Dropbox Clone Ubuntu One
The cloud-based service Ubuntu One goes into the public beta phase. Using Ubuntu One, computers can be synchronized via online memory. So far, Canonical is withholding details.
Ubuntu One, now in the closed beta phase, enables the exchange of files between Ubuntu 9.04 computers over the Internet. Anyone wanting to participate in the beta test can request an access code, which is required to access Ubuntu's Launchpad. Ubuntu One users with the Free plan get 2GB of storage space. For US$ 10 per month, users get 10GB.
To use the Ubuntu One service, the user downloads the software via the PPA service and installs it. Detailed instructions are available on the Ubuntu One website.
The website does not say how long the beta phase lasts. The service is reminiscent of Dropbox, but has the advantage of working cross-platform and offering some additional features. Also missing on the Ubuntu One pages is information about privacy and security when transmitting data.
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Dropbox Clone Ubuntu One
Marita Mounger,
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iFolder is king!
We are currently running iFolder 3.7.2, and will be upgrading to version 3.8 in the near future. We have been quite please with Novell's product.
Email us if you would like a trial account. ifolder@dnsnetworks.ca
not a clone
Calling it a clone is oversimplified and off-track.
iFolder
Both DropBox and Ubuntu One are iFolder clones so get that straight up front.
I also use DropBox on my Ubuntu system and it works great and I have 5GB for free due to referrals.
Ubuntu One will need to come in line with DropBox pricing (free up to 5GB or 50GB for $10/mo.) before I will pay attention.
Novell Ifolder?
I used Ifolder for approx two years before Dropbox but I then upgraded to a new distro and I spent 2 days trying to get Ifolder to build successfully on the server and then when I did, I couldn't get a windows client to work with it... I believe it hasn't been updated in a long time either.
Dropbox is a no-brainer for me, though I would be inclined to support Ubuntu if they come close on the price point of Dropbox.
PS: The capture implemenation is one of the worst I have seen. Why not put it at the bottom and if you get it wrong, put a back button or better yet, redisplay my text and the new captcha
Yet another reimplementation of dropbox or iFolder
Read Joel on Software for his take on this continual wheel-reinvention
http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2008/05/01.html
The Anonymous English Major
Horribly written
Anybody ever hear of spideroak?
Not Open Source and not cross platform
Couple this with the fact it only works with one specific distro unlike Dropbox which is truely cross platform *although not open source)
"Ubuntu One" name infringes on Ubuntu trademark policy and creates confusion
Free Reverse FUD!
1 iMac (OS X)
1 MacBook Pro (OS X)
1 HP 2133 Netbook running Windows 7
1 Sony Vaio P running Ubuntu 9.04
1 generic desktop also running Ubuntu 9.04
They all sync with one another via my free 2GB Dropbox account.
Not sure *where* you got the idea that Dropbox wasn't cross platform. Not open source, yes. Not cross platform? Wrong.
Wow, what a horribly written article
Linux Mag should take this article down and have it re-written or at least proofed again. What a joke.
Not a very enticing offer
So far, this looks like just a more expensive Dropbox, but with zero information about features. Not enough to get me excited yet.
Very choppily written...
What is an "Ubuntu one-time user"? Really... that should be "Ubuntu One free user" (or something along those lines).
"The website does not reveal the site how long the beta phase lasts"
"_The website_" does not reveal "_the site_"
confusing repetition.
This could be better rewritten as
"The website does not reveal for how long the project will be in the beta phase."
"The service is strongly reminiscent of Dropbox, but has the advantage of working cross-platform and offering some additional features."
This is confusing, seeing as Ubuntu One is in beta. (therefore having less features, and, in this case, is not really cross platform.)
Rewritten: "The service is strongly reminiscent of Dropbox, which has the advantage of working cross-platform and offering some additional features."
swapping the word "but" with the word "which" has a drastic effect on the meaning of the sentence.
"The Ubuntu makers have generally held back information."
should be written as
"The makers of Ubuntu One, Canonical, have generally held back information."
Apart from that a well-written, if not sparse, article. Do these articles not get edited? Why did an article with so many mistakes get published to the web? I am sorry for sounding so intensely critical, but this article was so full of mistakes that I felt bad to just walk away....
Funding system...
Dropbox is also cross-platform