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Ubuntu one, crash course needed
17-05-2012 7:13 PM
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Firstly, I have created two accounts one for my windows machine (there I've said it ;D) and my 12.04 ubuntu machines, both on the same computers. I dual boot and do mostly work on the xp and my own stuff on the 12.04 and like to keep things separate until I can use my 12.04 purely for work as well.
I was using comodo but found it very unstable, slow and kept logging out. It was a bit more feature rich with icons showing the state of files, whether they were new, synced or about to be deleted etc something that ubuntu is working on in future releases.
Question is I'm using 2 computers, my work desktop and my laptop so I'm bewildered how cloud computing works with U one and how the syncing process works.
1. Do I have to have the folders that I will be syncing inside the Ubuntu one folder for it to work properly.
2. In windows I have to sync folders that are in the home directory, what is the home directory? I'm guessing it's my docs though I could be wrong.
3. If I delete a file at work and then sync then get home will my laptop just write the deleted file back to the cloud or will it also be deleted at home? same goes for editing files. Does one actually know which copy is the latest? Feels like it should but you never know.
4. What happens if I have to knock off my computer before syncing has completed, will it just start from where it left off or will have corrupt data in the cloud or worse both?
Any help greatly appreciated. I think I will also need to change my computer names. I inadvertently just ran with defaults on both my 12.04 installs so they both have the same names
Re: Ubuntu one, crash course needed
17-05-2012 9:52 PM
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It's a bit limited - but basically it runs in the background and periodically checks over the internet to see if anything needs syncing.
You can set upload/download max transfer rates.
You get a basic 2GB for free, transfers are encrypted - but Dropbox have the password.
I think it supports Macs & Windows too.
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Re: Ubuntu one, crash course needed
17-05-2012 10:32 PM
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17-05-2012 11:34 PM
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18-05-2012 1:59 AM
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So don't send any vital data (unless it's been encrypted in advance).
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18-05-2012 11:59 AM
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18-05-2012 3:16 PM
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You could set up an encrypted partition in Ubuntu to allow seamless access to your data, or you could just avoid storing sensitive data in such a way.
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18-05-2012 4:23 PM
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18-05-2012 5:02 PM
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18-05-2012 8:35 PM
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This has been a week where a whole new side of tech has been revealed. Sure enough every time I think of some software that would be handy its already out there and I was the last to know and it does more than I expected.
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