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edugsdf
8 years agoNew member | Level 2
When will online-only files work on Linux?
I need to save space on my hard drive. Online-only files would be the perfect solution, but it still does not work on linux fedora.
When will we have this solution?
- 8 years ago
edugsdf wrote:
I need to save space on my hard drive. Smart Sync would be the perfect solution, but it still does not work on linux fedora.
When will we have this solution?
At the moment, Smart Sync is only available on Windows and Mac. Dropbox has made no announcement on its availability on Linux. They usually don't discuss timelines or upcoming features until they're reaady to announce them, so we likely won't know that it's coming until it's already here, assuming that it's coming at all.
Hypersphere
7 years agoHelpful | Level 6
I completely rely on Drobox to sync large numbers of files and folders among my 12 computers -- 6 running Windows and 6 running Linux (Linux Mint 19.1 Xfce 64-bit LTS, based on Ubuntu 18.04 64-bit LTS).
It turns out that I am getting by using just Selective Sync. I have actually not tried Smart Sync on any of my systems. Nevertheless, I believe that Dropbox ought to try their best to achive cross-platform parity; i.e., the feature set ought to be the same for Linux, Mac, and Windows.
In fairness, however, it is difficult to produce products for "linux", because linux is not a single OS. There are a number of kernel versions in use, different linux families (e.g., Debian/Ubuntu-based and RHEL-based, with at least 100 different distros, and several different desktop environments and/or window managers. In addition, there are linux-like OSs in use, such as unix and BSD.
stefano balladore
2 years agoHelpful | Level 5
Ci saranno anche molte versioni di linux ma non mi sembra ci sia un'unica versione di Android ... sarebbe già molto utile che su linux permettessero la stessa funzionalità delle app android.
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