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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?
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.
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Hi everybody,
I just setup a Linux workstation and im surprised that the "online only" feature is missing, since it is definitely a keyfeature for Linux laptops.
Would appreciate to get this feature since, this is kind of a must-have for me.
Agatha
Have also been waiting for this feature for a while. I guess the good people at Dropbox can't be bothered to communicate about it, however.
'Smart' is usually an oxymoron. Dropbox is losing its raison d'etre if it is no-longer a universal solution- simply it is now broken.
- RCLONE on Linux is saving Dropbox for me . I hope that Dropbox appreciates that utility.
I paid for dropbox for the last 6 years. After some investigation I realized that, for linux, dropbox is just like any other cloud service. Cancelled dropbox and currently using insync+gdrive, which is like 3 times cheaper.
Indeed. There are also other (cloud) storage services with functionality similar to smart sync that work well on Linux (and also somehow cheaper) so I switched from Dropbox 6 months ago and don't regret it.
To?
Adding also my voice here. It's unbelievable that this post was one 4 years ago and no developments until now.
- Such as?
Hi carp21,
Put in some web search engine (like Google) some related phrase (like "cloud storage" - you can play with different words, of course) and I'm sure you will find different cloud services providing such features (features that Dropbox refuses provide). 😉 Here I'm just trying to avoid advertise one or other. Of course don't expect the first one to cover your expectations (not all are different than Dropbox). Just evaluate them patiently.
Hope this helps.
