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    UbuntuOne vs DropBox on Precise

    Yesterday I decided to connect my Acer AS7739 running Precise to DropBox and UbuntuOne.

    I installed the deb package for Kfilebox from SourceForge, connected to my DropBox account, registered this laptop, the DropBox daemon was downloaded and installed, the ~/Dropbox folder was created and about 1GB of files began populating my local Dropbox folder. When I booted this computer this morning Kfilebox and Dropbox picked right up where they left off and have been running perfectly.

    Yesterday, from the repository, I installed the UbuntuOne software and fired up the client, signed in to my UbuntuOne account, registered this laptop, and UbuntuOne created the ~/UbuntuOne folder. It then asked me for my root password. I declined and it said to manually add user_xattr to the fstab entry for the boot drive. I planned to do that but the ubuntuonesyncd began populating my local UbuntuOne folder with files from the cloud, so I decided to let it continue. Later on I edited fstab and added that parameter to my boot UUID, and restarted my laptop. UbuntuOne picked up where it left off and continued. I shut down to go to bed.

    This morning when I booted this laptop DropBox started right up without probablems and remained synced. UbuntuOnesyncd started right up, connected, presented the msg "File sync starting ...", followed by "File sync in progress..." and after a few moments, "File sync is disconnected"


    u1sdtool shows either:
    Code:
    $ u1sdtool --status
    State: CHECK_VERSION
      connection: With User With Network
      description: checking protocol version
      is_connected: True
      is_error: False
      is_online: False
      queues: WORKING
    OR

    Code:
    $ u1sdtool --status
    State: WAITING
      connection: With User With Network
      description: waiting before try connecting again
      is_connected: False
      is_error: False
      is_online: False
      queues: WORKING
    The status log shows:
    Code:
    ...
    2012-01-09 16:07:10,837 - ubuntuone.status - DEBUG - server connection made
    2012-01-09 16:07:10,862 - ubuntuone.status - DEBUG - notification shown: 'skype-ubuntu_2.2.0.35-1_amd64.deb' and 3 other files are being uploaded to your personal cloud.
    2012-01-09 16:07:24,944 - ubuntuone.status - DEBUG - server connection lost
    ...
    The credentials.log entries are the same for both yesterday and today. Here is todays:
    Code:
    2012-01-09 09:40:37,898 - ubuntuone.credentials - DEBUG - find_credentials: args (<ubuntuone.platform.credentials.CredentialsManagementTool object at 0x1cf9890>,), kwargs {}.
    2012-01-09 09:40:39,173 - ubuntuone.credentials - INFO - Starting Ubuntu One login manager for bus u'com.ubuntuone.Credentials'.
    2012-01-09 09:40:39,896 - ubuntuone.credentials - DEBUG - ref_count is 0, changing value to 1.
    2012-01-09 09:40:50,194 - ubuntuone.credentials - DEBUG - Handling DBus signal for member: u'CredentialsFound', app_name: dbus.String(u'Ubuntu One').
    2012-01-09 09:40:50,194 - ubuntuone.credentials - INFO - u'CredentialsFound'
    The sync daemon logs into my account and pulls down my info and plan, but disconnects when the attempt sync actually begins.

    I've read that the problem is attrributed to login problems at UbuntuOne, but if that were the case fetching my account info wouldn't be possible.

    Time will tell.

    Until then, Kfilebox and Dropbox make a perfect team that has never failed on this box or my Sony.

    I've reported my findings to the launchpad bugzilla.
    "A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.”
    – John F. Kennedy, February 26, 1962.

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    Re: UbuntuOne vs DropBox on Precise

    UPDATE: UbuntuOne file syncing began working properly sometime this evening and every file I've dropped into my local folder has quickly appeared in the Cloud.
    "A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.”
    – John F. Kennedy, February 26, 1962.

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      #3
      Re: UbuntuOne vs DropBox on Precise

      A question.

      If I decided to use Ubuone, could I access it from my Windoze computer at the school without downloading some kind of app that the sys admin would complain about?

      woodsmoke

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        #4
        Re: UbuntuOne vs DropBox on Precise

        Originally posted by woodsmoke
        ..
        If I decided to use Ubuntuone, could I access it from my Windoze computer at the school without downloading some kind of app that the sys admin would complain about?
        ...
        No, assuming your sys admin is the orge he appears to be. If you do download the Windows version of the app it will install a daemon on your workstation. Your sys admin may complain or forbid it, IF he can detect its presence. The regular polling of the cloud looking for new additions would be a give away if he is smart enough to use the right tools to see the traffic pulses.

        But, you can access UbuntuOne using FireFox (or what ever), create your account and/or log into it, and use its "Upload Files" feature to upload files from a computer to UbuntuOne without installing a client. And, each file has an option on the right click menu to download it. You won't have the convenience of dropping a file into your local UbuntuOne folder and having the file automatically upload and sync with the cloud. But, if you register a second box (your home computer, for example) onto which you do install the down-loadable app you can sync your local folder on that machine automatically.

        The Windows download for UbuntuOne is here. I suspect that the Windows tools for UbuntuOne will work a lot better than Ubuntu tools for UbuntuOne work on Kubuntu.

        My Kubuntu UbuntuOne connection connects and disconnects regularly, just like it was doing yesterday. But, it succeeded in uploading some files I dropped into my local folder, but no where near as quickly as it did the first day I installed it. The problem seems to be erratic ssl authentication.

        Kfilebox (from source forge) works against DropBox a LOT more quickly and reliably than UbuntuOne tools work against UbuntuOne on Kubuntu. Right now, if I were to focus on any cloud it would be DropBox. It would be a wash for Shuttlesworth because I won't be purchasing more than the free 5GB and I don't buy music from online music vendors, Apple or Canonical. IF I were still in the consulting business I'd probably purchase about 20 to 50GB to store a LOT of stuff up there. If I were still working for the State Department I wouldn't need the cloud because I'd have access to all the server space I need.
        "A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.”
        – John F. Kennedy, February 26, 1962.

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          #5
          Re: UbuntuOne vs DropBox on Precise

          thanks GG
          the obvious option of using Firefox did not occur to me, but we have to use IE.

          I will definitely try moving an item to UbuOne from my home computer and then trying to access it from IE at the school

          Thanks very much for the very nice writeup.

          woodsmoke

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