTSYNC > > client is not Free of Open. > > > > Here comes an Open / Free Software alternative (GPL v3) named ClearSkies > > https://github.com/jewel/clearskies > > > > We are using another open-source alternative for file sharing -Owncloud ( > www.owncloud.org). Its a fantastic tool with lot of features. > > You can find the source @ https://github.com/owncloud > > > > > > > I haven't tried it as of now. So use at your interest. I will post an > > review once I try it out. > > > > -- > > Thanks & Regards, > > Prasanna Venkadesh. > > _______________________________________________ > > ILUGC Mailing List: > > http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc > > ILUGC Mailing List Guidelines: > > http://ilugc.in/mailinglist-guidelines > > > > > > -- > Siji Sunny > _______________________________________________ > ILUGC Mailing List: > http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc > ILUGC Mailing List Guidelines: > http://ilugc.in/mailinglist-guidelines > _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc ILUGC Mailing List Guidelines: http://ilugc.in/mailinglist-guidelines
