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pylorns
Explorer | Level 4
4 months ago
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When will it be possible to make files online-only on Ubuntu?

With Windows 10 coming end of life many are switching to Ubuntu - whats the ETA for putting this functionality in Ubuntu dropbox app for online-only?

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  • Neal's avatar
    Neal
    2 months ago

    Hi pylorns​,

    Great question, online-only files need special support from the operating system to work safely and consistently.

    Linux doesn’t yet provide a standard way for apps to show files that live in the cloud but look local, so this feature isn’t currently available on Dropbox for Linux.

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  • Neal's avatar
    Neal
    Icon for Community Manager rankCommunity Manager
    2 months ago

    Hi pylorns​,

    Great question, online-only files need special support from the operating system to work safely and consistently.

    Linux doesn’t yet provide a standard way for apps to show files that live in the cloud but look local, so this feature isn’t currently available on Dropbox for Linux.

  • pylorns's avatar
    pylorns
    Explorer | Level 4
    2 months ago

    Can you elaborate why its not possible on Linux OS (Ubuntu for instance)?  

  • Mark's avatar
    Mark
    Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
    4 months ago
    pylorns wrote:

    whats the ETA for putting this functionality in Ubuntu dropbox app for online-only?

    Dropbox doesnt release ETA's I'm afraid (as when they did they never, ever hit them - or even got close!). 

  • Hannah's avatar
    Hannah
    Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
    4 months ago

    Hey pylorns​, thanks for reaching out to the Dropbox Community.

    Since the post you replied to was a bit old, I moved your question to a thread of its own.

    Now, while there's no update we can provide regarding your question, and since making online-only files on Linux OS isn't possible, you can use selective sync instead. 

    Thank you for posting on our Community about this!

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