On 04/08/15 20:41, [email protected] wrote:
Hi, I am looking for list wisdom / experience with software that plays
nice between a recent Ubuntu and Android tablets / phones, for the
transfer of photos, music, movies over wifi. The more user friendly the
better as this is primarily for family members who are not technical.
I've had a look at AirDroid which partly fits the bill, the non-friendly
aspect to that is the need to navigate the android file system - I can
work it out but others are going to have little chance. Are there some
better options anyone knows of?
Roger - At some point the users have to get comfortable with some basic
concepts like "files"
If they're not at that point or simply can't be bothered learning then
you're on a hiding to nowhere and should stop wasting your time.
However if they're okay with the idea of "I put a file here in this
folder/directory and after a bit it turns up there on my tablet"
then perhaps an internet-based syncing tool is your answer. I'm not a
fan of "cloud" but in this case it might do the business.
ObSecurity comment - spideroak is the only cloud synch thing that
disavows all knowledge of your keys/passwords/encryption strings/etc.
You'll need to get a client on your desktop and your tablet, and they'll
do the magic synchy thing in the background.
If you want to use droppants^Wdropbox or mega or whatever then there's
probably a client there, but they do not claim to be unable to access
your data.
Note this doesn't sync from the tablet into the cloud - the app doesn't
seem to support that, making it useless for backing up photos from the
device (my plan originally)
Signup link is
https://spideroak.com/download/referral/d53cff10ab728227abb49caf5589da5c
Or just sign up from their website... 1 GB of storage for free, up to 10
GB total by referrals, or you can buy more storage.
--
Criggie
http://criggie.org.nz/
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