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| ====== Dropbox ====== | ====== Dropbox ====== | ||
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| - | **Cloud Storage and Sync** | ||
| http:// | http:// | ||
| - | To set up another PC where Dropbox is already installed, and configuration files are already synchronized, | + | Dropbox is a cross-platform Cloud Storage and Synchronization tool. |
| - | **Documents** | + | |
| + | | ||
| + | | ||
| - | cd ~ | + | These are notes on **how I use Dropbox |
| - | rmdir Documents | + | |
| - | ln -s Dropbox/Documents Documents | + | |
| - | **Gnote with Dropbox** | + | To set up another PC where Dropbox |
| - | mkdir -p ~/ | + | ===== Upgrade ===== |
| + | |||
| + | - Stop the Dropbox client. | ||
| + | - < | ||
| + | - Restart the Dropbox client. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===== Applications ===== | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==== SSH ==== | ||
| + | |||
| + | === One-Time Setup === | ||
| + | |||
| + | < | ||
| + | mv ~/.ssh ~/ | ||
| + | </ | ||
| + | |||
| + | === Use === | ||
| + | |||
| + | < | ||
| + | rm -rf ~/.ssh | ||
| + | ln -s ~/ | ||
| + | </ | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==== Documents ==== | ||
| + | |||
| + | === One-Time Setup === | ||
| + | |||
| + | < | ||
| + | mv ~/ | ||
| + | </ | ||
| + | |||
| + | === Use === | ||
| + | |||
| + | :!: The following command will delete all your documents not in the Dropbox folder! | ||
| + | |||
| + | < | ||
| + | rm -rf ~/ | ||
| + | ln -s ~/ | ||
| + | </ | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==== Fonts ==== | ||
| + | |||
| + | === One-Time Setup === | ||
| + | |||
| + | < | ||
| + | mkdir -p ~/ | ||
| + | </ | ||
| + | |||
| + | === Use === | ||
| + | |||
| + | < | ||
| + | ln -s ~/ | ||
| + | </ | ||
| + | |||
| + | :!: Just drop your font files (usually '' | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==== Gnote ==== | ||
| + | |||
| + | === One-Time Setup === | ||
| + | |||
| + | < | ||
| mv ~/ | mv ~/ | ||
| + | </ | ||
| + | |||
| + | === Use === | ||
| + | |||
| + | < | ||
| ln -sf ~/ | ln -sf ~/ | ||
| kill -9 `pidof gnote` # Reload | kill -9 `pidof gnote` # Reload | ||
| + | </ | ||
| - | **Tomboy** | + | ==== Tomboy |
| It doesn' | It doesn' | ||
| + | === One-Time Setup === | ||
| + | |||
| + | < | ||
| mkdir -p ~/ | mkdir -p ~/ | ||
| + | </ | ||
| - | Configure Tomboy synchronization to Local Folder ~/ | + | === Use === |
| - | **Empathy** | + | Configure Tomboy synchronization to Local Folder '' |
| - | mkdir -p ~/ | + | ==== Pidgin ==== |
| - | mv ~/ | + | |
| - | ln -sf ~/ | + | |
| - | **Remmina** | + | :!: Close Pidgin first. |
| - | mv ~/.remmina ~/ | + | Passwords are saved in Gnome Keyring. You'll have to enter the passwords manually (for now). |
| - | ln -sf ~/ | + | |
| - | **Upgrade** | + | === Setup === |
| - | Stop the client | + | < |
| + | mv ~/.purple ~/ | ||
| + | </ | ||
| - | rm -rf ~/ | + | === Use === |
| - | Restart the client | + | < |
| + | rm -rf ~/ | ||
| + | ln -s ~/ | ||
| + | </ | ||
| - | **Windows Multi-User** | + | ==== Empathy ==== |
| - | Install as admin | + | :!: If you have problems after making these mods, reboot your PC and try Empathy again. |
| + | |||
| + | :!: Don't bother with Empathy if you have Pidgin installed. | ||
| + | |||
| + | Passwords are saved in Gnome Keyring. You'll have to enter the passwords manually (for now). | ||
| + | |||
| + | === Setup === | ||
| + | |||
| + | < | ||
| + | mv ~/ | ||
| + | mv ~/ | ||
| + | </ | ||
| + | |||
| + | === Use === | ||
| + | |||
| + | < | ||
| + | rm -rf ~/ | ||
| + | rm -rf ~/ | ||
| + | ln -s ~/ | ||
| + | ln -s ~/ | ||
| + | </ | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==== Remmina ==== | ||
| + | |||
| + | === Setup === | ||
| + | |||
| + | < | ||
| + | mkdir -p ~/ | ||
| + | mv ~/.remmina ~/ | ||
| + | </ | ||
| + | |||
| + | === Use === | ||
| + | |||
| + | < | ||
| + | rm -rf ~/ | ||
| + | ln -sf ~/ | ||
| + | </ | ||
| - | Un-link the Dropbox account and delete Dropbox folder out of My Documents | + | ==== Thunderbird (Config Only) ==== |
| - | Delete the Startup folder entry | + | === Setup === |
| - | Move the Dropbox | + | < |
| + | mkdir -p ~/Dropbox/ | ||
| + | mv ~/ | ||
| + | </ | ||
| - | Move the Dropbox folder in Application Data to All Users and add permissions for Everyone (Read+List+Execute) | + | === Use === |
| - | Once a user runs Dropbox | + | < |
| - | Move | + | ln -sf ~/Dropbox/ |
| + | </ | ||
| - | Last changed (in Tomboy): 2011-05-13 | + | ===== Windows Multi-User ===== |
| - | Note created (in Tomboy): 2010-11-13 | + | |
| + | - Install as admin | ||
| + | - Un-link the Dropbox account and delete Dropbox folder out of My Documents | ||
| + | - Delete the Startup folder entry | ||
| + | - Move the Dropbox menu folder to All Users and add permissions for Everyone (Read+List+Execute) | ||
| + | - Move the Dropbox folder in Application Data to All Users and add permissions for Everyone (Read+List+Execute) | ||
| + | - Once a user runs Dropbox and configures it with their own account, a Startup item will be created (which doesn' | ||
computing/storage/dropbox.1322843623.txt.gz · Last modified: 2011/12/02 09:33 by gcooper
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