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> My experience is that Dropbox is currently "lucky" that they support (and work well) on Linux, while none of the competitors do. That at least means everyone

by rodgerd 11y ago

> My experience is that Dropbox is currently "lucky" that they support (and work well) on Linux, while none of the competitors do. That at least means everyone can use it together, without requiring multiple solutions. Pretty much. First class support for Windows, Android, and Linux is the only reason I'm still with DB. If OneDrive (for example) were to deliver proper Linux support, they'd be done for me.

copperx 11y ago
OneDrive and Google Drive do not support file names that start with a period (.) and other special characters that are allowed in most operating systems. That's a non-starter for me.
kagamine 11y ago
One competitor that has excellent support for Linux is Wuala by LaCie, the hard drive manufacturer. Although no longer free they take security seriously and in my experience of using it for about 2 years I have never had a problem. In fact I didn't begrudge paying for storage when it went non-free as I was by this time happy with it. I use it almost daily on Win, Linux and OS X.
- subsection1h 11y ago
  Wuala hasn't updated their social accounts or blog since January, and recent comments by Wuala's users seem to be mostly negative. Does Wuala have a future?
  - kagamine 11y ago
    That i cannot answer. Late last year they killed the free service and gave everyone time to either move their data or become a paying customer. They had a "whatever plan you pay for we'll double the storage" offer on. I only use it mostly for moving files between the 3 main OSes and some document storage. I found that I was quite happy with the free service so why not pay and continue using it? They must have had their reasons for stopping the free service, probably financial, so what happens now I don't know. How many free customers converted to paid? I mentioned Wuala mainly because they claim to take seriously security of your data and because it works well on OS X, Win & Linux.
noelsusman 11y ago
I use http://www.copy.com http://www.copy.com which supports Windows, Android, and Linux. The Linux client isn't as smooth or hassle free as DropBox, but it does work.

by rodgerd 11y ago

copperx 11y ago

OneDrive and Google Drive do not support file names that start with a period (.) and other special characters that are allowed in most operating systems. That's a non-starter for me.

kagamine 11y ago

One competitor that has excellent support for Linux is Wuala by LaCie, the hard drive manufacturer. Although no longer free they take security seriously and in my experience of using it for about 2 years I have never had a problem. In fact I didn't begrudge paying for storage when it went non-free as I was by this time happy with it. I use it almost daily on Win, Linux and OS X.

subsection1h 11y ago
Wuala hasn't updated their social accounts or blog since January, and recent comments by Wuala's users seem to be mostly negative. Does Wuala have a future?
- kagamine 11y ago
  That i cannot answer. Late last year they killed the free service and gave everyone time to either move their data or become a paying customer. They had a "whatever plan you pay for we'll double the storage" offer on. I only use it mostly for moving files between the 3 main OSes and some document storage. I found that I was quite happy with the free service so why not pay and continue using it? They must have had their reasons for stopping the free service, probably financial, so what happens now I don't know. How many free customers converted to paid? I mentioned Wuala mainly because they claim to take seriously security of your data and because it works well on OS X, Win & Linux.

noelsusman 11y ago

I use http://www.copy.com http://www.copy.com which supports Windows, Android, and Linux. The Linux client isn't as smooth or hassle free as DropBox, but it does work.