Sync And Collaboration Tool `SparkleShare` 1.2 Released [Ubuntu PPA]

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://sparkleshare.org/">SparkleShare</a> is an open source cloud collaboration/synchronization tool that uses Git under the hood and can be used with your own Git repository or with services such as BitBucket, GitHub, Gitorious and Plan.io.</b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihwBTDJ0QTi_gCBIE_WWCm1WHrW_8K6XD4A1s896Fj7mroIqBZmw3U3C0Lqn_WpmWNgkvgMsKeFXgbsMxztPsCfC-EbIkAfsuvEXoC5mzlKPQH_0Bq-_mZ4DUcN-Zb1VPqhek-Xfb8MBA/s1600/sparkleshare.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="sparkleshare" border="0" height="159" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihwBTDJ0QTi_gCBIE_WWCm1WHrW_8K6XD4A1s896Fj7mroIqBZmw3U3C0Lqn_WpmWNgkvgMsKeFXgbsMxztPsCfC-EbIkAfsuvEXoC5mzlKPQH_0Bq-_mZ4DUcN-Zb1VPqhek-Xfb8MBA/s320/sparkleshare.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">The application features file synchronization, version control, client side encryption and more and is available for Linux, Windows and Mac OS X. According to its homepage, SparkleShare and is great for frequently changing project files like text, office documents and so on, but not for large music/photo collections, large binary files hat change often and so on (because it uses Git which doesn't handle binaries very well).</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">A <b>new SparkleShare version</b> has been released recently: <b>1.2.0</b>, which includes mostly bug fixes, such as:</div><ul><li>Fixes to the invite feature, now works when SparkleShare isn't running yet;</li><li>Fix some interface logic in Add dialog;</li><li>Fix some inaccurate sync state messages in the status icon;</li><li>Fix conflict when running when TortoiseGit is installed;</li><li>Fix crash when user cancels initial project download;</li><li>Fix Continue button not enabling when entering encryption password;</li><li>Fix Planio plugin name showing up as Gitorious on Linux;</li><li>Show download speed on initial project add.</li></ul><br /><br /><h2>Install SparkleShare in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">SparkleShare is available in the official Ubuntu repositories, but it hasn't been updated in a while (for instance, the current version in Ubuntu Saucy is 0.9) so to install the latest version, you can use an unofficial PPA. You'll also have to add the Git-core PPA, on which the SparkleShare PPA depend on.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To add the required PPAs and install the latest SparkleShare in Ubuntu 13.04, 12.10 or 12.04, use the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:git-core/ppa<br />sudo add-apt-repository ppa:rebuntu16/sparkleshare+unofficial<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install sparkleshare</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">After SparkleShare has been installed successfully, start it and from the tray/appindicator select <i>SparkleShare > Add hosted project</i> and then select if you want to use your own server or BitBucket, GitHub, Gitorious or Planio:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyJzu36VdxI25ngp3yQM1qCPQRMUTM0rA70hQqFOZPdZfoaJZ_AsldllRzYkPzzJ7vN5r_w8yZJusWoXH8mrtgYXN7k-qwawxpWKgBSf8i2Rzr-rnGXkF4GSadGez21G1O2lt481aJlwA/s1600/sparkleshare_2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="sparkleshare" border="0" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyJzu36VdxI25ngp3yQM1qCPQRMUTM0rA70hQqFOZPdZfoaJZ_AsldllRzYkPzzJ7vN5r_w8yZJusWoXH8mrtgYXN7k-qwawxpWKgBSf8i2Rzr-rnGXkF4GSadGez21G1O2lt481aJlwA/s320/sparkleshare_2.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>For other Linux distributions, Windows or Mac OS X, download SparkleShare from its <a href="http://sparkleshare.org/">website</a>.</b></div>

Sync And Collaboration Tool `SparkleShare` 1.2 Released [Ubuntu PPA]

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Mount Google Drive In Linux With google-drive-ocamlfuse

<div style="text-align: justify;">More than a year after Google has announced its file storage and synchronization service called <i><a href="http://drive.google.com/">Drive</a></i>, there's still no official Linux client. There are some unofficial clients, but they're not perfect: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/07/google-drive-client-insync-for-linux.html">Insync</a> is not free, <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/05/grive-open-source-google-drive-client.html">Grive</a> is command line only and its development seems to have stopped and so on.<br /><br />So here's another alternative for easily managing your Google Drive files under Linux: google-drive-ocamlfuse.<br /><br /><b><a href="https://github.com/astrada/google-drive-ocamlfuse">google-drive-ocamlfuse</a> is a FUSE filesystem backend for Google Drive which you can use to mount your Google Drive under Linux.</b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/gdrive-ocamlfuse.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="141" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR3K-WJSPEXi7M30W167O81SITJ7adGbTkKeaoKtnCIQyiYARw6SQYMVeQjviHjPiHW7bL6Sw-qwDuDZx3xwFGUvLMVIOceICE6QTPtlCBFnvNMnBFzuja4yrWmhVKV_y04jqSRoglCyQ/s320/gdrive-ocamlfuse.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Among its features are full read/write support for regular files and folders, multiple account support, duplicate file handling as well as access to the Google Drive trash directory. google-drive-ocamlfuse also provides read-only access to Google Docs, Sheets and Slides, which its converts to ODT, ODS of PDF (this can be configured).</div><br />google-drive-ocamlfuse is still under testing so while it works pretty well, you may encounter bugs. For instance, in my test, some Google documents weren't converted for some reason.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">It's also worth mentioning that <b>the changes don't show up instantly</b> - when you edit or upload a new file, it can take 60 seconds (this is configurable) until the changes show up in the mounted filesystem. If newly added files don't show up in your file manager, enter the folder again or refresh it (Ctrl + F).</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install google-drive-ocamlfuse in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Update: Google-drive-ocamlfuse is now available in a PPA, for Ubuntu Raring, Quantal and Precise. Add the PPA and install it using the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:alessandro-strada/ppa<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install google-drive-ocamlfuse</code></pre><br /><br /><h2>Usage</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Firstly, you need to authorize google-drive-ocamlfuse with Google. To do this, run the following command:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>google-drive-ocamlfuse</code></pre>This should open a tab in your default web browser, asking to allow google-drive-ocamlfuse to access your Google Drive. Click "Allow", wait a few seconds for google-drive-ocamlfuse to retrieve the authorization code and you're done.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Now let's mount Google Drive. Create a folder in your home directory, let's call it "gdrive":</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>mkdir ~/gdrive</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">And mount Goole Drive using the command below:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>google-drive-ocamlfuse ~/gdrive</code></pre><br />That's it. If you want to configure the interval between queries to detect server-side changes, the export format used for Google documents and so on, see the configuration file: <i>~/.gdfuse/default/config<br /></i><br /><br />To mount Google Drive on startup, add "google-drive-ocamlfuse /path/to/gdrive" (replacing "/path/to/ with the exact path to the folder where you want to mount Google Drive) to Startup Applications.<br /><br /><b>For more info, including using multiple accounts, see the <a href="https://github.com/astrada/google-drive-ocamlfuse/wiki">google-drive-ocamlfuse wiki</a>.</b><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>seen on <a href="http://www.lffl.org/2013/08/gdfuse-montare-google-drive-come-una.html">lffl.org</a></i></div>

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AeroFS Makes Cloudless, Secure File Sync Easy

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="https://www.aerofs.com/">AeroFS</a> is a tool </b><b><b>somewhat similar to <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/07/bittorrent-sync-beta-adds-file.html">BitTorrent Sync</a>,</b> that allows you to securely synchronize files between computers. The data is synchronized directly between clients, without using a central cloud server. </b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The tool is free for personal use (1-3 teammates), with unlimited syncing and 1 collaboration folder or, if you want unlimited collaborators, you must pay a fee of $10 per teammate/month. <b>AeroFS is available for Linux, Windows, Mac OS X and Android.</b></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH6gjoVmNo9gwhLZrzXI9gNjMGS7GU5sBVh_JlARZ452EIBb7lRhCWbaScMOwAzzvFEOcPfCafITljT-sW74bt0LXYAvhbu2DQTWlv3Ttv41FjXFMJ8EJxM4HMtSzIQkmr2Wlg-01MLsw/s1600/aerofs-ubuntu.png"><img alt="AeroFS Ubuntu" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH6gjoVmNo9gwhLZrzXI9gNjMGS7GU5sBVh_JlARZ452EIBb7lRhCWbaScMOwAzzvFEOcPfCafITljT-sW74bt0LXYAvhbu2DQTWlv3Ttv41FjXFMJ8EJxM4HMtSzIQkmr2Wlg-01MLsw/s320/aerofs-ubuntu.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Like other file sync tools such as Dropbox or Ubuntu one, AeroFS synchronizes the contents of a folder across all your devices but, unlike these services, it <b>doesn't use a central server * </b>- instead, <b>the files are synced directly between devices</b>. This means that your data is safe, the sync speed doesn't depend on a central server and there are no storage space limitations.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>* Optionally, you can install a tool called <a href="https://support.aerofs.com/entries/24141798-What-is-Team-Server-">AeroFS Team Server</a></b>, available for Linux, Windows and Mac OS X, which acts as a central repository for all your team's files. Using it, the entire team's files can be backed up either locally or at Amazon S3.</div><br /><b>AeroFS features:</b><br /><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li style="text-align: justify;">Private: your data never resides on the AeroFS servers. Everything you sync using AeroFS is private, and will only be shared with people you explicitly invite;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Unlimited: with AeroFS, you and your team can sync as much data as you need, for free. No caps, no file size limits;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">AeroFS uses AES-256 with 2048-bit RSA to encrypt the data. Because the encryption is end-to-end, even AeroFS can't see your data;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Versioning: files are automatically versioned, allowing team members to retrieve old versions that were accidentally changed or deleted;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Collaboration;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Selective sync;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Remotely wipe stolen or lost devices;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Optional command line interface so you can run it on a server;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Available for Linux, Windows, Mac OS X and Android; </li><li style="text-align: justify;">Ubuntu AppIndicator support.</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih38d9TyhOZpAQ1coRjouITD1uJL19WQDghJDIm1i_EdVC2zDTVKJGfD2jPgUK95Yw0rSRZifMdU0D_EGlDHt7aYJyp2lth19AZq9E3iEvnnAmdhhBz6Na4yagysx_4OY4kSTWISPEn88/s1600/aerofs-downloads.png"><img alt="AeroFS Ubuntu" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih38d9TyhOZpAQ1coRjouITD1uJL19WQDghJDIm1i_EdVC2zDTVKJGfD2jPgUK95Yw0rSRZifMdU0D_EGlDHt7aYJyp2lth19AZq9E3iEvnnAmdhhBz6Na4yagysx_4OY4kSTWISPEn88/s320/aerofs-downloads.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">AeroFS is great, but not perfect and there are a<b> a few missing features</b> that are worth mentioning: you can't sync folders outside the AeroFS directory (symbolic links don't work either) and you can't get a share link for a file like you can do with Dropbox or Ubuntu One.<br /><br />Also, from what I've <a href="https://support.aerofs.com/entries/23756722-Use-true-P2P-technology-for-faster-synchronization">read</a>, AeroFS doesn't use a "true" peer-to-peer (P2P) technology like <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/07/bittorrent-sync-beta-adds-file.html">BitTorrent Sync</a>: the files are downloaded from a single computer and not simultaneously from multiple computers. On the other hand,  AeroFS is easier to use compared to BitTorrent Sync, at least under Linux.</div><br /><br /><h2>Download AeroFS</h2><br /><b><a href="https://www.aerofs.com/download">Download AeroFS for Linux, Windows, Mac OS X or Android</a></b> (Ubuntu .deb available) - you need to register (free for personal) before downloading.<br /><br />Once installed, simply launch AeroFS from the menu / Dash.<br /><br />If you want to use the command line client, run the following command:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>aerofs-cli</code></pre>You can control AeroFS by using the following command:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>aerofs-sh</code></pre>After entering the command above in a terminal, type "help" (without the quotes) to see all the available options.

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Google Drive Client `Insync` For Linux Out Of Beta, Gets Selective Sync Support

<div style="text-align: justify;"><i><a href="https://www.insynchq.com/">Insync</a> is an unofficial Google Drive client that "extends Drive's web functionality to your desktop by integrating tightly with Windows, Mac and Linux so you can get work done".</i></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoRKt5ql7FVhIQz7oUscxU02J4c2xLSkWDsFtqwfA93PeiGNzbMAU767-vZrxosecClTUYLoK00YQtNTlt3l8CEZFx1A36Pv8RJuIcXjB4DO-EtxZag6Kui60r_ES8bEUeq41jkXTQl8I/s1600/insync-linux-stable.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoRKt5ql7FVhIQz7oUscxU02J4c2xLSkWDsFtqwfA93PeiGNzbMAU767-vZrxosecClTUYLoK00YQtNTlt3l8CEZFx1A36Pv8RJuIcXjB4DO-EtxZag6Kui60r_ES8bEUeq41jkXTQl8I/s320/insync-linux-stable.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Insync for Linux: Nautilus integration / Ubuntu appindicator</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Insync for Linux is out of beta</b> and it now offers the same features available for the Windows and Mac clients: </div><a name='more'></a><ul><li>multiple account support</li><li>selective sync (all files and folders)</li><li>offline access to Google Docs</li><li>symlink support</li><li>built-in sharing (without using a web browser)</li><li>file manager integration</li><li>recent changes </li><li>more</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The Linux version also comes with a feature that allows you to add any folder on your system to Insync via the file manager context menu (using a symbolic link).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Insync was free to use while in beta only so to use the latest stable release you must pay a<b> one-time fee of $9.99 per Google account</b> (which includes unlimited installs across all desktops). <b>You can try the stable release for free for 15 days</b>. The trial period can be extended by 15 days if you <a href="https://www.insynchq.com/referrals">refer a friend</a> (both you and your friend get an extra 15 days).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The tool supports Ubuntu, Debian, Linu Mint, PCLinuxOS, MEPIS and Fedora with the following desktop environments: Unity, Cinnamon, GNOME Shell, KDE, LXDE, Xfce, MATE and Openbox + fbpanel and 5 file managers: Nautilus, Nemo, Caja, Dolphin and Thunar.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1g84mfR-eHEo5jG9W3lDU53FyRzTQ-xtUcLKN7o9Fbb_pv_P2Up7oT8wak1wvpD8ReCdpMcYXOk0FvuRiNGbQB-dIc_ml7RCM2OYwbdTNNmgQKUOjvAqDCFBeYjMR6rv84v7w5EDE-cw/s1600/insync-linux-stable_2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1g84mfR-eHEo5jG9W3lDU53FyRzTQ-xtUcLKN7o9Fbb_pv_P2Up7oT8wak1wvpD8ReCdpMcYXOk0FvuRiNGbQB-dIc_ml7RCM2OYwbdTNNmgQKUOjvAqDCFBeYjMR6rv84v7w5EDE-cw/s320/insync-linux-stable_2.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Insync for Linux: account settings</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://www.insynchq.com/">Download Insync</a></b> *</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">* The installer will try to detect your desktop environment and install the package required for file manager integration. If you change the desktop environment or use a different file manager, you'll have to install the file manager integration package from the repositories (the Insync repository is added automatically): simply search for Insync in Ubuntu Software Center, Synaptic, etc. and install the package for your file manager, like insync-thunar, insync-nemo, insync-nautilus and so on.</div>

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BitTorrent Sync Beta Adds File Versioning, Android App [PPA]

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://labs.bittorrent.com/experiments/sync.html">BitTorrent Sync</a>, a secure peer-to-peer file synchronization tool available for Linux, Windows, Mac OS X and NAS devices, has entered beta status. </b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC44QK8_luRiylWNmnr23SMM599YB-20Z-6y4eUE-XanOmKfoC8ii_hSzfSRD63f8LysiiMS4IoLD4DjtpOGdsKJGggxr9FJljYGnUGVwnl8E7JZQOgsD_pbVbGVTixrnvUSwLKiQShik/s1600/btsync_1.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="BitTorrent Sync WebUI" border="0" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC44QK8_luRiylWNmnr23SMM599YB-20Z-6y4eUE-XanOmKfoC8ii_hSzfSRD63f8LysiiMS4IoLD4DjtpOGdsKJGggxr9FJljYGnUGVwnl8E7JZQOgsD_pbVbGVTixrnvUSwLKiQShik/s320/btsync_1.png" title="BitTorrent Sync WebUI" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">The beta release includes various enhancements, including a new file versioning feature called SyncArchive as well as a new Android app. An iOS application is expected to be released soon.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The BitTorrent Sync Android app supports syncing files (either on demand or automatic sync), backup a folder from your Android device to your desktop or send and receive files from one mobile device to another:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgUOs3jleYsLYrgmNCM579aQFO_0DBBv2cgOASs83WKx2q0g02IzIMNO3Gh8SwELjHnXpWWuteDPyz139KAQMQ-VDCCYTXEJjAjk6TCW_3Sw5zBkDjVwl-Oncau6sai7_ZUToE5otPrMQ/s1600/btsync-android.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="BitTorrent Sync Android" border="0" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgUOs3jleYsLYrgmNCM579aQFO_0DBBv2cgOASs83WKx2q0g02IzIMNO3Gh8SwELjHnXpWWuteDPyz139KAQMQ-VDCCYTXEJjAjk6TCW_3Sw5zBkDjVwl-Oncau6sai7_ZUToE5otPrMQ/s320/btsync-android.png" title="BitTorrent Sync Android" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3QFomI3nLHqi2jcpmJe7uh80dgLMwikQMqJ8ypr2eM_KgK_ASldczgGrtf6tYYI4kkapRQ1XT3KVitOdTf3W53xqYpWoLGxDw_HTEdE8Gg_xK5_aj_5yIEKxIG9hrK2VO_UIGvbByzNA/s1600/btsync-android_1.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="BitTorrent Sync Android" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3QFomI3nLHqi2jcpmJe7uh80dgLMwikQMqJ8ypr2eM_KgK_ASldczgGrtf6tYYI4kkapRQ1XT3KVitOdTf3W53xqYpWoLGxDw_HTEdE8Gg_xK5_aj_5yIEKxIG9hrK2VO_UIGvbByzNA/s320/btsync-android_1.png" title="BitTorrent Sync Android" width="192" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The new SyncArchive feature allows BitTorrent Sync to keep old versions of your files stored in a folder in case you need to access previous versions of your files. For now, BtSync only keeps one past version for each document but this is likely to change soon.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Unfortunately, there's still no GUI for Linux but you can access BitTorrent Sync by using its WebUI.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Since we <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/04/bittorrent-sync-secure-file-sync.html">last wrote</a> about BitTorrent Sync, the tool has received various improvements, including:</b></div><ul><li>One-way synchronization;</li><li>One-time Secrets;</li><li>Option to exclude specific files/directories;</li><li>Advanced preferences configuration;</li><li>Support for additional types of NAS devices;</li><li>Improved Linux WebUI;</li><li>Many bug fixes and other improvements.</li></ul><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinfY7wYHLOftv5JJhNRYLYZWabDcbvj0ak_9Be1o83ayJMdpf4G5mLfnZUSt_X-mqbkVioDdCkMg7RANBeXkm49P8YxmZ5_cbqm2z-VhFqI_IPIN50vrbtDQBocc3LovkVuS5KnQAjAUg/s1600/btsync_3.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="BitTorrent Sync WebUI" border="0" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinfY7wYHLOftv5JJhNRYLYZWabDcbvj0ak_9Be1o83ayJMdpf4G5mLfnZUSt_X-mqbkVioDdCkMg7RANBeXkm49P8YxmZ5_cbqm2z-VhFqI_IPIN50vrbtDQBocc3LovkVuS5KnQAjAUg/s320/btsync_3.png" title="BitTorrent Sync WebUI" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">BitTorrent Sync synchronizes your files using a peer-to-peer (P2P) protocol so the files are transferred directly between the users instead of using a cloud server like services such as Dropbox, Google Drive or Ubuntu One. The traffic between devices is encrypted using an AES cipher and a 256-bit key, created on the base of your Secret, a random 20 byte or more string. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The application is free to use but not open source, although the developers have recently <a href="http://forum.bittorrent.com/topic/21048-defensive-open-source/#entry55710">commented</a> that they "<i>still consider this option</i>".</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install BitTorrent Sync in Ubuntu or Debian</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ubuntu and Debian users can install the latest BitTorrent Sync by using an unofficial PPA / repository. To add it, use the following commands:</b></div><br /><b>- Ubuntu:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tuxpoldo/btsync<br />sudo apt-get update</code></pre><br /><b>- Debian:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 6BF18B15<br />gpg --armor --export 6BF18B15 | sudo apt-key add -<br />echo "deb http://debian.yeasoft.net/btsync $(lsb_release -cs) main contrib non-free" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/btsync.list<br />echo "deb-src http://debian.yeasoft.net/btsync $(lsb_release -cs) main contrib non-free" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/btsync.list<br />sudo apt-get update</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Then, for both Ubuntu and Debian, install the server package using the following command:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install btsync</code></pre>Or, to install the desktop package, use the command below:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install btsync-user</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Next, log out and log back in and finally, launch BitTorrent Sync from the menu / Dash.</div><br />By default, BtSync can be accessed using the following URLs:<br /><ul><li>desktop package: <i>http://localhost:9999</i></li><li>server package: <i>http://SERVER_IP:8888</i></li><i> </i></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>More information about the Ubuntu / Debian packages can be found here: <a href="http://forum.bittorrent.com/topic/19560-debian-and-ubuntu-desktop-packages-for-bittorrent-sync/">desktop</a> | <a href="http://forum.bittorrent.com/topic/18974-debian-and-ubuntu-server-packages-for-bittorrent-sync/">server</a>.</b></div><br /><b>Arch Linux</b> users can install BitTorrent Sync via <b><a href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/bittorrent-sync/">AUR</a></b>.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">For other Linux distributions, Windows, Mac OS X and Android or if you don't want to use the packages above, you can download the BitTorrent Sync packages available on its website:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://labs.bittorrent.com/experiments/sync.html">Download BitTorrent Sync</a></b></div><br /><i>Also see: <a href="http://btsync.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/BitTorrentSyncUserGuide.pdf">BitTorrent Sync User Guide (PDF)</a></i>

BitTorrent Sync Beta Adds File Versioning, Android App [PPA]

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File Sync App `SparkleShare` 1.1.0 Released, Install It In Ubuntu

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://sparkleshare.org/">SparkleShare</a>, an open source file synchronization and collaboration tool similar to Dropbox, has been updated to version 1.1.0 recently, receiving many bug fixes and tweaks.</b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRFxoTgMxOdDWkqMXCq0AgOvZ44mxhe0fjV4C5vjqZqvRbAwjXVLjZGQCIG9qhQmfnmBA9LWV8Aqrq2jsQEnuDfkElnhWd-vfhn8IWNkdbEociTEyZ5nL-SDjb4M9hs41z6RLkY_meXRuX/s1600/sparkleshare1.1.0-setup.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="SparkleShare" border="0" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRFxoTgMxOdDWkqMXCq0AgOvZ44mxhe0fjV4C5vjqZqvRbAwjXVLjZGQCIG9qhQmfnmBA9LWV8Aqrq2jsQEnuDfkElnhWd-vfhn8IWNkdbEociTEyZ5nL-SDjb4M9hs41z6RLkY_meXRuX/s320/sparkleshare1.1.0-setup.png" title="SparkleShare" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">SparkleShare is <b>available for Linux, Windows and Mac OSX</b> and it uses GIT version control under the hood so setting up a host is pretty easy. Besides using it on your own server, Sparkleshare supports some code hosting services out of the box, such as GitHub, Bitbucket or Gitorious. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The application comes with a recent changes window which displays what changed along with options to restore files to their previous versions or restore deleted files, it supports client-side encryption, conflict handling, notifications and it comes with an Ubuntu AppIndicator.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>SparkleShare 1.1.0, released recently, includes the following bug fixes and tweaks:</b></div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>new plugin for plan.io, a project management platform;</li><li>SparkleShare now works with host keys other than just RSA;</li><li>stricter permissions on the SparkleShare folder on Unix systems;</li><li>use large message tray icon on GNOME 3 (though due to packaging probably, the PPA builds don't have this yet);</li><li>don't show notifications for changes that you made yourself;</li><li>"%20" and "_" in project names become spaces in folder names;</li><li>open folders in the event log by clicking project names;</li><li>allow spaces in passwords;</li><li>change invite scheme to sparkleshare://addProject/$URL;</li><li>fixed retina Mac support;</li><li>don't sync files with names that are problematic on Windows;</li><li>show Client ID (link code) in the status icon menu;</li><li>many other bug fixes and tweaks;</li></ul><br /><br /><h2>Install SparkleShare in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg23-GwAyaInw4Zk_E-6saoF6W3VarrU3-UwM8VevJc01LkeK8KkxfU77IJZEUxfp_TDrUAOi5CaVBfQMc_R-Qa4LmNf_9gbFG5LTWHG-134aPxbZbDNE4heRmKDPQgIbFs1hJT3HrsVqQ3/s1600/sparkleshare1.1.0-ubuntu.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="SparkleShare Ubuntu" border="0" height="136" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg23-GwAyaInw4Zk_E-6saoF6W3VarrU3-UwM8VevJc01LkeK8KkxfU77IJZEUxfp_TDrUAOi5CaVBfQMc_R-Qa4LmNf_9gbFG5LTWHG-134aPxbZbDNE4heRmKDPQgIbFs1hJT3HrsVqQ3/s320/sparkleshare1.1.0-ubuntu.png" title="SparkleShare Ubuntu" width="320" /></a></div><br /><b>Ubuntu users can install the latest SparkleShare by using a (unofficial) PPA</b>. To install Sparkleshare in Ubuntu, firstly you must add the GIT PPA (the SparkleShare PPA depends on it):</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:git-core/ppa</code></pre>Then you can proceed to installing SparkleShare:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:rebuntu16/sparkleshare+unofficial<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install sparkleshare libmono-posix4.0-cil</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Once installed, you can add a hosted project by selecting "Add hosted project" from the tray / appindicator menu, then select the service: Bitbucket, Github, Gitorious or Plan.io (plan.io is the last one in the list and shows up as Gitorious for some reason).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">For how to use SparkleShare with your own server and more, see the application <a href="http://sparkleshare.org/">homepage</a>. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://sparkleshare.org/">Download SparkleShare</a> for Linux (source), Windows and Mac OS X.</b></div>

File Sync App `SparkleShare` 1.1.0 Released, Install It In Ubuntu

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BitTorrent Sync: Secure File Sync Between Computers Using P2P Technology [Public Alpha]

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://labs.bittorrent.com/experiments/sync.html">BitTorrent Sync</a>, a free to use (but not open source) tool that can be used to automatically synchronize files between computers using the BitTorrent protocol, is now available for all as public alpha. The application runs on Linux, Windows, Mac OS X and NAS.</b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/btsync.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="BitTorrent Sync Web Interface Linux" border="0" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZNrb0rCXbECUx5nmvOpnxrltssTpsi1qclojk-E6Nzc473laIVQuonICp14c179NhYW17XLJI6gbfeIiAnIx5g9EYjGlkz7nwIzT8of7b-aB6Kp-xJwuTjInYl3eGU72QNkmTP0fNY1Tq/s320/btsync.png" title="BitTorrent Sync Web Interface Linux" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">The tool, which has been in closed alpha for the past four months, is advertised as "<i>a simple tool that applies p2p protocol for direct live folder sync with maximum security, network speed and storage capacity</i>".<br /><br />And indeed, BitTorrent Sync is a great way of syncing and sharing files between computers, even files that you usually wouldn't trust with cloud sync tools such as Dropbox: besides the files being transferred directly between the users (so your files don't end up on some cloud server), the connection is encrypted with a AES cypher and a 256-bit key created on the base of your Secret, a random 20 byte or more string. For increased security, there's also an option to generate a Secret that expires after a day. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Basically, this peer-to-peer (p2p) sync tool can be compared with cloud sync services such as Dropbox or Ubuntu One, but no server is involved which also means that the sync can be faster than such services and there are no space restrictions (except your HDD). This also means the computers need to be online for the sync to work, obviously.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>How to use BitTorrent Sync on Linux</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Update: BitTorrent Sync beta is out and there's now an Ubuntu PPA you can use to easily install it. See: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/07/bittorrent-sync-beta-adds-file.html">BitTorrent Sync Beta Adds File Versioning, Android App [PPA]</a></b><br /><br /><b><i>Arch Linux </i></b><i>users can install BitTorrent Sync via</i><b><i> <a href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/bittorrent-sync">AUR</a>. </i></b><br /><br /><b>To use BitTorrent Sync (or "BtSync") on Linux, <a href="http://labs.bittorrent.com/experiments/sync.html">download</a></b> and extract the binary for your architecture (Ubuntu users: use the "Linux i386" or "Linux x64" links on the left; don't download the "glib 2.3" binaries), extract it and to run it, simply type the following in a terminal (assuming you've extracted the "btsync" binary in your home folder):</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>cd<br />./btsync</code></pre><br />To see a list of available options, type:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>./btsync --help</code></pre><br />And if you want to stop BitTorrent Sync, use:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>killall btsync</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>BitTorrent Sync doesn't come with a GUI for Linux, but it can be configured through a web interface</b> so once you've started BtSync like we've explained above, open a web browser and enter the following URL: <b>http://localhost:8888/gui/</b></div><br /><b>Now let's add a folder to sync</b>. To do this, click "Add folder", then browse for a folder you want to sync and also click "Generate" to generate a Secret for this folder. Then click "Add" to add the folder:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/btsync-add-folder.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="BitTorrent Sync Web Interface Linux" border="0" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilfMjy_mbdyQ3iR7dVFGmb_WcvQN_UJqzolqyxuwnOvr5Xd2B5-O_1gQnvAQ9wFFogNIi77B80My5Xmu6mWQG7bW8YIw19mgVrn2cF_Ow5s_XD4Si0N9nAM6gn5aHfE-FdsU2c8FWaBPQZ/s320/btsync-add-folder.png" title="BitTorrent Sync Web Interface Linux" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>If you want to connect to other devices / synchronize a folder from a remote computer on your machine,</b> follow the same steps as above, but instead of clicking "Generate" for the Secret, paste the Secret generated for the folder from the remote computer.</div><br />On Linux, most of the settings aren't available in the web interface. Instead, you can run:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>./btsync --dump-sample-config > sync.conf</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Which will create a new "sync.conf" file with a sample configuration file. Modify the settings in this file to suit your needs and then run BtSync using the following command (which will make BtSync use the newly created configuration file):</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>./btsync --config sync.conf</code></pre><br /><b>For more on how to use BitTorrent Sync on Linux but also on Windows and Mac OS X, see the <a href="http://btsync.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/BitTorrentSyncUserGuide.pdf">User Guide PDF</a> file.</b><br /><br /><b><a href="http://labs.bittorrent.com/experiments/sync.html">Download BitTorrent Sync</a> for Linux, Windows, Mac OS X and NAS.</b><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>via <a href="http://torrentfreak.com/bittorrents-secure-dropbox-alternative-goes-public-130423">TorrentFreak</a></i></div>

BitTorrent Sync: Secure File Sync Between Computers Using P2P Technology [Public Alpha]

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Cloud Sync Tool `Seafile` 1.6.0 Gets Improved Collaboration Features

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://seafile.com/">Seafile</a>, an open source cloud synchronization and collaboration tool</b>, somewhat similar to Dropbox, <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/03/owncloud-5-released-with-new-design.html">ownCloud</a> or <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/12/install-sparkleshare-10-in-ubuntu.html">SparkleShare</a>, that you can install on your own server, <b>has been updated to version 1.6.0 recently, getting some interesting new features such as a Wiki module</b> and more.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/seafile-1.6.0.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Seafile cloud sync and collaboration tool"><img alt="Seafile cloud sync tool" border="0" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb5sK3LAr5RqlCVg2lZ4VTq4evpyTKeLrOQJkBMc9pruU5dpNfk5o7ZKr0yVlWo7SA0FQ43Xit6FTpRe1pUYFFOf9De-GVwR8blXiLORcVWzpG3KdiHlOgna38rpB-BLlKRsR_ZOeL0Y7t/s320/seafile-1.6.0.png" title="Seafile cloud sync tool" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><b><i>For more about Seafile (features, etc.), see our initial <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/02/seafile-robust-file-synchronization-and.html" title="Seafile: Robust File Synchronization And Collaboration Tool That You Can Run On Your Linux Server">article</a>.</i></b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">According to the Seafile developers, the synchronization feature is quite stable so they've focused on improving the collaboration features for <b>version 1.6.0</b>, which comes with changes such as:</div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li><b>new personal and group Wiki module</b> - the wiki uses the Markdown syntax and it's integrated with the file synchronization and version control. Also, you can easily add pictures and attachements to the wiki pages. Furthermore, a group / wiki can be made public so you can have the wiki available for everybody, and not just your Seafile users;</li><li><b>redesigned group discussion module</b>: the module has been moved to a separate tab, it has a new UI and it's better integrated with the online file viewing;</li><li><b>online rich document editor and improved markdown editor</b>.</li></ul><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/seafile-1.6.0-wiki_1.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Seafile wiki"><img alt="Seafile wiki" src="http://img.netupd8.com/seafile-1.6.0-wiki_1_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Seafile wiki</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/seafile-1.6.0-wiki_2.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Seafile wiki - markdown editor"><img alt="Seafile wiki markdown editor" src="http://img.netupd8.com/seafile-1.6.0-wiki_2_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Seafile wiki - markdown editor</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/seafile-1.6.0-editor_2.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Seafile online rich document editor"><img alt="Seafile online rich document editor" src="http://img.netupd8.com/seafile-1.6.0-editor_2_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Seafile online rich document editor</td></tr></tbody></table><br />The <b>Seafile desktop client</b> has received various bug fixes as well as support for symbolic links. There were also changes made to the <b>Android client</b> (called "Seafile+", is open source but costs $1) which has received an improved UI as well as support for editing and uploading files. And finally, the <b>iOS client</b> has received some bug fixes.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The Seafile developers have also launched a new AWS-based public cloud service: <a href="http://seacloud.cc/">http://seacloud.cc</a> which comes with 1GB of free storage space with 3 groups, or you can get:</div><ul><li>20GB of storage space, 8 groups and up to 16 members for $10/month</li><li>100GB of storage space with no group or member limit for $50/month.</li></ul><br /><br /><h2>Download Seafile</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Seafile (server) runs on Linux (Debian, Ubuntu, Centos and Raspberry Pi), Windows and Mac OS X while the Seafile client is available for Linux, Windows, Mac OSX, Android and iOS.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><a href="http://seafile.com/en/download/">Download Seafile</a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><i>See the Seafile wiki page for how to <a href="https://github.com/haiwen/seafile/wiki/Download-and-setup-seafile-server">install Seafile Server</a> | <a href="https://github.com/haiwen/seafile/wiki/Upgrading-Seafile-Server">upgrade Seafile Server</a>.</i><br /><br /><br />

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Unofficial Google Drive Client `Insync` Pricing Revealed, Out Of Beta For Windows And Mac

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6mnY2l-pmrX6NW3pNV24zW2jkfPI8guB8yCYYYtFFqPox3OMScDsgZHIPdKVKMdcDGEI46Wq8XkUbArVhNKJ3m9TBq7mV3YtJDZ6NRtjBlSlt8QZtKgozsjtbr-9qHvKcNJXwkX22foAu/s1600/insync-ubuntu-appindicator.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="insync ubuntu appindicator" border="0" height="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6mnY2l-pmrX6NW3pNV24zW2jkfPI8guB8yCYYYtFFqPox3OMScDsgZHIPdKVKMdcDGEI46Wq8XkUbArVhNKJ3m9TBq7mV3YtJDZ6NRtjBlSlt8QZtKgozsjtbr-9qHvKcNJXwkX22foAu/s320/insync-ubuntu-appindicator.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.insynchq.com/">Insync</a>, an unofficial, cross-platform <a href="https://tools.google.com/dlpage/drive">Google Drive</a> client is <a href="http://blog.insynchq.com/say-hello-to-insync-10">out of beta</a> for Windows and Mac OSX and with this, the pricing has been revealed. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Since Google hasn't yet released a Google Drive client for Linux and <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/05/grive-open-source-google-drive-client.html" title="Grive: Open Source Google Drive Client For Linux">Grive</a> seems to have been abandoned, many Linux users are using Insync. However, the Insync developers have stated that their tool will only be free while in beta, and the price hasn't been known until today.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">The Insync Pro edition is available for $9.99 (introductory pricing; one time payment) after a 15 day free trial and there's also going to be a business edition which includes an admin dashboard as well as centralized billing with priority email support.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Insync for Linux is still in beta, so its users can continue to take advantage of this application for free until it's out of the beta. The application supports (comes with separate applets) most Linux desktop environments: Unity, Cinnamon, GNOME Shell, Xfce, LXDE, KDE and even MATE and it's available for Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Fedora, Red Hat Enterprise, openSUSE, Debian, Arch Linux, MEPIS and PCLinuxOS.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The price isn't much considering the effort put in by the Insync team to support most Linux desktop environments, but I can also agree with those who aren't willing to pay since Google Drive is a free service after all (unless you've upgraded). <b>What do you think?</b></div><br />For how to install Insync (beta) in Ubuntu, Debian and Linux Mint, see our previous post: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/10/insync-repository-available-for-ubuntu.html">Insync Repository Available For Ubuntu, Linux Mint And Debian Users</a><br /><br />For other Linux distributions, see the Insync for <a href="https://www.insynchq.com/linux">Linux page</a>.

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ownCloud 5 Released With New Design, Other Important Improvements (Personal, Open Source Cloud Server Tool)

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRMiFEzTuDI4RymFBCiA4wObk_mw8G5sh5MFj-npf24hdLINf6L3oX6Zd9K_4DZ9GiMvndKvhocAnEtCwi9qX8r5RbRgbQcw2WfjjZWVN9dWbUsxoxt4f6P7V31s53Z6iDDitpjQkb_bAa/s1600/owncloud-5.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="ownCloud 5"><img alt="owncloud 5" border="0" height="136" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRMiFEzTuDI4RymFBCiA4wObk_mw8G5sh5MFj-npf24hdLINf6L3oX6Zd9K_4DZ9GiMvndKvhocAnEtCwi9qX8r5RbRgbQcw2WfjjZWVN9dWbUsxoxt4f6P7V31s53Z6iDDitpjQkb_bAa/s320/owncloud-5.png" title="owncloud 5" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://owncloud.org/">ownCloud</a> is a free software alternative to proprietary web services such a Dropbox, Google Calendar and more. You can install it on your computer or web server and access (and share) your files from any OS, since ownCloud comes with desktop clients for Windows, Mac OSX and Linux as well as mobile clients for Android and iOS.</div><br /><blockquote><i>"Unlike Dropbox and other commercial sync and share apps, which store data in the cloud in remote, third-party data centers, ownCloud is deployed on-premise, seamlessly integrating with existing security, storage, monitoring and reporting tools. With more than 750,000 users worldwide, ownCloud offers the ease-of-use, flexibility, sophistication and security not available from basic syncing apps and third-party storage."</i></blockquote><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Today, a new ownCloud version has been released - 5 -, which comes with many new features and improvements as well as a new interface.</b></div><br /><a name='more'></a><b>New features and improvements in ownCloud 5:</b><br /><ul><li>new design;</li><li>option to restore deleted files;</li><li>new search engine which includes a new Lucene-based full text search engine app;</li><li>ownCloud now uses Clam antivirus to prevent distributing infected files;</li><li>rewritten photo gallery;</li><li>improved contacts, calendar, bookmarks, app management, versioning and file cache (up to 500% faster);</li><li>faster sync for the desktop client;</li><li>better security;</li><li>enhanced external storage app; </li><li><a href="http://doc.owncloud.com/">new documentation</a>;</li><li>many other changes.</li></ul><br /><b>For a complete list of changes, see <a href="https://owncloud.com/blog/latest-owncloud-community-edition-brings-greater-usability-performance-and-integration-to-file-sync-and-share">THIS</a> page.</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Also, in an update that should be available in April, ownCloud will get a newly designed server-side encryption application.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Here are a few more screenshots with the latest ownCloud 5:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4uBWhv8SkCE1CMpDxsoXXEA1S0JooHP6zpiylZk8sMaQ6zewMtgZNL5fhGZJSnMP2jzbsPGqBgoNJaoQtJNvTSmgmlNASqjd8zoi_IL6Ksp-VZxgPoN_2FSh3-zOpB-ciC8FMVKp8I4sr/s1600/owncloud5-restore-deleted-files.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="ownCloud 5 - restore deleted files"><img alt="owncloud 5" border="0" height="82" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4uBWhv8SkCE1CMpDxsoXXEA1S0JooHP6zpiylZk8sMaQ6zewMtgZNL5fhGZJSnMP2jzbsPGqBgoNJaoQtJNvTSmgmlNASqjd8zoi_IL6Ksp-VZxgPoN_2FSh3-zOpB-ciC8FMVKp8I4sr/s320/owncloud5-restore-deleted-files.png" title="owncloud 5" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcgNXX7_WdBvv9U6Tw7Gnz8-a_hBz7y0BDZGAc41xB6hAaQGUYptTy4NWGengJ9CYeaJgmrXkxKh8bXJPfaMP2b1-0IIHyABv4Ige_CmqoKQEUNThOOUtkfZakEB9IfyusB_5Q3wcVYq4c/s1600/owncloud5-calendar.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="ownCloud 5 - Calendar"><img alt="owncloud 5" border="0" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcgNXX7_WdBvv9U6Tw7Gnz8-a_hBz7y0BDZGAc41xB6hAaQGUYptTy4NWGengJ9CYeaJgmrXkxKh8bXJPfaMP2b1-0IIHyABv4Ige_CmqoKQEUNThOOUtkfZakEB9IfyusB_5Q3wcVYq4c/s320/owncloud5-calendar.png" title="owncloud 5" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNtSSMIFB-987BQEYzbusOSUcmQ1gqiKXSqeULh9LNJC2a1E4iXA0qO1CtZTQLEyTrPV3ikgwLM4cIUjm7e37UrDwGGJ1LfFJhHtnCakkui4HHFhs_IyniooqqAKAIeJT9eOyzKfYS2ueW/s1600/owncloud5-pictures.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="ownCloud 5 - Pictures"><img alt="owncloud 5" border="0" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNtSSMIFB-987BQEYzbusOSUcmQ1gqiKXSqeULh9LNJC2a1E4iXA0qO1CtZTQLEyTrPV3ikgwLM4cIUjm7e37UrDwGGJ1LfFJhHtnCakkui4HHFhs_IyniooqqAKAIeJT9eOyzKfYS2ueW/s320/owncloud5-pictures.png" title="owncloud 5" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpIdpiswxceLPDoBaAbPG6Ua-x6zOzo7kR2VCuHl-4ObWtlOP3zZ2brwYqdEhiNa5dK_hLEIR7eWlAb0036fzEri1r3G0mcKaTfcoopNaSRFgrARCaWjG44qWDEGiDsdRXGmHfas1DgNG1/s1600/owncloud5-apps.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="ownCloud 5 - apps"><img alt="owncloud 5" border="0" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpIdpiswxceLPDoBaAbPG6Ua-x6zOzo7kR2VCuHl-4ObWtlOP3zZ2brwYqdEhiNa5dK_hLEIR7eWlAb0036fzEri1r3G0mcKaTfcoopNaSRFgrARCaWjG44qWDEGiDsdRXGmHfas1DgNG1/s320/owncloud5-apps.png" title="owncloud 5" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br />And here's the Linux desktop client:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAg9YGXs54YOcIKdbISSBFBmnxD9mZMHkAeOUrixnn3P2FUgRYA150RYrGJHnF28Opbppm9wbXeQ43jWes5_G7aJ7QMIBmzbdXM8MjWNC5Z7Ihkwm5eQo-JTczWBFtgti-JT2rof2J-mTU/s1600/owncloud5-linux-desktop-client.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="ownCloud Linux desktop client"><img alt="owncloud desktop sync client" border="0" height="155" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAg9YGXs54YOcIKdbISSBFBmnxD9mZMHkAeOUrixnn3P2FUgRYA150RYrGJHnF28Opbppm9wbXeQ43jWes5_G7aJ7QMIBmzbdXM8MjWNC5Z7Ihkwm5eQo-JTczWBFtgti-JT2rof2J-mTU/s320/owncloud5-linux-desktop-client.png" title="owncloud desktop sync client" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">With this version, I was finally able to connect my Dropbox account to ownCloud (it has never worked for me in the previous releases for some reason):</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXmBdLQ52XSNdLjEc-m7ZkcSVzXAPmOxPcFYSTYGyr-gEGNzhyS15HCToXj3GhJBpJl8w3mISDG3A7PaGABGUiBOz1bM9j-fR5qThrgxRASL4dSJ6-vWUeoPzC38ecMoHs6i05uNX1Pkcn/s1600/owncloud5-dropbox.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="ownCloud 5 - External storage"><img alt="owncloud 5" border="0" height="151" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXmBdLQ52XSNdLjEc-m7ZkcSVzXAPmOxPcFYSTYGyr-gEGNzhyS15HCToXj3GhJBpJl8w3mISDG3A7PaGABGUiBOz1bM9j-fR5qThrgxRASL4dSJ6-vWUeoPzC38ecMoHs6i05uNX1Pkcn/s320/owncloud5-dropbox.png" title="owncloud 5" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">However, after doing this, ownCloud became very slow and it still is when trying to access the Dropbox folder. So this feature still needs a bit of work. By the way, besides Dropbox, ownCloud also supports other external storages such as Amazon S3, Google Drive, FTP, OpenStack Swift, SMB / CIFS, WebDavv and SFTP.</div><br /><br /><b><a href="https://owncloud.org/support/install/">Download ownCloud</a> or try the <a href="http://demo.owncloud.org/">demo</a>.</b>

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Dropbox-Like Cloud Sync And Collaboration Tool Seafile Gets Command Line Support, More

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://seafile.com/">Seafile</a> is an open source cloud sync and collaboration tool, similar to Dropbox, OwnCloud or Sparkleshare that you can install on your own server </b>or you can sign up for an account and get 5 GB of free space. We've talked about it a while back so for more information about Seafile, see our <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/02/seafile-robust-file-synchronization-and.html" title="Seafile: Robust File Synchronization And Collaboration Tool That You Can Run On Your Linux Server">previous post</a>.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNz2PzoAigRJKQpXs5c2Rw5fpT_o8L1OeY_WkkcBP5CN66Sq4rEiGu9mlG2XHqM9WLH_5vyiR7fKIRKLUVQTnlHH33pSxny1Hs26Sw3001fOWFYDFq0NpT9oIl72pVV8yYCgoRHfzL-oAf/s1600/seafile-1.5.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Seafile web interface"><img alt="Seafile" border="0" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNz2PzoAigRJKQpXs5c2Rw5fpT_o8L1OeY_WkkcBP5CN66Sq4rEiGu9mlG2XHqM9WLH_5vyiR7fKIRKLUVQTnlHH33pSxny1Hs26Sw3001fOWFYDFq0NpT9oIl72pVV8yYCgoRHfzL-oAf/s320/seafile-1.5.png" title="Seafile" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Both the Seafile server and client have been updated recently</b>, getting new features and bug fixes. <b>Seafile Server 1.5 comes with two major new features: command line client support and LDAP</b>, as well as some other features and improvements, such as:</div><a name='more'></a><ul><li>audio / video playback support;</li><li>improved public info page;</li><li>support selection of file encoding when viewing online;</li><li>edit library title / description;</li><li>bug fixes for using httpserver under https.</li></ul><br />Here is the new audio / video playback feature in action:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/seafile-video.png" rel="image_group" title="Seafile web interface: Video playback"><img alt="Seafile web interface: Video playback" src="http://img.netupd8.com/seafile-video_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/seafile-music.png" rel="image_group" title="Seafile web interface: Audio playback"><img alt="Seafile web interface: Audio playback" src="http://img.netupd8.com/seafile-music_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Also, there is now a <b>separate Seafile server for Raspberry Pi</b>, however, it hasn't been updated to the latest 1.5 version yet.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Seafile client was also updated, and there's now a command line client so you can use it on a headless server. Other improvements include displaying detailed syncing message and bug fixes.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The next Seafile release should come with a redesigned collaboration feature</b>, bringing Seafile a lot more closer to its team collaboration platform goal.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">For <b>how to use the new Seafile command line client</b> on Debian / Ubuntu, see <a href="https://github.com/haiwen/seafile/wiki/Seafile-CLI-client">THIS</a> page.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Download Seafile</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The Seafile server for Linux runs on Debian, Ubuntu (11.10, 12.04), Centos 5.8, 6.0+ and Raspberry Pi and is very easy to set up thanks to a script that does everything for you. For the server installation instructions, see the <a href="https://github.com/haiwen/seafile/wiki/Download-and-setup-seafile-server">Seafile wiki</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">For upgrading the Seafile server, see the instructions from <a href="https://github.com/haiwen/seafile/wiki/Upgrading-Seafile-Server">HERE</a>. I've tested the upgrade instructions and everything worked as expected, even though the upgrade script has displayed a message saying that my Seafile server has been upgraded from 1.3 to 1.4, when in fact it was upgraded to 1.5.</div><br /><a href="http://seafile.com/en/download/">Download Seafile server / clients</a> (clients available for Windows, Mac, Linux and mobile: Android and iOS).

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Seafile: Robust File Synchronization And Collaboration Tool That You Can Run On Your Linux Server

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://seafile.com/">Seafile</a> is an open source cloud file synchronization and collaboration tool, similar to <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/">Dropbox</a>,</b><b> <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/05/owncloud-4-released-with-file.html">OwnCloud</a> or <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/12/install-sparkleshare-10-in-ubuntu.html">SparkleShare</a>, that you can use on your Linux server or you can sign up for a Seafile account and get 5GB of free space on their servers.</b></div><br /><br /><b>Seafile features:</b><br /><ul><li>Seafile uses file libraries which can be synchronized separately;</li><li>Users can create and join groups;</li><li>File revisions;</li><li>File preview, comments, event notifications;</li><li>Library encryption;</li><li>Share files; </li><li><b>Clients available for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Android and iOS.</b></li></ul><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><h2>Why Seafile?</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">So why use Seafile and not Dropbox, <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/05/owncloud-4-released-with-file.html">OwnCloud</a> or <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/12/install-sparkleshare-10-in-ubuntu.html">SparkleShare</a>? According to the Seafile developers, their tool is more mature than ownCloud or SparkleShare, ready for production (both the server and client) and has an online collaboration feature useful for teamwork, which isn't available in Dropbox.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">However, Seafile does have less features some similar services: for instance, the calendar feature available in ownCloud is not available for Seafile. But Seafile is still very powerful: <b>it doesn't depend on GIT but it does uses a version control model similar to GIT, which is simplified and has some advantages</b> such as: automatic syncing, no history stored on the client side meaning that the data is not stored twice (GIT is not efficient for large files), more user-friendly file conflicts, handles cases such as when the user modifies files when auto-sync is running, file transfer can be resumed and more.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Seafile Linux client consists of an <b>AppIndicator / tray icon</b> that displays the sync status and lets you open the client (in the browser), disable autosync or restart Seafile, displays sync notifications, and a pretty basic web interface:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTaRl09t7h9IGMXJRFXOke3Z1LvFUIRw7ft2aQG6Y2Tcfc8LslG1I_vTl96XXZ_orGjEt6JxguidDL-FDcJ3qb3aW31n44h3x2hr_PacNfCqgyCgf56qLVJLmsx6YjmuDGnnj1QSOgjf3y/s1600/seafile-client.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Seafile Linux client"><img alt="Seafile Linux client" border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTaRl09t7h9IGMXJRFXOke3Z1LvFUIRw7ft2aQG6Y2Tcfc8LslG1I_vTl96XXZ_orGjEt6JxguidDL-FDcJ3qb3aW31n44h3x2hr_PacNfCqgyCgf56qLVJLmsx6YjmuDGnnj1QSOgjf3y/s320/seafile-client.png" title="Seafile Linux client" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Unfortunately, there's no file manager integration so you can't share files, access previous revisions or see the file sync status from the file manager, but like I was saying above, you can see the global sync status thanks to the tray icon. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Most of the features are accessible from the server web interface (which is either installed on your own Linux server or via Seafile's website): there, you can create new private or public libraries, see all the changes / revisions and files, download, upload or create new files and folders, share files, create or join groups, add contacts, post messages to grups, set up group notifications and so on.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">When you click on library, you'll notice that the interface looks a lot like GitHub:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipR8DKp4jHDP3XRHyUx8PnLiCoqeCdQoxgaPP_prTYeP05FcQaDU50ERdiWg380YGAMpU4FIVhJh7L0TzP6KPtG3YfJDChPHyWxvRL_cKTbBQjmgtCR42wVJNW0ole3RcfkTArCLG4OAuP/s1600/seafile-server-workspace-library.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Seafile library example"><img alt="Seafile library example" border="0" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipR8DKp4jHDP3XRHyUx8PnLiCoqeCdQoxgaPP_prTYeP05FcQaDU50ERdiWg380YGAMpU4FIVhJh7L0TzP6KPtG3YfJDChPHyWxvRL_cKTbBQjmgtCR42wVJNW0ole3RcfkTArCLG4OAuP/s320/seafile-server-workspace-library.png" title="Seafile library example" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Here, you can see all the files available in that library, access the library history and so on. Below you can see a few more Seafile screenshots (with Seafile running on my Ubuntu 12.04 server):</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNhO7TwnHz3VUI3b2_65L9tQ5hyPZQdAHoA7Ca7SfXgzUpu-5UZ0IJ-tUJspfHa5b_qROiAiyDy-mpzDaectHlB060G9LlttSt1ZmUWyWSFbX6xVqza2pujlxjsjnc8j2jzqww7l1nHCYR/s1600/seafile-server-file-details.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="File modification details"><img alt="File modification details" border="0" height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNhO7TwnHz3VUI3b2_65L9tQ5hyPZQdAHoA7Ca7SfXgzUpu-5UZ0IJ-tUJspfHa5b_qROiAiyDy-mpzDaectHlB060G9LlttSt1ZmUWyWSFbX6xVqza2pujlxjsjnc8j2jzqww7l1nHCYR/s320/seafile-server-file-details.png" title="File modification details" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr9_9iPqI6VuKMn7I6y0XtgaEe6PE7dPwzAlS6e9IuAYb_LRrsXVrOJyLigBcOgr2Qi4yRAUwjBHnd8whBe86s8rLXMAJVSXXXqufPb6XYISMnz5pVlYjZtot3yZKWPw-bC1sH2hPHGFWj/s1600/seafile-server-file.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Markdown support"><img alt="Seafile markdown support" border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr9_9iPqI6VuKMn7I6y0XtgaEe6PE7dPwzAlS6e9IuAYb_LRrsXVrOJyLigBcOgr2Qi4yRAUwjBHnd8whBe86s8rLXMAJVSXXXqufPb6XYISMnz5pVlYjZtot3yZKWPw-bC1sH2hPHGFWj/s320/seafile-server-file.png" title="Markdown support" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5k19ifQCLBxoqLBW8IW-iMUl2d2KKqwOtM2x1wX6rX0teA342w2EE4E_yaQaXAGnbDGzi3cnkip-omiIX3F8TjwL6FkDMTZNC_Wz2cV1xcfjkCjLnIk4OXGYjcBOreqSmoJ5bJpww30di/s1600/seafile-server-groups.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Seafile group with a group notification on top"><img alt="Seafile group with a group notification on top" border="0" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5k19ifQCLBxoqLBW8IW-iMUl2d2KKqwOtM2x1wX6rX0teA342w2EE4E_yaQaXAGnbDGzi3cnkip-omiIX3F8TjwL6FkDMTZNC_Wz2cV1xcfjkCjLnIk4OXGYjcBOreqSmoJ5bJpww30di/s320/seafile-server-groups.png" title="Seafile group with a group notification on top" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhIZ_yrZXiIVTvKtgbi4apWQJxhp3TtfTgJDfFeIvlGCSbRpWN40sZP1HOnCnzmUtCOnG2kDCaYteurF1FuG3XFprFMRbMGyFgbhJ_WIMMYGmMXY8wAUe4ievr_L93aYhiL1f0aoTjcBJe/s1600/seafile-server-history.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Seafile modification history"><img alt="Seafile modification history" border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhIZ_yrZXiIVTvKtgbi4apWQJxhp3TtfTgJDfFeIvlGCSbRpWN40sZP1HOnCnzmUtCOnG2kDCaYteurF1FuG3XFprFMRbMGyFgbhJ_WIMMYGmMXY8wAUe4ievr_L93aYhiL1f0aoTjcBJe/s320/seafile-server-history.png" title="Seafile modification history" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Try / download Seafile</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">To try Seafile without creating an account on their website or installing it on your own server, you can try the Seafile demo @ <a href="http://cloud.seafile.com/demo/">http://cloud.seafile.com/demo/</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Seafile server for Linux runs on Debian, Ubuntu (11.10, 12.04), Centos 5.8, 6.0+ and is very easy to set up thanks to a script that does everything for you. For the server installation instructions, see the <a href="https://github.com/haiwen/seafile/wiki/Download-and-setup-seafile-server">Seafile wiki</a>.</div><br /><a href="http://seafile.com/en/download/">Download Seafile server / clients</a>

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Linux Google Drive Client Insync Gets Xfce And Mate Desktop Integration

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/08/insync-google-drive-client-for-linux.html">Insync</a>, an unofficial Google Drive Linux client that's available for a wide range of desktop environments has been updated today, getting support for MATE Desktop (Caja) and Xfce (Thunar).</b></div><br /><b>Here's the Insync or Linux Beta 11 changelog:</b><br /><ul><li>Fixed symlink to symlink (chain of symlinks);</li><li>Mate desktop support - Caja emblems and context menu;</li><li>Xfce - Thunar 1.5 emblems and context menu.</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">I've only tested the new Xfce (Thunar) support and it works, but there are some minor glitches. However, this is the first Insync for Xfce release, so hopefully all the issues will be fixed soon. </div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/thunar-insync.png"><img alt="Thunar 1.6 Insync xfce" src="http://img.netupd8.com/thunar-insync_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">For instance, Insync for Xfce requires "thunarx-python" (version 0.3) which isn't available in the official Ubuntu repositories - you can however, install it from our PPA, see below. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Also, the official release notes mention that it should work with Thunar 1.5; since both Xubuntu 12.04 and 12.10 ship with Thunar 1.4 and the Xfce 4.12 PPA has Thunar 1.6, I've tested it with these two versions and: with Thunar 1.4, the context menu items work, but there are no file emblems and with Thunar 1.6, the context menu items work and the file emblems don't work for most files which I've already had in my Google Drive.<br /><br />Anyway, the important thing is that it is usable and I'm sure it will improve in future versions.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">By the way, I recommend <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/11/install-thunar-with-tabs-support-in.html" title="Install Thunar 1.6.0 With Tabs Support In Xubuntu 12.10 Or 12.04 [Xfce]">installing Thunar 1.6</a> (which now has tabs support, among other new features) if you're using Xubuntu 12.04 or 12.10.</div><br /><br /><b>Download Insync for Linux, available for Mate Desktop, Xfce, Unity - AppIndicator, KDE, GNOME Shell or Cinnamon, from <a href="https://forums.insynchq.com/discussion/1616/insync-for-linux-beta-11-0-9-28">HERE</a>.</b><br /><br /><b>To install thunarx-python in Xubuntu 12.10 or 12.04, required by Insync for Xfce, use the commands below:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install thunarx-python</code></pre>You can also manually <a href="https://launchpad.net/~nilarimogard/+archive/webupd8/+packages?field.name_filter=thunar&field.status_filter=published&field.series_filter=">download</a> the thunarx-python deb files from our PPA.<br /><br />Or, to us the official Insync repository in Ubuntu, Linux Mint or Debian, see our previous post (updated with instructions for the Xfce and Mate builds): <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/10/insync-repository-available-for-ubuntu.html">Insync Repository Available For Ubuntu, Linux Mint And Debian Users</a>

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Install SparkleShare 1.0 In Ubuntu (Dropbox-Like File Synchronization Tool)

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://sparkleshare.org/">SparkleShare</a> is an open source file synchronization and collaboration tool </b>somewhat similar to Dropbox, <b>available for Linux, Mac OSX and Windows.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">SparkleShare uses GIT version control system and can be used with code hosting services like GitHub, Bitbucket or Gitorious as well as your own server.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/sparkleshare-appindicator.png" rel="image_group" title="SparkleShare Ubuntu AppIndicator"><img alt="SparkleShare appindicator" src="http://img.netupd8.com/sparkleshare-appindicator_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><b>SparkleShare features:</b><br /><ul><li>presets for projects hosted on GitHub, Bitbucket or Gitorious</li><li>a recent changes window shows who changed what</li><li>restore deleted files or revert to previous versions</li><li>conflict handling</li><li>notifications</li><li>client side encryption</li><li>optional Ubuntu AppIndicator</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">In previous versions there used to be Nautilus integration but unfortunately this has been removed about 2 months ago, however, everything you need is integrated into the "Recent Changes dialog":</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/sparkleshare-recent-changes.png" rel="image_group" title="SparkleShare Recent Changes dialog"><img alt="SparkleShare recent changes dialog" src="http://img.netupd8.com/sparkleshare-recent-changes_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">E.g.: to restore a previous file version, from the main "Recent Changes" dialog view, click on the timestamp next to a file:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/sparkleshare-restore-file_thumb.png" rel="image_group" title="SparkleShare - Recent Changes - restore previous file version"><img alt="SparkleShare restore file" src="http://img.netupd8.com/sparkleshare-restore-file_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install SparkleShare 1.0 in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The SparkleShare version available in the official repositories is a bit old - 0.9.0, but if you don't want to add a PPA, you can use that. Some of the changes included in SparkleShare since version 0.9.0 are: new status icons, project folders can be renamed, new GNOME 3 symbolic icon, restore previous revisions of files from the event log and other changes as well as many many bug fixes - changelog <a href="http://mac.softpedia.com/progChangelog/SparkleShare-Changelog-93731.html">here</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">SparkleShare 1.0 will most probably be available in the official Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail repositories, but it can easily be installed on older Ubuntu versions by using an unofficial PPA.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To install SparkleShare 1.0 in Ubuntu 12.10, 12.04 or 11.10, firstly add the Git stable releases PPA (the Sparkleshare PPA below depends on this PPA):</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:git-core/ppa<br />sudo apt-get update</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Then, add the unofficial SparkleShare PPA and install the latest SparkleShare 1.0 in Ubuntu 12.10, 12.04 or 11.10 using the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:rebuntu16/sparkleshare+unofficial<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install sparkleshare libwebkit1.1-cil libmono-posix4.0-cil libmono-system-core4.0-cil libnotify0.4-cil</code></pre>(some dependencies are missing, that's why there's more than one package in the install command above)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Important: the Ubuntu appindicator icon won't show up unless you're using the "ubuntu-mono-dark" (the default Ubuntu icon theme) or "ubuntu-mono-light) icon theme! </b>This is a <a href="https://github.com/hbons/SparkleShare/issues/1033">known bug</a>.<b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Once installed, launch SparkleShare and follow the initial setup dialog steps. To add a project, select <i>SparkleShare > Add Hosted Project</i> from the appindicator menu.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Adding a project hosted on GitHub, etc. is very easy: SparkleShare will create a text file with a ssh key in the SparkleShare folder which you need to add to GitHub under https://github.com/settings/ssh . If you've already added your own ssh key to GitHub, SparkleShare can use that instead, without any extra setup so just enter the remote path and you're ready:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/sparkleshare-add-github.png" rel="image_group"><img add="add" alt="SparkleShare" project="project" src="http://img.netupd8.com/sparkleshare-add-github_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If you want to set up your own host, there's a script you can use which configures everything for you - see the SparkleShare <a href="http://sparkleshare.org/">homepage</a> for more info on this.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>For other Linux distributions, Windows and Mac OSX, download SparkleShare from its <a href="http://sparkleshare.org/">homepage</a>.</b></div>

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Unofficial Google Drive Linux Client `Insync` Hits Beta 9

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0eR3sNhBpp3rlvGiPE3Tb27qsULk5um6sIDkq8yrYN-W8_eNMkOcseuMt0LhnzLI9zdjYTL65YU-nKoYVLJynhEGH3HV4aN7xvAz7psoMtgQq3Fa_Eqbh0POFRFEI8r5EycVfwtCeBu1F/s1600/insync.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="insync linux" border="0" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0eR3sNhBpp3rlvGiPE3Tb27qsULk5um6sIDkq8yrYN-W8_eNMkOcseuMt0LhnzLI9zdjYTL65YU-nKoYVLJynhEGH3HV4aN7xvAz7psoMtgQq3Fa_Eqbh0POFRFEI8r5EycVfwtCeBu1F/s320/insync.png" title="insync linux" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/08/insync-google-drive-client-for-linux.html" title="Insync: Google Drive Client For Linux">Insync</a>, an unofficial Google Drive client for Linux, has reached beta 9, fixing the MS Office formats (files now downloaded as ODF) and glibc errors for Debian users, so the deb files aren't just for Ubuntu anymore.</b></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://insynchq.com/">Insync</a> for Linux is free while in beta, but will probably become a paid service when it becomes stable. Hopefully, Google will release an official Google Drive client by then.</div><br />Here's what's new in the latest Insync for Linux beta 9:<br /><ul><li>fixed symlinks not live syncing (before you had to restart Insync for changes to be detected)</li><li>Nautilus context menu will not show outside of the Insync folder</li><li>Applets now have a pause/resume button to start/stop Insync from downloading and uploading</li><li>Gdocs are now downloaded in Open Document Format</li><li>Built with Debian, fixes GLIBC error for Debian users</li></ul><br /><a href="https://forums.insynchq.com/discussion/1499/insync-for-linux-beta-9-0-9-24">Download Insync for Linux beta 9</a> - applets available for Unity (should work with other DEs), GNOME Shell, Cinnamon and KDE (deb and rpm).<br /><br /><i>Also see: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/05/grive-open-source-google-drive-client.html">Grive: Open Source Google Drive Client For Linux</a></i>

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Google Drive Linux App `Insync` Beta 4 Adds GNOME Shell, Cinnamon And KDE Support

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a title="Insync: Google Drive Client for Linux" href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/08/insync-google-drive-client-for-linux.html">Insync</a> is an unofficial Google Drive client that runs on Mac, Windows and Linux. Insync beta 4 for Linux has been released yesterday, bringing support for GNOME Shell, Cinnamon and KDE.</b></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPCP5OwikGPh6t1VMyTkOECkBaES7zmmM96mAK_Fh0ENVyNsnyySeXt8AxIIJCwtoWGRuhMK5Nx0uFsNHLZBjtX8BUZbvXbzDUL2k6mcmZfP-54RYPT77EYk1l0yuqMtIO95mex8pAESCZ/s1600/insync-gnome-shell.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="insync gnome shell" border="0" height="158" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPCP5OwikGPh6t1VMyTkOECkBaES7zmmM96mAK_Fh0ENVyNsnyySeXt8AxIIJCwtoWGRuhMK5Nx0uFsNHLZBjtX8BUZbvXbzDUL2k6mcmZfP-54RYPT77EYk1l0yuqMtIO95mex8pAESCZ/s320/insync-gnome-shell.png" title="insync gnome shell" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Insync GNOME Shell extension</td></tr></tbody></table><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Insync for GNOME Shell and Cinnamon comes with a native extension which has the same functionality as the Ubuntu appindicator, as you can see in the screenshot above.</div><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBbsqO8ty1MeWL7AOtcOFHFokNK_xc3suzoM5p-IRJMV359XT6pVxvPBjYDkFh7q0ONP_Slt98EPOi_a-gUccUfs5rg6gVRLNBtVdlaRo1NM9ZmrcY30bRFzPgb0YNGWYd-9F8JLm9jMNN/s1600/insync-kde.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="insync kde" border="0" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBbsqO8ty1MeWL7AOtcOFHFokNK_xc3suzoM5p-IRJMV359XT6pVxvPBjYDkFh7q0ONP_Slt98EPOi_a-gUccUfs5rg6gVRLNBtVdlaRo1NM9ZmrcY30bRFzPgb0YNGWYd-9F8JLm9jMNN/s320/insync-kde.png" title="insync kde" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Insync under KDE</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;">The new version also brings partial KDE support: there's context menu support for Dolphin and two optional Plasmoids that integrate Insinc and thus Google Drive into the desktop, however, the Ubuntu AppIndicator is still used in KDE at this time.</div><br /><br /><b>Other changes in Insync for Linux beta 4:</b><br /><ul><li>built with latest bbfreeze and FPM</li><li>fswatch.py now handles odd errors that inotify could produce, and other runtime errors.</li><li>more unicode bugs also fixed</li><li>improved use of multi-threading</li><li>various bug fixes (e.g. library.zip not a zip file error)</li><li>you can now sync hidden files (that start with a "." dot) by starting Insync with "--allow-dot-files"</li><li>inotify has been moved into a thread so Insync beta 4 should be faster than the previous beta</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Note:</b> To avoid conflicts, if you've had Insync installed, firstly remove it ("sudo apt-get remove insync*") and then install the package for your desktop environment: Ubuntu (using an AppIndicator), GNOME3 (they call the builds "GNOME 3" but they are for GNOME Shell), Cinnamon or KDE. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In GNOME Shell, you'll have to activate the Insync extension using GNOME Tweak Tool.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://forums.insynchq.com/discussion/1437/insync-for-linux-beta-4-0-9-19"><button class="thoughtbot">Download Insync for Linux beta 4</button></a></div>

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Get Up To 20GB Of Extra Free UbuntuOne Cloud Storage By Inviting Your Friends

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkzv5KntY8JCg2GKHRXQxdRy_d5_bsUlPR54uUHfBxP4TI4CtUtjHXjVtri-ABPgMs8Fu7R9JB4JniZaZMFkCtXdR6WJuXx-4AZ6v37D6ztkNQ1DF6afGfovuqyGvkRIWmhZ02_QID7ebW/s1600/ubuntuone.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntuone logo" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkzv5KntY8JCg2GKHRXQxdRy_d5_bsUlPR54uUHfBxP4TI4CtUtjHXjVtri-ABPgMs8Fu7R9JB4JniZaZMFkCtXdR6WJuXx-4AZ6v37D6ztkNQ1DF6afGfovuqyGvkRIWmhZ02_QID7ebW/s1600/ubuntuone.png" title="ubuntuone logo" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><a href="https://one.ubuntu.com/">Ubuntu One</a> is a cloud service similar to Dropbox, SpiderOak and so on, which allows users to store files online and sync them between computers and mobile devices. The service comes with clients for Ubuntu, Windows, Android and iOS.</i></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Canonical <a href="http://voices.canonical.com/ubuntuone/2012/08/15/invite-your-friends-and-get-more-free-storage/">has announced</a> the Ubuntu One referrals program today, through which Ubuntu One users can get up to 20GB of extra storage space by inviting friends to join Ubuntu One.</b></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">For each person you invite, you get an extra 500MB of free space and also, the people you invite get an extra 500MB of space for free along with the initial 5GB they get for signing up to Ubuntu One. You can invite a maximum of 40 people, which means you can get up to 20 GB of Ubuntu One cloud storage for free. The free storage space you earn will last for as long as you continue to use Ubuntu One.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">To get your referral link, sign in to your <a href="https://one.ubuntu.com/">Ubuntu One dashboard</a> and you'll find the link under "Get more storage free!":</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKDjR1Z3eqTtaAOl5MuIOlrv2SnjeFVIlquRYy8zHcVzOJJgDwWRMgdRgzJSWkgzzgyIg7IG8UWNG0c5StSuvulmedv7zJdBtaNNi-jUqlwG2Pgw2mLKKloyE3WFzqau4BTKUi7k6OHpjz/s1600/ubuntuone-referral.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntuone referral link" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKDjR1Z3eqTtaAOl5MuIOlrv2SnjeFVIlquRYy8zHcVzOJJgDwWRMgdRgzJSWkgzzgyIg7IG8UWNG0c5StSuvulmedv7zJdBtaNNi-jUqlwG2Pgw2mLKKloyE3WFzqau4BTKUi7k6OHpjz/s400/ubuntuone-referral.png" title="ubuntuone referral link" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If you don't have an UbuntuOne account yet, you can create one and get an extra 500MB of space for free by using one of the following referral links:</div><ul><li><a href="https://one.ubuntu.com/referrals/referee/14634/">https://one.ubuntu.com/referrals/referee/14634/</a></li><li><a href="https://one.ubuntu.com/referrals/referee/1320890/">https://one.ubuntu.com/referrals/referee/1320890/</a></li><li><a href="https://one.ubuntu.com/referrals/referee/523850/">https://one.ubuntu.com/referrals/referee/523850/</a></li></ul>

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How To Install Dropbox In Xubuntu And Get Thunar Integration (Xfce)

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixUKpz-e-DFShd_nVf3AyiQW0UaWPbIj6_W0eWPKk32W7pGvaunZxXw1fdMkH8J2qd5xiVa3u64BkU75I79tcIfaMOV47QdczD-09JImsccIeVZMoF0rh8zUcjZNPyvXsvlLW16N1vhwA0/s1600/dropbox-xubuntu.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="dropbox xubuntu (xfce)" border="0" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixUKpz-e-DFShd_nVf3AyiQW0UaWPbIj6_W0eWPKk32W7pGvaunZxXw1fdMkH8J2qd5xiVa3u64BkU75I79tcIfaMOV47QdczD-09JImsccIeVZMoF0rh8zUcjZNPyvXsvlLW16N1vhwA0/s320/dropbox-xubuntu.png" title="dropbox xubuntu (xfce)" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The Ubuntu deb package available for download via the official <a href="http://www.dropbox.com/">Dropbox</a> website requires Nautilus. But if you're using Xubuntu (Xfce), you'll probably want to use Dropbox with Thunar, the default file manager, instead of Nautilus.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">So here's how to install Dropbox in Xubuntu/Xfce without Nautilus and get some basic Thunar integration (you won't get file emblems, but you'll get options to browse the file on the Dropbox website, get shareable link and view previous revisions, like in the screenshot above).</div><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><h2>Install Dropbox and a Dropbox Thunar plugin in Xubuntu</h2><br /><b>1.</b> Firstly, let's<b> install Dropbox without the Nautilus dependency:</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>In Ubuntu Oneiric, Precise and Quantal</b>, the "nautilus-dropbox" package available in the official repositories (it's not the same as the deb downloaded from the Dropbox website) doesn't depend on Nautilus, so you can install it on Xubuntu too:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install nautilus-dropbox</code></pre><div style="text-align: justify;">That's it for Xubuntu Oneiric, Precise and Quantal users. Now simply open Dropbox from the menu (it's under Internet) and follow the setup wizard, then skip to step 2.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>For those who are using an older Xubuntu version or another Linux distribution, you can manually install Dropbox without the Nautilus dependency using the commands below:</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><b>32bit:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>cd && wget -O - "http://www.dropbox.com/download?plat=lnx.x86" | tar xzf -</code></pre><br /><b>64bit:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>cd && wget -O - "http://www.dropbox.com/download?plat=lnx.x86_64" | tar xzf -</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">To start the Dropbox daemon (and the setup wizard if this is the first time you're installing Dropbox), use the following command in a terminal:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>~/.dropbox-dist/dropboxd</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Once you're done, you'll have to <b>add Dropbox to startup</b> so from the menu select <i>Settings > Session and Startup</i> and on the <i>Applications Autostart</i> tab, click "Add" and use the following:</div><ul><li>under "Name", enter "Dropbox"</li><li>under "Command", enter "/home/YOURUSERNAME/.dropbox-dist/dropboxd" - without the quotes; replace "YOURUSERNAME" with your username.</li></ul>Then click OK and you're done.<br /><br /><br /><b>2. Install the Dropbox Thunar extension.  </b><br /><br />Crunchbang provides thunar-dropbox deb packages that work with Xubuntu 12.04 - download the debs below:<br /><ul><li><a href="http://packages.crunchbang.org/waldorf/pool/main/thunar-dropbox-plugin_0.2.0-1_i386.deb">32bit</a></li><li><a href="http://packages.crunchbang.org/waldorf/pool/main/thunar-dropbox-plugin_0.2.0-1_amd64.deb">64bit</a></li></ul><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />I've tested the above packages with Xubuntu 12.04 and they work, but they may not work with other Xubuntu versions, so if you're not using Xubuntu 12.04, grab the Dropbox Thunar extension source from <a href="http://softwarebakery.com/maato/thunar-dropbox.html">HERE</a> (you'll have to compile it). Obviously, they also work if you're using Thunar in another desktop environment, like GNOME (Unity).</div><br />Arch Linux users can install thunar-dropbox from <a href="http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=39214">AUR</a>.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Note: <i>Dropbox needs to be running for the Thunar context menu items for Dropbox to show up.</i></div>

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Insync: Google Drive Client For Linux (Beta 2 Released, DEB And RPM Packages Available For Download)

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2z8SuNKjyL3Nuo4znx_x5aWVeam3nErED2Qvy-r9HL1iVbvk5mPcU9dcdYf-T3_2FhZx6D2kcPkJr-6GX7wUfxhyphenhyphenLf2RDLrDdNX2M8AhiiG3gH5b_w-u8MGQrbHSnxLcXzjmMWF5dYK8j/s1600/insync-appindicator.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="insync appindicator" border="0" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2z8SuNKjyL3Nuo4znx_x5aWVeam3nErED2Qvy-r9HL1iVbvk5mPcU9dcdYf-T3_2FhZx6D2kcPkJr-6GX7wUfxhyphenhyphenLf2RDLrDdNX2M8AhiiG3gH5b_w-u8MGQrbHSnxLcXzjmMWF5dYK8j/s320/insync-appindicator.png" title="insync appindicator" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://insynchq.com/">Insync</a> is a Google Drive client for Mac, Windows and mobile devices that recently got support for Linux (beta).</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Besides full sync support for Google's cloud storage service, <a href="http://drive.google.com/">Google Drive</a>, which includes Google documents (unlike <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/05/grive-open-source-google-drive-client.html">Grive</a>) that it downloads as .doc, .xls, .ppt, etc., Insync for Linux also comes with <b>Nautilus integration, tray / Ubuntu AppIndicator support</b> that displays recent changes, errors and the sync status and <b>support for multiple accounts</b>.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Insync Beta 2 for Linux was released today, bringing .deb and .rpm packages</b>, so the installation should be a lot easier now. Besides this, beta 2 also brings various fixes and improvements:</div><ul><li>fixes unicode issues</li><li>faster inotify</li><li>faster set emblems (using ctypes)</li><li>faster startup</li><li>icon and .desktop file</li></ul><br /><b>Update: just one day after beta 2, Insync for Linux beta 3 was released:</b><br /><ul><li>fixes unicode issues (finally!)</li><li>date format bug fixed</li><li>adding new directories - warn on errors instead of fail</li><li>deb depends on: libappindicator3-1, xdotool, nautilus, python-nautilus</li><li>fixes 32bit deb not working with older ubuntu's</li></ul><br /><br /><h2>Using Insync for Linux</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Once installed, launch Insync from Dash / the menu. A new tab will open in your default browser, asking you to log in to Insync using your Google Account and link your computer to Insync / Google Drive.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">After this, a new folder called "Insync" will be created in your home folder. In this folder, a directory with your Gmail email address is created, where your Google Drive files are synced / stored. If you add multiple accounts (from the AppIndicator: Account Information > Add New Account), you'll have multiple folders here, each using the account's email address:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY7SP10eIS5kpelMwyZvvHaP8VXIdxiWabXh_g0D5IqDlSKdrz2tT2aiVzBYpDTcp3UkdwWw6jmv69iNcY10QJfirwA_calh3Lcny_Ew5OlYpxBwIQKbMT3_SIzKcjqjbwgOx79pALUeHH/s1600/insync-nautilus.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="insync nautilus" border="0" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY7SP10eIS5kpelMwyZvvHaP8VXIdxiWabXh_g0D5IqDlSKdrz2tT2aiVzBYpDTcp3UkdwWw6jmv69iNcY10QJfirwA_calh3Lcny_Ew5OlYpxBwIQKbMT3_SIzKcjqjbwgOx79pALUeHH/s320/insync-nautilus.png" title="insync nautilus" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Right clicking your Google Drive files in Nautilus, you can select to get a sharable link or open the file in Google Drive:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJSRLdkBhpkr_Hzq2PCh34uma_QVVVz9NAtMra6NFQZ1JKIbPLIXoXqXTpcGMlo2W2ASjJXX2YaotT7OPe0Iew0WMs3gil3W2oN9R82O-tOapx6j-PX0Iaz35LJ1UUWAyad_fn1ozKNpx5/s1600/insync-nautilus_2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="insync nautilus" border="0" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJSRLdkBhpkr_Hzq2PCh34uma_QVVVz9NAtMra6NFQZ1JKIbPLIXoXqXTpcGMlo2W2ASjJXX2YaotT7OPe0Iew0WMs3gil3W2oN9R82O-tOapx6j-PX0Iaz35LJ1UUWAyad_fn1ozKNpx5/s320/insync-nautilus_2.png" title="insync nautilus" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The Recent Changes and Versions menu items you see in the screenshot above haven't been implemented yet, and should be available with Insync 1.0.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Currently, there's no GUI way of re-linking your computer so if you've accidentally unlinked your computer from Insync, to link it again close Insync, then run the following command in a terminal:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>rm -r ~/.config/Insync</code></pre><div style="text-align: justify;">Then start Insync and the page which links Insync with your computer should open in your default browser. </div><br /><br /><h2>Download Insync for Linux</h2><br /><b>Insync Beta for Linux is available as .deb and .rpm and you can <a href="https://forums.insynchq.com/discussion/1499/insync-for-linux-beta-9-0-9-24">download it from the Insync forums</a>.</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If you've previously installed Insync beta 1, to clean up you need to remove the Nautilus extension (which is now installed in a different location sync Insync Beta 2/3 installs globally) using the following command:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>rm ~/.local/share/nautilus-python/extensions/insync_plugin.py</code></pre><br />If you encounter bugs, report them <a discussion="discussion" forums.insynchq.com="forums.insynchq.com" href="http://draft.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7452102844869359296&pli=1" https:="https:" insync-for-linux-beta-2-0-9-17="insync-for-linux-beta-2-0-9-17">HERE</a>.

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