Don't quite get Ubuntu One

[Brian McKee]

On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 11:35 AM, Dave M G<martin at autotelic.com> wrote:
> I thought that if I had the Ubuntu One package installed on my system,
> then any files or folders I put in the "My Files" directory would be
> automatically uploaded to the 2 GB server space out there in "the cloud".

> I'm looking for a system where I can have a shared directory that
> automatically synchronizes between all machines that have access to it.

Yep - it's supposed to work.

Being honest with you, for what you want I'd check out Dropbox.
UbuntuOne will eventually do things Dropbox won't do - but right now
Dropbox has the features you want plus cross platform (Windows, MacOS)
as well,   I've been using it several months now in Jaunty and MacOS
and am pleased with it.

Dropbox does have one of the referral schemes where I get more space
if you sign up.  If you choose to - you could do thru
https://www.getdropbox.com/referrals/NTY3MDQzMjk  but don't feel you
have to or anything.  I'd recommend it regardless.

Brian

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