Dropbox
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Dropbox
Dropbox is a file sharing system that recently introduced a GNU/Linux client. Use it to transparently sync files across computers and architectures. Simply drop files into your "~/Dropbox" folder, and they will automatically sync to your centralized repository.
Installation
dropbox can be installed from the repo.
After installing the package, you can start Dropbox from your application menu or run "dropboxd" from the command-line.
The client icon will appear in the system tray. Eventually a popup will ask you to login to your Dropbox account, or start a new one. Enter your credentials. After some time you will see a "Welcome to Dropbox" popup, which will give you the opportunity to view a short tour of Dropbox. Press the "Finish and go to My Dropbox".
- For integration with nautilus, install nautilus-dropbox. The nautilus plugin will start dropbox automatically.
Then use:
- For KDE users, there is KDE client available: kfilebox.
- For XFCE users, there is XFCE client available: thunar-dropbox.
Alternative to install: use the web interface
If all you need is basic access to the files in a dropbox, you can use the web interface at http://dropbox.com to upload and download files to your dropbox. This can be a viable alternative to running a dropbox daemon and mirroring all the files on your own machine.