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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?
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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.
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Dear All, I am using Dropbox in Windows, Mac, and have just installed it in Linux (Pop!OS).
I am trying to find the option of having "all files as online only", but cannot find it.. has anyone got any experience in it? I wonder whether there are different versions of Dropbox installation downloaded from the Linux repository stores -and whether I've somehow got a version that doesn't offer such an option (despite oferring it to Windows & Mac)..
Any help is much appreciated.
Kind regards,
Christos
- Megan
Dropbox Community Moderator
Hi Christos K., I hope you're doing well, and thanks for posting here!
At the moment, the ability to make your files only is only available on Windows and Mac devices, but not on Linux.
I hope this clarifies!
- Hi Megan, thank you for the answer. Is there any visibility (or any way I can get notified) on when we may see this function (set up at Preferences all files as “online only”) coming also into Linux? Very grateful. Kind regards, Christos.
- Megan
Hi Christos K., we don't have an ETA at the moment, but we'll make sure to update this thread, when we do.
I hope this helps!
- Hi Megan, yes please, it does help! Thank you.
This thread has been going for years!
I wouldn't expect them to fix it anytime soon. They have no priority helping linux users
We are going to move away from dropbox when our billing cycle comes round and I suggest you do the same if you are a Linux users as well
- Hello, thank you for your answer. I am using Dropbox in all three main Operating systems (so I’m using Windows 11, Mac and Linux too!!). I’m using the first two for my laptops I use for professional work, and I am also “experimenting” with Linux just to see “what’s the fuss about”. So, which online cloud service you think may work really well and reliably for ALL THREE systems? Dropbox is great on Windows 11 and Mac, but the Linux version has issues. OneDrive is OK for Windows and a Mac but often has a few issues too (though I have found latest version to be OK for these two operating systems), however it doesn’t natively support Linux.
What options would you suggest that works really well with all three, and if not all three, which one works best with Linux?
Thank you! I agree. Unfortunately, our billing recently renewed. Just need the time to find the best solution. Too bad for Dropbox, since they made the effort to support Linux at all (sans features like Smart Sync), unlike some of the other big name cloud drives.
Im looking at NextCloud
Any thoughts on that?
"however it doesn’t natively support Linux" which is rather odd in a way since IIRC the underlying OS for DB is more than likely Linux anyway.
