<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>If you just want file syncing, I've just started using Bittorrent Sync, now that a GUI is available. <br><br><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2014/03/install-bittorrent-sync-gui-in-ubuntu.html">http://www.webupd8.org/2014/03/install-bittorrent-sync-gui-in-ubuntu.html</a><br>
<br></div>It uses bittorrent, which is great as there's no server, but less great if your ISP blocks or hinders bittorrent and/or you want to share links. Which it can't do.<br><br></div>It's handling the bulk of what I used Ubuntu One for now, along with a minimal Dropbox which has the auto-upload photo feature I liked on my phone and for easy sharing.<br>
<br></div>OMG Ubuntu has a round-up of some other U1-like services here:<br><br><a href="http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2014/04/three-alternatives-ubuntu-one">http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2014/04/three-alternatives-ubuntu-one</a><br>
<br></div>Darcy.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 3:56 PM, CrankyOldBugger <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:crankyoldbugger@gmail.com" target="_blank">crankyoldbugger@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I should amend my earlier email: ownCloud is a self-hosted service from what I can see.<div><br></div><div>
I found a decent article regarding Ubuntu One alternatives that has a few good ideas: </div><div><br>
</div><div><a href="http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2014/04/three-alternatives-ubuntu-one?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=three-alternatives-ubuntu-one" target="_blank">http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2014/04/three-alternatives-ubuntu-one?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=three-alternatives-ubuntu-one</a></div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 4 April 2014 15:44, CrankyOldBugger <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:crankyoldbugger@gmail.com" target="_blank">crankyoldbugger@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">We have to be careful to remember that there's a difference between an online cloud service like ownCloud, Dropbox, OneDrive, etc., and running a "cloud" in your own home. One is public, one is private, each with advantages and disadvantages, but I can't help but think that we're comparing apples and oranges here.<div>
<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 4 April 2014 15:38, Bob Jonkman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bjonkman@sobac.com" target="_blank">bjonkman@sobac.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Perhaps we can have a shootout between ownCloud and DS Cloud at a<br>
future KWLUG meeting....<br>
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- --Bob.<br>
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On 14-04-04 03:35 PM, CrankyOldBugger wrote:<br>
> With all the talk lately on the web about GDrive dropping their<br>
> prices, Dropbox looking at files and Ubuntu closing Ubuntu One,<br>
> I've been looking at an alternative (I currently have<br>
> Skydrive/Onedrive, GDrive and a purchased Dropbox account.)<br>
><br>
> One thing that never occurred to me until recently was that my NAS<br>
> box (a Synology 412+) comes with a "cloud" software package called<br>
> DS Cloud. You set up the server software accordingly, then install<br>
> client software on your client machines. I've set it up on my work<br>
> laptop and my personal laptop.<br>
><br>
> So far so good. One problem I had was I wasn't paying attention at<br>
> the server side and didn't notice that my videos and music folders<br>
> were set to be monitored by the DS Cloud. The software makes its<br>
> own copy of everything when it's indexing so I actually had my<br>
> server's hard disks fill up and seize when it made duplicates of<br>
> these two folders. That was nasty. I had to uninstall the cloud<br>
> software then go manually clean out the index folders.<br>
><br>
> One downside of running my own cloud server is that if the house<br>
> burns down, I don't have any offsite copies of anything (assuming I<br>
> close down my GDrive, Dropbox, etc.)<br>
><br>
> A positive side is that nobody is going to be rifling through my<br>
> files like Dropbox has apparently been doing with some users.<br>
><br>
> I'll try to put my experiences with running my own cloud server<br>
> into better words once I've had a bit more practice with the<br>
> operation. But I wanted to post this in case anyone else is<br>
> concerned about online cloud storage options.<br>
><br>
><br>
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