Don't quite get Ubuntu One

[Harry L. Lee]

i use dropbox, which is what ubuntu one is based on (I believe) and it
allows all my machines a common shared filespace, which, granted, i
already have locally via samba. it's pretty automagic, and i pretty
much like it, although i don't completely grok the security.

On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 11:35 AM, Dave M G<martin at autotelic.com> wrote:
> Ubuntu Users,
>
> I am currently using the Ubuntu One beta, and I think it is perhaps not
> what I expected it would be.
>
> 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".
>
> But that does not seem to be the case. I have a laptop and desktop
> computer, both with Ubuntu One installed, and both with full time
> internet connections, and both signed into Ubuntu One under the same
> username/account. When I put files on one machine, it never shows up in
> the directory on the other. I have to log into the web interface to see
> any kind of change.
>
> If it is the case that the 2 GB of space on the Ubuntu One server is
> just a place I can upload and download files through the web
> interface... well, that's kind of useful I suppose, but hardly special.
>
> I'm looking for a system where I can have a shared directory that
> automatically synchronizes between all machines that have access to it.
>
> Is that not what Ubuntu One is for? If not, what exactly makes it any
> better than an FTP site?
>
> If anyone could explain what it's purpose is, exactly, then that would
> be much appreciated.
>
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