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Dropbox is a nice tool to synchronize some documents between computers. It is available on our Linux desktops, but take care of a couple of things: | Dropbox is a nice tool to synchronize some documents between computers. It is available on our Linux desktops, but take care of a couple of things: | ||
- | * Dropbox offers 2GB storage. But synchronization implies, that a local copy is made. Default location is in your home directory, but perhaps you don't have 2GB there (or you don't want to waste the limited space that you have in home). So make sure you move your Dropbox folder to another location, preferably on the local disk of your desktop. (Dropbox preferences - Advanced tab).\\ | + | * Dropbox offers 2GB storage. But synchronization implies, that a local copy is made. Default location is in your home directory, but perhaps you don't have 2GB there (or you don't want to waste the limited space that you have in home). So make sure you move your Dropbox folder to another location, preferably on the local disk of your desktop. (Dropbox preferences - Advanced tab). |
Not only will that prevent quota problems on /home, it will also be faster, because your local copy is actually local. | Not only will that prevent quota problems on /home, it will also be faster, because your local copy is actually local. | ||
+ | * **IMPORTANT**: | ||
+ | - A new setup of Dropbox will by default start in ''/ | ||
+ | - If you followed earlier advice, and moved '' | ||
+ | * Close dropbox to make sure nothing is running | ||
+ | * Rename the Dropbox directory on your local disk. E.g. '' | ||
+ | * Remove the symbolic link in your home directory, and create a new one: '' | ||
+ | * Restart dropbox. It will complain, as usual. | ||
+ | * Go to the preferences and tell Dropbox to move its data from '' | ||
+ | * Restart dropbox again. It will now work with the local location (''/ | ||
+ | * If you want, you can now remove the symbolic link from your home directory | ||
* Disable LAN sync (Dropbox preferences - general tab). It would only be useful to synchronize between computers in the local network, but the computers in our network can share disks through automount, so there just is no point to have Dropbox generate a lot of network traffic to duplicate a feature we already offer (with much greater flexibility, | * Disable LAN sync (Dropbox preferences - general tab). It would only be useful to synchronize between computers in the local network, but the computers in our network can share disks through automount, so there just is no point to have Dropbox generate a lot of network traffic to duplicate a feature we already offer (with much greater flexibility, | ||
* Do not run Dropbox on multiple desktops at the same time. Dropbox isn't aware of the fact, that a data location like ''/ | * Do not run Dropbox on multiple desktops at the same time. Dropbox isn't aware of the fact, that a data location like ''/ | ||
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====== Dropbox on Windows ====== | ====== Dropbox on Windows ====== | ||
It is unfortunately not possible to have Dropbox working on the Windows pcs that are part of the domain. This seems to be a known bug with user profiles that are stored on a central cerver, something Dropbox currently cannot handle. On those machines, you are limited to using the dropbox web interface for uploading and downloading your files. \\ | It is unfortunately not possible to have Dropbox working on the Windows pcs that are part of the domain. This seems to be a known bug with user profiles that are stored on a central cerver, something Dropbox currently cannot handle. On those machines, you are limited to using the dropbox web interface for uploading and downloading your files. \\ | ||
- | Alternatively, | + | Alternatively, |
====== See also ====== | ====== See also ====== | ||
See also [[https:// | See also [[https:// | ||
- | '' | + | '' |
+ | See [[Cloud storage]] for a list of other, similar programs. | ||