Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2014 12:01:01 -0600 From: Matthew Pherigo <hybrid120@gmail.com> To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Dropbox on FreeBSD Message-ID: <20791A12-EBA8-4CD7-B94E-CDC407967D06@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20140215170859.GB11033@e330> References: <20140215070812.0f1c582f@scorpio> <20140215170859.GB11033@e330>
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+1 for Bittorrent Sync. As I understand it, Dropbox relies on the inotify functionality in the Linux= kernel, and there is no equivalent function in the FreeBSD kernel (which is= why the linux compatibility layer doesn't have an inotify function either).= There are some unofficial solutions to this problem, but as far as I can se= e, btsync is a great solution. Now, it should be noted that btsync is just dumb peer-to-peer folder syncing= . Although it accomplishes a lot of what you would want from dropbox, if you= 're a regular user of features like the web interface, then you would probab= ly be a lot better off setting up an instance of Sparkleshare on your person= al Web server. Sparkleshare is intended to be an open-source dropbox competi= tor, that has the features that btsync is missing. The disadvantage, of cour= se, is that Sparkleshare requires a Web server, while btsync only needs to b= e installed on the computers you wish to sync files on. --Matt > On Feb 15, 2014, at 11:08 AM, francesco scaglione <francesco.scaglione@sfr= .fr> wrote: >=20 >> On 15 Feb 2014 =C3=A0 07:08, Jerry wrote: >> I use Dropbox and Windows SkyDrive, soon to be renamed OneDrive, >> extensively. Unfortunately, there does not appear to be a version availab= le >> for FreeBSD. These are listed on the site: >>=20 >> Ubuntu (.deb) 64-bit 32-bit >> Fedora (.rpm) 64-bit 32-bit >> Debian (.deb) 64-bit 32-bit >> Compile from source >>=20 >> there are a few "Dropbox" ports; however, I am looking for something that= >> works the same way across different platforms; ie Windows and FreeBSD. Do= >> the Dropbox ports do that? If not, has anyone tried to use one of the >> "Dropbox" distributions on FreeBSD? >>=20 >> Thanks! >>=20 >> --=20 >> Jerry >=20 > I had the very same problem and I've found a good solution using > BitTorrent Sync across FreeBSD, Linux and Windows. Maybe it's worth to > give a try? >=20 > Francesco > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.or= g"
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