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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 Hypersphere,
I can't agree, that linux isn't a single OS. Linux is single OS with multiple distributions (in fact tree of distributions). Of course, like anyone OS, there are different versions. I don't know exactly why Dropbox ignore Linux support, but there are FUSE capabilities available for everyone (present day) linux distributions. Just, single code piece is enough for support. Probably Dropbox dosen't heard about FUSE:laughing:, they know only Ext4. Seems just company politics...
Recently i switched from free to paid Dropbox account just for the Linux support and now i found that smart sync not working only in Linux! This has to be fixed, but i suspect no one is paying attention...
Yeah, it is totally baaaddd businesss and marketing and totally do not give back to the Linux community from where DropBox and other companies just Abusing the Power of Linux. USE Windows Server or Mac Server or UNIX server and stop using Linux on your server level DropBox or just simple become straight with that gave you the possibility to run your business on the level you are!!!!!
Unbelievable!!!! Still no solution on this!!!!!
It forced me to upgrade to this plan recently. Are you telling me that feature is not available? Isnt that a bit like stealing my money?
Why is this marked as SOLVED ? it is not solved. All the workaround posted is useless. I can't use SmartSync on Linux, thats it. The selective sync is an ugly patch. Produce an install for the main distros, all others are based on the main ones, it could be a .tar, a .deb a .rpm and thats it.
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.
Cancel if you get no service! I agree! I will do so too!
To the Guys at DropBox: You will loose your customers if you do not service them!!! It is end of April 2019 and it is still not on Linux. That is not acceptable! I am surprised how you still can look in the eyes of your PAYING customers when you knowingly doesn't give a sh*t or a flying f**k about giving proper SERVICE if it is not implemented soon I wish you go out of business, the same way you F**k over your PAYING customers.
Yep - I did just that. I just cancelled my plan a minute ago. Bye Dropbox.
Still no updates here? I'm happy to upgrade my plan but was waiting for this feature... similarly will have to start exploring elsewhere as it looks like it isn't coming.
And I'm wondering the same thing about Linux support. I try to bug them every couple months and can never get any answer, not even a rough one. That's what's frustrating. If it's never going to be supported then say so and us ... PAYING ... Linux users will move on and find a different solution.
