Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Dropbox vs. Linux

2018-08-16 Thread Andrea Trentini
Dropbox is also a way to share files with others (not always running linuxes) -- I'm using a small touchpad keyboard, please excuse my brevity. == Andrea Trentini - http://atrent.it ___ libreplanet-discuss mailing list

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Dropbox vs. Linux

2018-08-15 Thread bill-auger
On Wed, 15 Aug 2018 19:42:40 +0200 Nicolás wrote: > Well, if we're going that route it'd be easier to setup an NFS > filesystem with an FTP server pointing to the same directory. of course, it would be easier still, to buy an $8 USB storage stick and put your files on that - no network nor SAAS

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Dropbox vs. Linux

2018-08-15 Thread Nicolás Ortega Froysa
Well, if we're going that route it'd be easier to setup an NFS filesystem with an FTP server pointing to the same directory. On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 12:35:01PM -0500, Caleb Herbert wrote: > This is dumb. > > Just get a server with SSH access and bookmark your home directory on > that server in

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Dropbox vs. Linux

2018-08-15 Thread Caleb Herbert
This is dumb. Just get a server with SSH access and bookmark your home directory on that server in your file manager. ___ libreplanet-discuss mailing list libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Dropbox vs. Linux

2018-08-13 Thread Zygo Blaxell
On Sun, Aug 12, 2018 at 07:46:15PM -0400, Arthur Torrey wrote: > I am not a Dropbox user, so don't know a huge amount about it... > However a friend was just posting that apparently DropBox is dropping > their support for most of Linux - according to the SlashDot thing he > linked to, DropBox is

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Dropbox vs. Linux

2018-08-13 Thread Carsten Lange
Nicolás Ortega Froysa schrieb am Mo., 13. Aug. 2018, 10:39: > On Sun, Aug 12, 2018 at 07:46:15PM -0400, Arthur Torrey wrote: > > I will say that I am a bit perplexed by the description of what DropBox > is supposedly doing. My understanding has always been that all the file > handling was done

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Dropbox vs. Linux

2018-08-13 Thread Nicolás Ortega Froysa
On Sun, Aug 12, 2018 at 07:46:15PM -0400, Arthur Torrey wrote: > I will say that I am a bit perplexed by the description of what DropBox is > supposedly doing. My understanding has always been that all the file > handling was done by the O/S (Gnu/Linux or other) in a transparent manner - > you

[libreplanet-discuss] Dropbox vs. Linux

2018-08-12 Thread Arthur Torrey
I am not a Dropbox user, so don't know a huge amount about it... However a friend was just posting that apparently DropBox is dropping their support for most of Linux - according to the SlashDot thing he linked to, DropBox is only going to support files from non-encrypted Ext4 file systems...