I have a MBP, desktop (Xubuntu), netbook I rarely use (Xubuntu) and Android phone + personal webspace (just use it for a simple wordpress and owncloud+mail acco

I have a MBP, desktop (Xubuntu), netbook I rarely use (Xubuntu) and Android phone + personal webspace (just use it for a simple wordpress and owncloud+mail accounts). My setup is pretty consumer/not very sophisticated. I recently removed my last Windows VM but will probably create a new one soonish because there's the occasional windows only thing I need to do. That VM is just kept up to date and has antivirus etc. but no synching with the other machines (shared folder with the host) - GitHub/GitLab - owncloud with personal "webspace" for data, especially important for Android (+ a photobucket account for images for random funny forum posts) - Zotero for Firefox (with said owncloud) for my academic work. This is worth its weight in gold. I prefer to work with Latex but you are often forced to use Word/LO and the plugins are amazing (instant citation/bibliography; snapswitch to a different format). - Thunderbird (and Outlook on OSX, meh but needed/convenient for work would prefer 100% TB) - Firefox sync (not really using it anymore but probably should) - KeePass to store my passwords across systems The overlap between the machines isn't huge and I mostly just keep them up to date. The stuff I use on multiple machines is on the same version if possible but not automated in any way. My personal backup strategy is pretty horrible (I just randomly put important stuff on external storage), I need to up my game there. Not even keeping my configuration files etc. on github as of now (planned for the near future) tl;dr: Need better backups, need scripted os sync Note: I don't use my phone all that much for stuff I can do on other machines (don't mobile browse a lot). It's mostly an IM/call platform with occasional data use.