On 28 November 2011 09:47, Michael Shiloh <[email protected]>wrote:
> I now have two laptops which I'll use somewhat interchangeably. What's a > good way to sync work between them? > > My main job is teaching, so I have many teaching notes and other > documents. Dropbox might be a good way to sync these. I'm going to be > doing some 3D design so I'll have inkscape and blender files as well. > Dropbox again, I think. > Sounds like a winner, yes. I use Dropbox sporadically to make some useful files (e.g. my password safe) available across my computers, including my Android phone. > > What about browsing stuff? History, passwords, bookmarks. I use > Vimperator, which has such a good history mechanism I rarely use > bookmarks but rely heavily on history. I could put my entire .mozilla > directory in Dropbox. In fact I could put all my . files (cshrc, vimrc, > etc.) > Firefox (7, 8?) comes with sync option. Try that. > How do you prefer to handle mail? Do you prefer to keep it on the server > or on your local computer? If local, how do you sync multiple computers? If > remote, how do you work with past messages when offline? > I use Gmail through its web interface for personal mail, and Thunderbird 8 to access workplace Exchange over IMAP. You can use IMAP for GMail too and keep local copies of the entire folder if you like. > Up to now I've downloaded my gmail to my laptop and not deleted on the > server. That gives me a local copy to work with if I have no Internet > access, as well as an online backup I can access via my cellphone. > > Sent email is stored only on my laptop, meaning I don't have access to > it when I'm away from my laptop. > You can configure the mail client (Thunderbird in my case) to keep copies of sent mail in different ways: upload to "Sent" IMAP folder or BCC yourself. Read The Funny Manual. > I've always felt this was not an ideal situation, but fixing this was > not a high priority. Keeping everything on the server means I'll run out > of space eventually, and keeping a local copy means I consume space on my > hard drive. > > Concrete suggestions as well as your own personal experience and methods > will be most appreciated. > I hope the above answers these questions. > Years ago I remember reading about someone who had everything checked in > to CVS, including all his email. This allowed him to sync his computer at > home, work, elsewhere using CVS. Interesting solution. > Stress is on "Years ago", IMHO. The world has moved a bit since then. > > ______________________________**_________________ > Linux-il mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/**mailman/listinfo/linux-il<http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il> >
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