Back-Packing With Nokia N810

[Kip Warner]

On Sun, 2008-02-17 at 14:09 -0500, mcr at xdsinc.net wrote:

>   I don't understand some of the responses.  Many of them assume that
> you can remain online whenever you want to use things, which for me
> defeats the point of having a portable device that run linux, and can
> run all your favorite applications.  

Agreed.

>   Email works because you keep a copy locally, so you can read it
> offline and compose offline, but I don't see how running a local server
> helps you at all -- the server will store things locally, AFAIK, and you
> are back where you started.

Right. A decent mail client with IMAP support should allow me to keep
some messages locally that I choose for offline browsing. Being able to
store stuff in the outbox before I have a connection shouldn't be a
problem either.

>   It seems like what you want is an easy remote backup solution.

Backup is a good work, but synchronization I kind of like better.

>   For the money, rsync.net might fit the bill -- you can just rsync your
> /home to that, or if you want more detailed control, you can use sshfs
> to mount it. Does the N810 have the fuse module already built?

It might, I am not sure. I've ordered it, but I don't have it yet. It
would still be nice to be able to use evolution-data-server running on
an actual server.

-- 
Kip Warner -- Software Engineer
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