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"Choose a new home for your dropbox" - btrfs no longer supported
What is Netgear's response to the actions of Dropbox? Thanks.
Hi xxxxxxx, On November 7, 2018 the Dropbox system requirements are changing. To make sure that your files continue to sync, you...
I'm using rnxtras version. I have dropbox only on this one linux NAS box. I use windows PC's as clients. It looks like only my NAS would be affected.
It would be good to get some clarity from Netgear around how existing Dropbox functionality works and if this change will bork OS6's implementation.
If Dropbox change their tune, and OS6 remains supported, I will jump to that from rnx.
In that case it'd be up to the rnxtras.com developer to see what they can do about their 3rd party app if anything. It may end up needing to be discontinued.
Engineering informs me that "The announcement is about the syncing client implemented by Dropbox. Since the Dropbox syncing service in ReadyNAS OS has nothing to do with Dropbox Linux client software and does not depend on it, ReadyNAS is not affected by this announcement."
The Dropbox syncing service in ReadyNAS OS is very different to the rnxtras.com app. The rnxtras.com app uses the Dropbox Linux client software.
Thanks for clarifying this. I'll move to the OS6 version rather than the linux client.
Cheers.
I use the rnxtras version as well, mostly because it supports multiple users much better than older dropbox syncing in ROS. Maybe I'll have to revisit that and consider dumping dropbox as a result. I gather we support more could options now, which is good. Just a question of how many options exist. iCloud would be one I'd consider, but I like dropbox because it's multi-platform.
Oh well, I guess Dropbox decided it was time to follow in Twitter's steps. Sad.
Yeah, this is exactly what I remembered. One single global login. Nope. Not gonna fly. I have multiple users and actually have them syncing to each our own Dropbox accounts. sigh. So either dropbox gets over it's ext4 obsession or it's dead, Jim. Have to find an alternative. Do ALL the cloud sync setups work that way? One global login?
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