All of Jan's suggestions look wonderful. I'm thinking about switching to one of them myself now....
On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 5:02 AM, Jan-Christoph <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Thomas and everyone, > > at the moment I know of 3 usable / aim-to-be-usable free & open-source > online backup services. They are both still in development though but > highly active at that: > > * SparkleShare http://sparkleshare.org (GPLv3) which uses git for > synchronization. You need a git server (Gitorious, GitHub, own server) > then you will have a folder SparkleShare and everything will feel like > Dropbox – web interface depends on the server. > > * Syncany http://syncany.org (GPLv3) is in very early and very active > development, you can choose storage providers (S3, Rackspace, via WebDAV > etc.). Everything is client-side encrypted (=not usable from the server) > so it’s basically an alternative to iCloud. Gnome’s Deja Dup is somehow > similar. > > * ownCloud http://ownCloud.org (AGPLv3, Disclaimer: I’m a contributor.) At > the moment it is a web interface similar to Dropbox & offers WebDAV > access. Desktop synchronization, sharing, versioning, encryption, Android > & webOS app etc. are in very active development. It aims to be a > replacement for Dropbox & iCloud / MobileMe (with online apps such as > calendar, contacts). In conjunction with localhost, LAMP & > http://pagekite.net it becomes easier to roll your own server. > Feel free to try it out on my server at http://libreprojects.net/owncloud > - credentials: admin/password or user/password. > > Ubuntu One is only available for Ubuntu + the server side is proprietary = > not much better than Dropbox. > > > By the way, I added scalable.vg to the directory at > http://libreprojects.net/#graphics > Awesome would be an option to make your SVG public so that you can have a > gallery of some sort. And at that maybe have an option to add a free > Creative Commons license to it. > > > On Fri, July 15, 2011 07:47, Matthew Senate wrote: >> Ubuntu One? >> >> Haven't used it, but I want to try... what's your OS? >> >> On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 9:49 PM, Thomas Levine >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I know someone who wants a recommendation of an online backup service >>> and software for Windows. >>> >>> I can't suggest something wonderful like tarsnap or Tahoe-LAFS because >>> the interfaces will puzzle this person. >>> >>> Any suggestions? >>> >>> I'll set up the service for the person if it's not dead simple, so >>> it's fine if the setup is a bit involved. >>> >>> Tom >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Discuss mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.freeculture.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >>> FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.freeculture.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss >> > > > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freeculture.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss
