[Audiogames-reflector] Alternative To Dropbox
Alternative To Dropbox Following what seems to be a determined effort by Dropbox to instate Condoleezza Rice as their privacy advisor, I am thinking it can't be long now before the shit hits the fan and that maybe, just maybe, I should perhaps get off this sinking ship and find an alternative.Any ideas? It has to be accessible. Options that require on a (local or self-hosted cloud) running server can be accommodated, although of course it will not be quite as swimming as Dropbox. Nor as well integrated into iOS. But worth considering all the same. The two most likely to appeal to me are OwnCloud and BitTorrent Sync. Any others? What about accessibility concerns?Your thoughts appreciated.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=172600#p172600 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
[Audiogames-reflector] Alternative To Dropbox
Alternative To Dropbox Following what seems to be a determined effort by Dropbox to instate Condoleezza Rice as their privacy advisor, I am thinking it can't be long now before the shit hits the fan and that maybe, just maybe, I should perhaps get off this sinking ship and find an alternative.Any ideas? It has to be accessible. Options that require being run on a (local or self-hosted cloud) server can be accommodated, although of course it will not be quite as swimming as Dropbox. Nor as well integrated into iOS. But worth considering all the same. The two most likely to appeal to me are OwnCloud and BitTorrent Sync. Any others? What about accessibility concerns?Your thoughts appreciated.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=172600#p172600 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Alternative To Dropbox
Re: Alternative To Dropbox I've only ever used dropbox and BitTorrent Sync.I'll say that I seem to be able to use BitTorrent Sync on windows fine with NVDA screen review.When adding a new folder to share it seems to label the 2 textboxes wrong, the first is for the key and the second is for the folder path.But once you know this it works all right.I use screen review to switch tabs.I've never tried to add someone elses shared folder, just shared my own and sent people the key so my usage is limited.Nor do I know what apps support it on iOS.It's nice that the service does not have any storage limit though.HTHURL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=172608#p172608 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Alternative To Dropbox
Re: Alternative To Dropbox Ta. Can you also get what you need from the web UI, if you tried that?URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=172609#p172609 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Alternative To Dropbox
Re: Alternative To Dropbox I didn't realize there was a web UI.The service is peer to peer file sharing so the files are never stored on a centralized server as is the case with dropbox.This also means you can't sync with your computer if it's gone to sleep or powered down, etc.This isn't really a problem for me though.Do you have a link to the web UI?URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=172611#p172611 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Alternative To Dropbox
Re: Alternative To Dropbox I do not believe there is a web UI. Files are simply shared with 2 or more computers using the hard disk space. So, if one of them runs out well, bye bye goes the syncing for that computer!URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=172617#p172617 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Alternative To Dropbox
Re: Alternative To Dropbox one could try solidfiles. extremely similar to DB and accessible as well.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=172620#p172620 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Alternative To Dropbox
Re: Alternative To Dropbox I personally am a big fan of sendspace. with the pro account you get 1.2 tb of space and absolutely perminant hosting with no file size limits, as opposed to I believe 10 gb space, 300 mb size limits and auto deletion after 30 days of no downloads on a free account. the wizard program is extremely accessible and indeed the devs have added things like text labels. In addition to being a very good file browser in it's own right the wizard also is good for both downlods and uploads, and even holds the history if your net connection breaks or you turn off the computer. The wizard is available for windows and mac, though not Ios, though I don't know how the mac one works. The disadvantage with ss is that if your sharing files with people who aren't members, either they will get slower downloads, or you can use pro links of which you have 100 gb bandwidth a month to share.As to shared folders, you can setup what is disconcertingly called a sendspace dr opbox, whereby other people can upload to a folder you own, yu just give people the upload link. That is the other thing I like about sendspace as opposed to dropbox, no need to go through complicated invite purposes or mess around with sharing folders, you just send the link to people you want to share stuff with and visa versa.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=172644#p172644 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Alternative To Dropbox
Re: Alternative To Dropbox OK, I thought I understood that the BitTorrent Sync client itself offered a web UI. Perhaps not, or perhaps one could be bolted on. Anyway, I can live without. They now have an iOS client and an API (but still proprietary ).@Dark: I looked at Sendspace but they seem to emphasise sharing rather than storage or sync. Not to say that they don't look nice, but I'd really like to roll these in too, if that's at all possible.Thanks for your suggestions so far--keep 'em coming. I can confirm that SpiderOak is inaccessible (CAPTCHA).URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=172700#p172700 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Alternative To Dropbox
Re: Alternative To Dropbox @SebbyIf you host anything in the cloud, always always encrypt locally and never depend on bogus privacy promises by online cloud providers.By the way, BTSync is closed source and relies on Bittorrent's servers.I don't think that Dropbox is more privacy unfriendly than any other online service.There are several good reasons to ditch Dropbox -- not least its price, but privacy concerns is not one of them.Have you tried Box.net or GoogleDrive?These alternatives are not self-hosted, but they are cheaper and accessible. and integrate with ISO and Android devices.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=172706#p172706 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Alternative To Dropbox
Re: Alternative To Dropbox @SebbyIt's true that the BTSync client offers an web UI, but this is only available in the Linux version.I must ask what you need.If you only need a file sharing platform Zippyshare is free accessible and compatible with all modern web browsers.if you need an alternative for longterm storage, Bitcasa my be for you.Also read the old threads on audiogames.net about file sharing.site:forums.audiogames.net "file sharing"URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=172707#p172707 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Alternative To Dropbox
Re: Alternative To Dropbox @gellman: the primary objective if sync, followed closely by availability, and then sharing.Regardless of the perils, sometimes storing unencrypted is necessary for convenience. My backups are already encrypted in Amazon S3 using Arq. That's really not an issue. iOS already has an ArqView client by which backups can be accessed remotely, but sharing is completely hobbled.AFAICT BTSync is peer-to-peer; the BT servers are only required to mediate the connections. Of course, that's no excuse for it to be closed source. Naturally, if this were enough of a concern for me, well there's always an inotify watcher and rsync.As to Dropbox not being any less privacy-sensitive than anyone else, see the link in the OP. Dunno about you, but having a war criminal with a fancy for surveillance is not my idea of a good candidate for a privacy advisor. Maybe she is a good choice, maybe she isn't, but I don't want to be on Dropbox when she sells us out.My home Internet connection can theoretically support my needs and I have a Mac Mini that'll make a fine server, so in theory I should be set for BTSync. Plus, my data is my own. Naturally, there's always the risk of fire or flood, and sharing will be a bit slower …Bitcasa is very slow, unfortunately. I don't know why this is, but without LAN sync of any kind it's not an option.I have not tried box.net. Google Drive was unsatisfactory--no sync, only storage. There are CLI tools, but they only work on the subset of files that are not pulled in my Google Docs. And frankly I'm not so sure that Google is the right place anyway.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=172709#p172709 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Alternative To Dropbox
Re: Alternative To Dropbox @gellman: the primary objective is sync, followed closely by availability, and then sharing.Regardless of the perils, sometimes storing unencrypted is necessary for convenience. My backups are already encrypted in Amazon S3 using Arq. That's really not an issue. iOS already has an ArqView client by which backups can be accessed remotely, but sharing is completely hobbled.AFAICT BTSync is peer-to-peer; the BT servers are only required to mediate the connections. Of course, that's no excuse for it to be closed source. Naturally, if this were enough of a concern for me, well there's always an inotify watcher and rsync.As to Dropbox not being any less privacy-sensitive than anyone else, see the link in the OP. Dunno about you, but having a war criminal with a fancy for surveillance is not my idea of a good candidate for a privacy advisor. Maybe she is a good choice, maybe she isn't, but I don't want to be on Dropbox when she sells us out.My home Internet connection can theoretically support my needs and I have a Mac Mini that'll make a fine server, so in theory I should be set for BTSync. Plus, my data is my own. Naturally, there's always the risk of fire or flood, and sharing will be a bit slower …Bitcasa is very slow, unfortunately. I don't know why this is, but without LAN sync of any kind it's not an option.I have not tried box.net. Google Drive was unsatisfactory--no sync, only storage. There are CLI tools, but they only work on the subset of files that are not pulled in my Google Docs. And frankly I'm not so sure that Google is the right place anyway.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=172709#p172709 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Alternative To Dropbox
Re: Alternative To Dropbox @gellman: the primary objective is sync, followed closely by availability, and then sharing.Regardless of the perils, sometimes storing unencrypted is necessary for convenience. My backups are already encrypted in Amazon S3 using Arq. That's really not an issue. iOS already has an ArqView client by which backups can be accessed remotely, but sharing is completely hobbled.AFAICT BTSync is peer-to-peer; the BT servers are only required to mediate the connections. Of course, that's no excuse for it to be closed source. Naturally, if this were enough of a concern for me, well there's always an inotify watcher and rsync.As to Dropbox not being any less privacy-sensitive than anyone else, see the link in the OP. Dunno about you, but having a war criminal with a fancy for surveillance is not my idea of a good candidate for a privacy advisor. Maybe she is a good choice, maybe she isn't, but I don't want to be on Dropbox when she sells us out.My home Internet connection can theoretically support my needs and I have a Mac Mini that'll make a fine server, so in theory I should be set for BTSync. Plus, my data is my own. Naturally, there's always the risk of fire or flood, and sharing will be a bit slower …Bitcasa is very slow, unfortunately. I don't know why this is, but without LAN sync of any kind it's not an option.I have not tried box.net. Google Drive was unsatisfactory--no sync, only storage. There are CLI tools, but they only work on the subset of files that are not pulled in my Google Docs. And frankly I'm not so sure that Google is the right place anyway.Edit: box.net has an accessible site, with less features (it's the mobile version).URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=172709#p172709 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Alternative To Dropbox
Re: Alternative To Dropbox @gellman: the primary objective is sync, followed closely by availability, and then sharing.Regardless of the perils, sometimes storing unencrypted is necessary for convenience. My backups are already encrypted in Amazon S3 using Arq. That's really not an issue. iOS already has an ArqView client by which backups can be accessed remotely, but sharing is completely hobbled.AFAICT BTSync is peer-to-peer; the BT servers are only required to mediate the connections. Of course, that's no excuse for it to be closed source. Naturally, if this were enough of a concern for me, well there's always an inotify watcher and rsync.As to Dropbox not being any less privacy-sensitive than anyone else, see the link in the OP. Dunno about you, but having a war criminal with a fancy for surveillance is not my idea of a good candidate for a privacy advisor. Maybe she is a good choice, maybe she isn't, but I don't want to be on Dropbox when she sells us out.My home Internet connection can theoretically support my needs and I have a Mac Mini that'll make a fine server, so in theory I should be set for BTSync. Plus, my data is my own. Naturally, there's always the risk of fire or flood, and sharing will be a bit slower …Bitcasa is very slow, unfortunately. I don't know why this is, but without LAN sync of any kind it's not an option.I have not tried box.net. Google Drive was unsatisfactory--no sync, only storage. There are CLI tools, but they only work on the subset of files that are not pulled in my Google Docs. And frankly I'm not so sure that Google is the right place anyway.Edit: box.net has an accessible site, with less features (it's the mobile version).Edit2: FiloSync looks wonderful, made by the same people that made Arq. It's also fucking expensive! Not a likely choice, then.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=172709#p172709 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Alternative To Dropbox
Re: Alternative To Dropbox @gellman: the primary objective is sync, followed closely by availability, and then sharing.Regardless of the perils, sometimes storing unencrypted is necessary for convenience. My backups are already encrypted in Amazon S3 using Arq. That's really not an issue. iOS already has an ArqView client by which backups can be accessed remotely, but sharing is completely hobbled.AFAICT BTSync is peer-to-peer; the BT servers are only required to mediate the connections. Of course, that's no excuse for it to be closed source. Naturally, if this were enough of a concern for me, well there's always an inotify watcher and rsync.As to Dropbox not being any less privacy-sensitive than anyone else, see the link in the OP. Dunno about you, but having a war criminal with a fancy for surveillance is not my idea of a good candidate for a privacy advisor. Maybe she is a good choice, maybe she isn't, but I don't want to be on Dropbox when she sells us out.My home Internet connection can theoretically support my needs and I have a Mac Mini that'll make a fine server, so in theory I should be set for BTSync. Plus, my data is my own. Naturally, there's always the risk of fire or flood, and sharing will be a bit slower …Bitcasa is very slow, unfortunately. I don't know why this is, but without LAN sync of any kind it's not an option.I have not tried box.net. Google Drive was unsatisfactory--no sync, only storage. There are CLI tools, but they only work on the subset of files that are not pulled in my Google Docs. And frankly I'm not so sure that Google is the right place anyway.Edit: box.net has an accessible site, with less features (it's the mobile version).Edit2: FiloSync looks wonderful, made by the same people that made Arq. It's also fucking expensive! Not a likely choice, then.Edit3: Arq and BTSync looks like where I'm going. This assumes the availability of my always-on Mac Mini. There is also a local copy, and all deleted files are saved by the headless client. SHARING HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY HAMPERED, BUT ON THE PLUS SIDE THERE IS NO UNENCRYPTED DATA IN THE CLOUD. I THINK THIS IS IT.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=172709#p172709 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Alternative To Dropbox
Re: Alternative To Dropbox @gellman: the primary objective is sync, followed closely by availability, and then sharing.Regardless of the perils, sometimes storing unencrypted is necessary for convenience. My backups are already encrypted in Amazon S3 using Arq. That's really not an issue. iOS already has an ArqView client by which backups can be accessed remotely, but sharing is completely hobbled.AFAICT BTSync is peer-to-peer; the BT servers are only required to mediate the connections. Of course, that's no excuse for it to be closed source. Naturally, if this were enough of a concern for me, well there's always an inotify watcher and rsync.As to Dropbox not being any less privacy-sensitive than anyone else, see the link in the OP. Dunno about you, but having a war criminal with a fancy for surveillance is not my idea of a good candidate for a privacy advisor. Maybe she is a good choice, maybe she isn't, but I don't want to be on Dropbox when she sells us out.My home Internet connection can theoretically support my needs and I have a Mac Mini that'll make a fine server, so in theory I should be set for BTSync. Plus, my data is my own. Naturally, there's always the risk of fire or flood, and sharing will be a bit slower …Bitcasa is very slow, unfortunately. I don't know why this is, but without LAN sync of any kind it's not an option.I have not tried box.net. Google Drive was unsatisfactory--no sync, only storage. There are CLI tools, but they only work on the subset of files that are not pulled in my Google Docs. And frankly I'm not so sure that Google is the right place anyway.Edit: box.net has an accessible site, with less features (it's the mobile version).Edit2: FiloSync looks wonderful, made by the same people that made Arq. It's also fucking expensive! Not a likely choice, then.Edit3: Discard AeroFS for being costly. Arq and BTSync looks like where I'm going. This assumes the availability of my always-on Mac Mini. There is also a local copy, and all deleted files are saved by the headless client. Sharing has been significantly hampered, but on the plus side there is no unencrypted data in the cloud anymore. I think this is it.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=172709#p172709 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Alternative To Dropbox
Re: Alternative To Dropbox Just try 2shared. It is also accessible.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=172750#p172750 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Alternative To Dropbox
Re: Alternative To Dropbox Well Sebby it is true that sendspace is a file sharing rather than storage system, but there is no reason you can't use it for storage either, indeed I've done this myself on occasions, and abilities to create folders whererever and organize your files easily help with storage.The only primary difference I could see between using sendspace and something like google drive is that I don't know what the download speeds are on those cloud systems, indeed Icloud at least lets you directly access online files so you can do things like stream media files from your cloud. Sendspace won't et you do that, if say i banged a folder of documents on sendspace I'd need to physically download it at the other end if I want to read them, but for me at least this hasn't been an issue.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=172752#p172752 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Alternative To Dropbox
Re: Alternative To Dropbox Well Sebby it is true that sendspace is a file sharing rather than storage system, but there is no reason you can't use it for storage either, indeed I've done this myself on occasions, and abilities to create folders whererever and organize your files easily help with storage.The only primary difference I could see between using sendspace and something like google drive is that I don't know what the download speeds are on those cloud systems, indeed Icloud at least lets you directly access online files so you can do things like stream media files from your cloud. Sendspace won't et you do that, if say i banged a folder of documents on sendspace I'd need to physically download it at the other end if I want to read them, but for me at least this hasn't been an issue, especially given the convenience of the ss wizard program.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.ph p?pid=172752#p172752 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Alternative To Dropbox
Re: Alternative To Dropbox Any of these alternatives supports hotlinking?URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=172766#p172766 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Alternative To Dropbox
Re: Alternative To Dropbox Sendspace has a very privacy unfriendly policy.There was a previous thread about SS on Audiogames.net, and the policy is good for privacy or the end user.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=172778#p172778 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Alternative To Dropbox
Re: Alternative To Dropbox @Socheat2shared has imposed several limitations, and is no longer any good.You can now only download one file per day from an IP address, and this is bad even for free file hosts.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=172780#p172780 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Alternative To Dropbox
Re: Alternative To Dropbox box.net isn't good when it comes to it's IOS app sadly it's really hard to opirateURL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=172819#p172819 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Alternative To Dropbox
Re: Alternative To Dropbox @GellmanI haven't check 2shared for awhile, sorry.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=172829#p172829 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Alternative To Dropbox
Re: Alternative To Dropbox @Dark: Yeah, how stable are those Sendspace links, and can you link to the files directly? That's really what matters for sharing. I see from your previous posts that links you've shared take you to a dedicated download page with ads that you can pay to remove--that's annoying, but tolerable, I suppose. But these services invariably fall into the grey zone of ad sponsorship that I find a bit dodgy, along with RapidShare and Mega, that I invariably dislike because they sacrifice some quality to serve the free user population. Might as well just use a hoster and pay for the bandwidth you actually use. For now I have been using S3+CloudFront (all the links to files I've posted on this board are hosted there, for example, and continue to work and will do so for the foreseeable future), but this is clumsy as it requires command-line foo to work and moreover I have to upload everything twice--once to my backup, and once for sharing. Not that I mind when the alternati ve is Dropbox, which limits the number of downloads and is very slow outside the USA, or asking people to see ads.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=172841#p172841 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Alternative To Dropbox
Re: Alternative To Dropbox Sendspace has a very privacy unfriendly policy.There are previous threads about SS on Audiogames.net, and the policy is neither good for privacy nor the end user.References:site:audiogames.net"Very Angry with SendSpace!" site:audiogames.net "cloud storage services" site:audiogames.net "Accessible file sharing"Please read these threads before paying for a Sendspace subscription.Now that we have BTSync, Zippyshare, and GoogleDrive all for free I frankly don't understand why anyone would pay for a file sharing service.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=172842#p172842 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Alternative To Dropbox
Re: Alternative To Dropbox Thanks Gellman. I was looking for those.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=172844#p172844 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Alternative To Dropbox
Re: Alternative To Dropbox @SebbyZippyshare is a great alternative for file sharing.They offer a Windows only upload tool and captcha free downloads.And best of all, you can automate transfers with Jdownloader, Myphony or another copypaste link download manager.The only drawback is that there is no syncing and that all files must be split into 200 MB segments, but all this can be automated.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=172845#p172845 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Alternative To Dropbox
Re: Alternative To Dropbox How about mediafire?URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=172851#p172851 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Alternative To Dropbox
Re: Alternative To Dropbox @SocheatMediafire is not very accessible.you can download but the uploader is inaccessible.There is a desktop application, but it's completely inaccessible.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=172855#p172855 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Alternative To Dropbox
Re: Alternative To Dropbox I'd not recommend mediafire sinse the site seems really cluttered, and even downloading is a pain. Regarding sendspace and privacy I've never run into problems myself, the only time I've heard of someone running afowl of ss's privacy policy is when they constantly bugged the admins about their files, indeed I suspect with ss what they claime in their privacy policy and what practically they do about it are rather different things, indeed I do know for a fact they changed the policy after all the hassle with pipa but haven't made any major changes to the way they work sinse then.Adds wise, well you don't get the adds if downloading with the wizard, though I will agree they're annoying, however sinse sendspace has a standard "click here to start download" link rather than shinanigans with waiting for a timer, going through a complex custom tool where you have to struggle with telling the adds from the actual content or the like the way I have seen sites like mediafire employ.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=172888#p172888 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Alternative To Dropbox
Re: Alternative To Dropbox Mediafire sometimes, when downloading, It is need the crap capchas appear. but the audio challenge is pretty good for listen.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=172893#p172893 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Alternative To Dropbox
Re: Alternative To Dropbox I didn't mean the captures on mediafire specifically socheat. Last time O downloaded from them I had a struggle to find the download link then I had to go through several different pages just to find the file, indeed I believe at that point they even had a timer system though I could be getting them confused with another service. This is what I mean about ss, you just click where it says "click here to start download" and it downloads without trouble, and you don't even need to do that with the wizard, just copy the link into the wizard's download box and wait.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=172901#p172901 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Alternative To Dropbox
Re: Alternative To Dropbox Hi,I agree about mediafire, and even with NVDA it's a pain.l The folder system on there is a joke, I had to maximize the window, try clicking on the link that said list, then maximize again. It got really weird and odd, so I just gave up after a while.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=172902#p172902 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Alternative To Dropbox
Re: Alternative To Dropbox All right, so basically nothing beats just typing ./aws put mybucket/myfile.zip myfile.zip 'Content-Type: application/zip' 'Cache-Control: max-age=373248000' 'x-amz-acl: public-read', looking up my CloudFront endpoint from a post in these forums, and concatenating the host and file names, to share a simple ZIP file.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=172977#p172977 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Alternative To Dropbox
Re: Alternative To Dropbox You could also run your own server at home but it would be about the same as Amazon AWS, except it won't work if your server goes down. Unless you are trying to save a bit of money on AWS, I don't think there's anything better than that. Or you could use some other general purpose cloud server like Google App Engine if you wanted to.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=172979#p172979 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Alternative To Dropbox
Re: Alternative To Dropbox You could also run your own server at home but it would be about the same as Amazon AWS, except it won't work if your server goes down. Unless you are trying to save a bit of money on AWS, I don't think there's anything better than that. Or you could use some other general purpose cloud server like Google App Engine if you wanted to.Edit: Actually, you could use Github, push the zip file and send a link to the repository.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=172979#p172979 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Alternative To Dropbox
Re: Alternative To Dropbox Yeah, I actually considered using git-annex to manage file versioning with a private repo and an EBS-equipped EC2 instance, but thought it was all a bit too much just to avoid the inconvenience of making a second copy. Besides then I would have to remember where all my stuff was, and TBH that's something I don't want to ever have to come back to. I don't mind really--S3+CloudFront is nice and cheap, offers automatic BitTorrent support, and everyone loves the speed. And it costs almost bugger all. Down here at home Arq is automatic and encrypted, and BTSync is a great way to share if the need arises for anything more complicated than a file, possibly large and an archive.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=172998#p172998 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Alternative To Dropbox
Re: Alternative To Dropbox There is also this:http://sparkleshare.org/been on my big list of stuff to check out at some point for a while now. Apparently it's a dropbox clone built using git as the backend.As for file sharing, the way I handle it is to have a public BTSync folder on my linux server. That folder is owned by the apache user, and all the contents are served as an apache virtual host. A BTSync instance also runs as the apache user, to write files there. Anything I want to share with the world gets dumped into the BTPublic folder on my local machine, and then BTSync moves it off to Linux and all I have to do is share the web address to my file. BTPublic happens to be replicated on servers in Toronto, Ottawa, Markham, and Texas, so I give out the link closest to the person I expect to be downloading the file. I can get at BTPublic via SFTP/HTTPS, so it also makes a good way to add files to my iPhone.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=173000#p173000 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Alternative To Dropbox
Re: Alternative To Dropbox @fastfinge: Your shared web+BTSync is a very neat idea. I might be able to extend it to syncing to S3 (and hence distribution via CloudFront), actually. Or I could set something up from Rackspace to Akamai (I have access to that through Rackspace Cloud Files). The trick is to make the file access as efficient as possible, especially initially, as the flood comes in, but to keep them "Highly available" at a later time.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=173005#p173005 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Alternative To Dropbox
Re: Alternative To Dropbox Anyone tried http://rsync.net?URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=173006#p173006 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Alternative To Dropbox
Re: Alternative To Dropbox Anyone tried rsync.net?URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=173006#p173006 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Alternative To Dropbox
Re: Alternative To Dropbox @sebby: I've thought about doing this, but I have enough bandwidth that it isn't a problem for me. The only thing I wish I could do is write a finder plugin for OS X so that I could write click on a file, and press copy URL to clipboard, and it would copy the file into BTPublic, and put the URL on the clipboard. The URLS would be something like:https://BTPublic.example.com/FILENAMEI'm sure this can be done with services and automation somehow, but I haven't really had time to look into it.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=173045#p173045 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Alternative To Dropbox
Re: Alternative To Dropbox Just want to clear this up: when Sendspace is paid by the sender not to display ads, what does the recipient get?URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=173318#p173318 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Alternative To Dropbox
Re: Alternative To Dropbox @sebby: I have a sendspace pro account. Have a link:https://www.sendspace.com/pro/dl/vnuxjyURL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=173341#p173341 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Alternative To Dropbox
Re: Alternative To Dropbox @Fastfinge: Thanks! I now have my answer: it uses a 301 Moved Permanently redirect, which takes you to the file, authenticated by the cookie they send in the redirection. This is not curl-friendly, but it's by no means terrible, either.Thanks again.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=173343#p173343 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Alternative To Dropbox
Re: Alternative To Dropbox HiTo bring this topic back to the main page, i struggled with something similar to this a while ago.I came up with this, and it builds on fastfinge's idea.First, i started with a BTSync folder.(before i go further, i want to point out that, while i did want dropbox like functionality, i also wanted access to, and the ability to sync my huge library.)OK. I started with BTSync, sharing what ever folders i wanted from my documents and library.Then, i added in an apache server, that allowed me to give out links. I eventually aliased /public, and put in an index.html to keep people from getting an index of the public folder.i also added a /library alias so i could stream and download what i wanted.Now at this point, i had BTSync syncing folders like books to my other laptops, and i was also able to give out links to the public folder and others.I then added an FTP, so i could upload from wherever and they all use the same direc tory structure. so, if i put in a file to a folder that is synced, it will sync over, and i can later give out a public link to it. I can also log in to the FTP, and upload just as easily, though of course there is no synchronization.Now this may seem overly complicated to you guys, and it probably is, but it suits my needs perfectly. Sertain small folders sync to my laptop and i can add or remove things, and there mirrored on my server. Now, there are a few drawbacks to this, the main one being, you need a server.But, since you mentioned you have a mac mini (which can be an excelint little headless server), you can do this, or adapt it to you rneeds. But, if you're mainly going for the storage and synchronization as well as public links way, i would think that maybe a BTSynced public folder on your PC aliased to /public on an apache instalation would give you the public link part. As for the storage, Filezilla seems all that u need, and the FTP server t hat i use is just an extra touch if you want others to be able to upload with out giving them full access to a BTSync.Again, that probably seems overly complicated, but i found it works quite well for me. Hope that helps.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=174085#p174085 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Alternative To Dropbox
Re: Alternative To Dropbox HiTo bring this topic back to the main page, i struggled with something similar to this a while ago.I came up with this, and it builds on fastfinge's idea.First, i started with a BTSync folder.(before i go further, i want to point out that, while i did want dropbox like functionality, i also wanted access to, and the ability to sync my huge library.)OK. I started with BTSync, sharing what ever folders i wanted from my documents and library.Then, i added in an apache server, that allowed me to give out links. I eventually aliased /public, and put in an index.html to keep people from getting an index of the public folder.i also added a /library alias so i could stream and download what i wanted.Now at this point, i had BTSync syncing folders like books to my other laptops, and i was also able to give out links to the public folder and others.I then added an FTP, so i could upload from wherever and they all use the same direc tory structure. so, if i put in a file to a folder that is synced, it will sync over, and i can later give out a public link to it. I can also log in to the FTP, and upload just as easily, though of course there is no synchronization.Now this may seem overly complicated to you guys, and it probably is, but it suits my needs perfectly. Sertain small folders sync to my laptop and i can add or remove things, and there mirrored on my server. Now, there are a few drawbacks to this, the main one being, you need a server.But, since you mentioned you have a mac mini (which can be an excelint little headless server), you can do this, or adapt it to you rneeds. But, if you're mainly going for the storage and synchronization as well as public links way, i would think that maybe a BTSynced public folder on your PC aliased to /public on an apache instalation would give you the public link part. As for the storage, BTSyncing some folders seems all that u need, and the FTP server that i use is just an extra touch if you want others to be able to upload with out giving them full access to a BTSync.Again, that probably seems overly complicated, but i found it works quite well for me. Hope that helps.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=174085#p174085 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
