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For a Linux user, you can already build such a system yourself quite trivially by getting an FTP account, mounting it locally with curlftpfs, and then using SVN

by scrlk 3y ago

For a Linux user, you can already build such a system yourself quite trivially by getting an FTP account, mounting it locally with curlftpfs, and then using SVN or CVS on the mounted filesystem. From Windows or Mac, this FTP account could be accessed through built-in software.

quesera 3y ago
> "getting an FTP account" There are myriad options if you get a server of some kind. A webserver is even easier to get, and to share, than an FTP server. That's not the challenge these projects attempt to meet.
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notso411 3y ago
That sounds like a whole lot of effort. Just buy iCloud.
- kjkjadksj 3y ago
  On a mac iirc the ftp setup is a checkbox in system settings. Less friction than logging into icloud even.
- usrusr 3y ago
  Is it for sale or do you have to take the entire $2.9B monstrosity?
prophesi 3y ago
For context, this is a parody of the infamous https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224
- mrehler 3y ago
  I was unaware there was copypasta on HN. I know this might be generally the sort of post that the site wants to avoid, but the phenomenon of copypasta within a given community still makes my heart smile a little bit.
lnxg33k1 3y ago
For that you can also use sparkleshare, abandoned but its just a git frontend