3 ms·

Just to ground the 1M figure in reality: how many users does Dropbox have? How many of those are Linux users?

• patrickod 15y ago
  I'd be more interested in knowing how many Ubuntu installs there have been since Ubuntu One was released to see the uptake rate.
  • rbanffy 15y ago
    It's installed by default. I am not sure about how many of those get activated and receive continuous usage.
• rdtsc 15y ago
  Ubuntu One does have some extra features -- for one, more than twice the capacity on the free account (5GB), it can sync contacts, Tomboy notes, stream music (though as a paying option), and also comes as a default on an operating system (Ubuntu). Actually the only downside for me recently was not being able to share a DVD iso image recently due to the size limit on the free account, and looks like they fixed that problem now too. Contacts sync was a bit of a pain to get working but it works fine now. But to answer your question partially (from Wikipedia): > As of April 2011[update], Dropbox has more than 25 million users. [20] I would guess most are not Linux users. Also for more serious backup options people should probably use something like tarsnap. EDIT: Just found on their blog from February, they claim 2% Linux users. So around 0.5M I guess ... ( http://blog.dropbox.com/?p=339 http://blog.dropbox.com/?p=339 )
• 01Michael10 15y ago
  I am curious to how many users of Ubuntu One are on Windows? Dropbox has always worked well for me and it's cross-platform so I can use it on my laptop also which runs Linux. I like to try Ubuntu One when start to hear more positive things about it and the Windows client comes out of beta.