| Doug Stewart on 15 Oct 2012 10:47:52 -0700 |
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| Re: [PLUG] Looking for Open Source Cloud File Storage Program |
This is otherwise known as "No, shut up". http://www.quora.com/Dropbox/Why-is-Dropbox-more-popular-than-other-programs-with-similar-functionality/answer/Michael-Wolfe/quote/74643 On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 1:43 PM, Rich Freeman <r-plug@thefreemanclan.net> wrote: > On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 10:07 AM, Sam Gleske <sam.mxracer@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 9:19 PM, Casey Bralla <MailList@nerdworld.org> >> wrote: >>> >>> Google docs will certainly work, but I wanted to keep these files on my >>> own >>> server. I don't trust the "cloud" to respect my privacy or integrity. >>> >>> Any open source ideas? >> >> >> You simply need to string together a bunch of local services to get the >> desired effect. I run RAID and export the file shares using Samba so that >> it is compatible with SMB (Windows File Share). This is a LAN only solution >> though. You haven't mentioned the access requirements. Will there be a >> need to access these shares over the internet? > > I think he was basically looking for a dropbox / google drive / etc > replacement. That is, something that allows you to upload/download > files from any browser on any OS. > > SMB/VPN/etc really are a different kind of solution to the problem. I > could tell my mother to log into my website and upload a file with her > browser. I couldn't tell her to just set up a VPN and SMB share to do > the same. Heaven help her if the file is on a feature phone that > doesn't do much more than http. > > The whole attraction of solutions like dropbox is that they are easy > to use with no dependencies beyond a browser. They might be more > complicated on the server, but mere mortals don't have to maintain the > server. > > Rich > ___________________________________________________________________________ > Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org > Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug -- -Doug ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug