Dropbox anyone?

[kjjjjshab]

http://www.getdropbox.com/install?os=linux

Dropbox to run on your Linux system check if you have the following software dependencies installed:

* GTK 2.12 or higher
* GLib 2.14 or higher
* Nautilus 2.16 or higher
* Libnotify 0.4.4 or higher
* Wget 1.10 or higher

Obviously not thrilled with the Nautilus requirement...

[TimmyMac]

Re: Dropbox anyone?

Glad you posted this. I was going to post something similar.

Is anyone out there working on a KDE version of Dropbox? I've got it installed on the Windows side of my dual-boot machine and my work computer. It's the nuts. I would love to use it in Kubuntu, where I spend 95% of my time, but I don't want to install 70+ packages just to make the Nautilus thing work.

Anyone? I'll mail you beer.

[kjjjjshab]

Re: Dropbox anyone?

I don't think you need the whole gnome-desktop for it to work... the install needs nautilus (and also the system tray icon), but otherwise I think it is syncing just fine with teh service running.

FYI - TimmyMac, ygm. Oh, nevermind... I think that is just for new subscribers. Sorry.

[Guest]

Re: Dropbox anyone?

Not working for me.

Nautilus segfaults. I heard it is incompatible with systems that have KDE4 for some reason(?)

Quite frustrating, as my school/work computer is Kubunutu (90% of my time) and my home computer is Windows.

[kjjjjshab]

Re: Dropbox anyone?

Not working for me.

Nautilus segfaults. I heard it is incompatible with systems that have KDE4 for some reason(?)

Work on my KDE4... I had to install Nautilus to do the setup (I think), but otherwise as long as the dropboxd is running it syncs anything put in the folder...

[Guest]

Re: Dropbox anyone?

Is there something like that Work on my KDE3?... I hate to install Nautilus on my pc ...

[kjjjjshab]

Re: Dropbox anyone?

Is there something like that Work on my KDE3?... I hate to install Nautilus on my pc ...

SpiderOak is very similiar, except that it installs it's own app and allows for syncing multiple folders (i think).

[Nate]

Re: Dropbox anyone?

I ran across this how-to for getting Dropbox up and running on Kubuntu without having to install Nautilus and all its baggage. I haven't tried it out yet...still at work...but I plan to give it a shot this evening. I did read some success stories using this method, though.

http://antrix.net/journal/techtalk/dropbox_kde.html

[Nate]

Re: Dropbox anyone?

To follow up, the method I posted above worked great for me. It's very cool to share common files on multiple OS's on multiple networks (almost) instantaneously. The one "killer app" for me is storing a common KeePass database which allows me to edit and access all my passwords from any of the computers I work on.