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Operating systems we run Dropbox on at my house: Ubuntu, OSX, iOS, Windows, Blackberry 5. Someday they may all have Dropbox-like functionality built in, and so

by brlewis 15y ago

Operating systems we run Dropbox on at my house: Ubuntu, OSX, iOS, Windows, Blackberry 5. Someday they may all have Dropbox-like functionality built in, and someday after that they may interoperate. Dropbox can stay in their current business a long time regardless.

flipbrad 15y ago
Given Ubuntu already has that functionality built in (Ubuntu One), and offers Win, Android and iOS 3.1+ clients, we're really not so far off from that being the case already.
- justinhj 15y ago
  So what it has over Dropbox is the lack of Mac OS X? I haven't used Ubuntu One since I tried it pretty early on, and it was nowhere near as easy to use and convenient as Dropbox.
- demetris 15y ago
  Ubuntu One cannot be compared to Dropbox, at least not yet: It does not support OSX and it does not support other Linux operating systems either, not even its daddy Debian. I run Windows and Debian on my desktops and laptop and I recently decided to try Ubuntu One. I could find no mention of other Linux OSes on the Ubuntu One page, and a quick web search returned nothing encouraging. I was surprised by this. The impression I got is that Ubuntu One is just for people whose main OS is Ubuntu and who may have to also use Windows from time to time.
codemechanic 15y ago
Dropbox also faces competition from products like TonidoSync (http://www.tonido.com/app_sync_home.html http://www.tonido.com/app_sync_home.html) that allows you to use your own hardware as sync server. Before anybody jumps on me- Yes. Tonido does support all the OSes- Windows, Mac and Linux. They have mobile apps for all the popular mobile platforms - iOS, Android, Win 7 and Blackberry. It also works on ARM powered NAS devices and supports webdav as well. In short, one can use their mac mini or home pc as sync server or buy one of those plug devices (http://www.tonidoplug.com http://www.tonidoplug.com) that runs 24/7 consuming just 1 watt/hr.
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by brlewis 15y ago

flipbrad 15y ago

Given Ubuntu already has that functionality built in (Ubuntu One), and offers Win, Android and iOS 3.1+ clients, we're really not so far off from that being the case already.

justinhj 15y ago
So what it has over Dropbox is the lack of Mac OS X? I haven't used Ubuntu One since I tried it pretty early on, and it was nowhere near as easy to use and convenient as Dropbox.
demetris 15y ago
Ubuntu One cannot be compared to Dropbox, at least not yet: It does not support OSX and it does not support other Linux operating systems either, not even its daddy Debian. I run Windows and Debian on my desktops and laptop and I recently decided to try Ubuntu One. I could find no mention of other Linux OSes on the Ubuntu One page, and a quick web search returned nothing encouraging. I was surprised by this. The impression I got is that Ubuntu One is just for people whose main OS is Ubuntu and who may have to also use Windows from time to time.

codemechanic 15y ago

Dropbox also faces competition from products like TonidoSync (http://www.tonido.com/app_sync_home.html http://www.tonido.com/app_sync_home.html) that allows you to use your own hardware as sync server. Before anybody jumps on me- Yes. Tonido does support all the OSes- Windows, Mac and Linux. They have mobile apps for all the popular mobile platforms - iOS, Android, Win 7 and Blackberry. It also works on ARM powered NAS devices and supports webdav as well. In short, one can use their mac mini or home pc as sync server or buy one of those plug devices (http://www.tonidoplug.com http://www.tonidoplug.com) that runs 24/7 consuming just 1 watt/hr.

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