From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 15 18:01:01 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7003FBE2 for ; Sat, 15 Feb 2014 18:01:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-oa0-x229.google.com (mail-oa0-x229.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4003:c02::229]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 319321BB6 for ; Sat, 15 Feb 2014 18:01:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-oa0-f41.google.com with SMTP id j17so15962762oag.14 for ; Sat, 15 Feb 2014 10:01:00 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=subject:references:from:content-type:in-reply-to:message-id:date:to :content-transfer-encoding:mime-version; bh=VirMHp4YqYD3ICp1xRdxJ8Cdb8h8MA5dXisuoHeU1yE=; b=l1RNootoGISypzL/to3CWzrSoAJVy7FECRF0fgx4tzVoh/Y3rWXhSOZNOZnfSAZIFf cdwRAtE7rjEzH7KUoY6DnU6eWPCCLj/mHuhrC0Xe+CSZDR+YLG+AOhTmD2H9C4HrNmLc tkQfQ8XYrwmgb4cGVT21X3XvaNAu3hEKLtWfx9CQYe/8w2hCd781Mobla+l455q52UG5 e3WvH73u/LxjTae0Q//du9jf7/9aSnaxhYLNEwjnwKnhZ+Am58Ppo9RQPQdQw4N5qSrU 02tc55XEzJnaTLQ4JabZE0oQ4kVipRFmwlVE+0lkuCfrmRe7Kz8NkpaNhILBrpWn3utv mvkw== X-Received: by 10.182.246.39 with SMTP id xt7mr12681778obc.16.1392487260418; Sat, 15 Feb 2014 10:01:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.1.64] (pool-173-71-39-160.dllstx.fios.verizon.net. [173.71.39.160]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id tr7sm64341581oec.0.2014.02.15.10.00.59 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sat, 15 Feb 2014 10:00:59 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: Dropbox on FreeBSD References: <20140215070812.0f1c582f@scorpio> <20140215170859.GB11033@e330> From: Matthew Pherigo Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 X-Mailer: iPad Mail (11B554a) In-Reply-To: <20140215170859.GB11033@e330> Message-Id: <20791A12-EBA8-4CD7-B94E-CDC407967D06@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2014 12:01:01 -0600 To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2014 18:01:01 -0000 +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 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"