From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.1 (2015-04-28) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS3215 2.0.0.0/16 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.9 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RDNS_NONE,T_DKIM_INVALID shortcircuit=no autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.1 Received: from lists.gnu.org (unknown [IPv6:2001:4830:134:3::11]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1E5281F404 for ; Sun, 12 Aug 2018 23:46:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([::1]:36753 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fp04M-0000WX-5O for e@80x24.org; Sun, 12 Aug 2018 19:46:46 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:60408) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fp03y-0000Vc-Lc for libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org; Sun, 12 Aug 2018 19:46:24 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fp03u-0006zk-Lm for libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org; Sun, 12 Aug 2018 19:46:22 -0400 Received: from resqmta-ch2-09v.sys.comcast.net ([2001:558:fe21:29:69:252:207:41]:48508) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fp03u-0006z5-FX for libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org; Sun, 12 Aug 2018 19:46:18 -0400 Received: from resomta-ch2-13v.sys.comcast.net ([69.252.207.109]) by resqmta-ch2-09v.sys.comcast.net with ESMTP id ozHcfZc4H5zkYp03sfzw05; Sun, 12 Aug 2018 23:46:16 +0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=comcast.net; s=q20161114; t=1534117576; bh=l6lXAvbRdll4/nE/+NR0/BSMagZ2wcJVC0nF6DeAUAE=; h=Received:Received:Date:From:To:Message-ID:Subject:MIME-Version: Content-Type; b=WSu4ZqS1bMIOmNfNhuTDlWfakfy2DZX+HuTgbAflv4jLx9Kyb5xHSowMYd/nPcFBL WVJr6hXs1mu9u+L2baMUS9uewK7n/AmfBYhMaLYTtnVs0FPGACAHhu+ZaA2pQ+ebry yn7SAB0tw+6Z1hCRY+2o4OZaSpSkGPjcJBZ8KijowxsSkIXLlDp/RkcYY5VzDuAhrl QKJkoByKPj/GDLUk/RDXFbtMn8kC8Rfz+MH4gKk/Pz6fuOxZQWCttrYV9EFaNZhAbP GVxNa3IceRe2yocQ21j36B3li+yeTyyjDcsggnZOE7MZ0o+KR/ttRQ5nFZ72yIYIeK 9YBlCmJanoSsg== Received: from oxapp-asd-59o.email.comcast.net ([96.115.230.156]) by resomta-ch2-13v.sys.comcast.net with ESMTPS id p03rfWzAML5P9p03sf4ow1; Sun, 12 Aug 2018 23:46:16 +0000 Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2018 19:46:15 -0400 (EDT) From: Arthur Torrey To: libreplanet-discuss Message-ID: <1347238804.172808.1534117575793@connect.xfinity.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 Importance: Medium X-Mailer: Open-Xchange Mailer v7.8.4-Rev26 X-Originating-IP: ::ffff:71.232.12.24 X-Originating-Client: open-xchange-appsuite X-CMAE-Envelope: MS4wfGkAPYcCpVHIxZ/yj5Si5TFQ6lbsDnCB/uM/M7ci4GPRiccH2QuagomTyO2+v2Clj+YagcObwptsIlW3ro6qfENcjHa/NawuGjIEZ10foaWClWRSsIre OLj85SiSXFI8xW6sOdopxDf+RkjXCXuSmEBe13pLR34G8jZZrM1Ep4OqPPr+5YNZjub67v9eMXD3IcZ31IIwzXVWYUwgMaGJCDKpiCQIn/Qj59eWBpQP+E8E X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 2001:558:fe21:29:69:252:207:41 Subject: Dropbox vs. Linux X-BeenThere: libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Errors-To: libreplanet-discuss-bounces+e=80x24.org@libreplanet.org Sender: "libreplanet-discuss" I am not a Dropbox user, so don't know a huge amount about it... However a friend was just posting that apparently DropBox is dropping their support for most of Linux - according to the SlashDot thing he linked to, DropBox is only going to support files from non-encrypted Ext4 file systems... He was wondering about alternatives.... I pointed him at OwnCloud and a few others I found by searching for DropBox in the FSF Free Software Directory, but any other suggestions? I will say that I am a bit perplexed by the description of what DropBox is supposedly doing. My understanding has always been that all the file handling was done by the O/S (Gnu/Linux or other) in a transparent manner - you (a program) requests read/write on a file and the O/S handles it through the file system driver such that it always looks the same to the requester... If so, how how would DropBox even know what file system you were using, let alone care??? (Of course I've never understood why you would want to store your files on other people's computers to begin with, but that is a separate issue....) ART ------------------ Arthur Torrey - ------------------- _______________________________________________ libreplanet-discuss mailing list libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss