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====== Dropbox ======

http://www.dropbox.com

Dropbox is a cross-platform Cloud Storage and Synchronization tool.

  * Windows
  * Linux
  * Android

These are notes on **how I use Dropbox with Linux** (Gnome) and may or may not be useful to others.

To set up another PC where Dropbox is already installed, and configuration files are already synchronized, just run the ''ln -sf ...'' command line.

===== Upgrade =====

  - Stop the Dropbox client.
  - <file>rm -rf ~/.dropbox-dist</file>
  - Restart the Dropbox client.

===== Applications =====

==== SSH ====

=== One-Time Setup ===

<file>
mv ~/.ssh ~/Dropbox/Config/SSH
</file>

=== Use ===

<file>
rm -rf ~/.ssh
ln -s ~/Dropbox/Config/SSH ~/.ssh
</file>

==== Documents ====

=== One-Time Setup ===

<file>
mv ~/Documents/* ~/Dropbox/Documents/
</file>

=== Use ===

:!: The following command will delete all your documents not in the Dropbox folder!

<file>
rm -rf ~/Documents
ln -s ~/Dropbox/Documents ~/Documents
</file>

==== Fonts ====

=== One-Time Setup ===

<file>
mkdir -p ~/Dropbox/Config/Fonts
</file>

=== Use ===

<file>
ln -s ~/Dropbox/Config/Fonts ~/.fonts
</file>

:!: Just drop your font files (usually ''.ttf'' files) into the new folder.

==== Gnote ====

=== One-Time Setup ===

<file>
mv ~/.local/share/gnote ~/Dropbox/Config/
</file>

=== Use ===

<file>
ln -sf ~/Dropbox/Config/gnote ~/.local/share/
kill -9 `pidof gnote`	# Reload
</file>

==== Tomboy ====

It doesn't work properly to just sync the Notes folder, so we sync the synchronization folder instead.

=== One-Time Setup ===

<file>
mkdir -p ~/Dropbox/Notes
</file>

=== Use ===

Configure Tomboy synchronization to Local Folder ''~/Dropbox/Notes''.

==== Pidgin ====

:!: Close Pidgin first.

Passwords are saved in Gnome Keyring. You'll have to enter the passwords manually (for now).

=== Setup ===

<file>
mv ~/.purple ~/Dropbox/Config/Pidgin
</file>

=== Use ===

<file>
rm -rf ~/.purple                         # this deletes your existing config if it exists!
ln -s ~/Dropbox/Config/Pidgin ~/.purple
</file>

==== Empathy ====

:!: 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 ===

<file>
mv ~/.config/Empathy ~/Dropbox/Config/
mv ~/.mission-control/accounts/accounts.cfg ~/Dropbox/Config/Empathy/
</file>

=== Use ===

<file>
rm -rf ~/.config/Empathy
rm -rf ~/.mission-control/accounts/accounts.cfg
ln -s ~/Dropbox/Config/Empathy ~/.config/
ln -s ~/Dropbox/Config/Empathy/accounts.cfg ~/.mission-control/accounts/
</file>

==== Remmina ====

=== Setup ===

<file>
mkdir -p ~/Dropbox/Config/Remmina
mv ~/.remmina ~/Dropbox/Config/Remmina
</file>

=== Use ===

<file>
rm -rf ~/.remmina
ln -sf ~/Dropbox/Config/Remmina ~/.remmina
</file>

==== Thunderbird (Config Only) ====

=== Setup ===

<file>
mkdir -p ~/Dropbox/Config/Thunderbird
mv ~/.thunderbird/<default-profile-folder>/prefs.js ~/Dropbox/Config/Thunderbird/
</file>

=== Use ===

<file>
ln -sf ~/Dropbox/Config/Thunderbird/prefs.js ~/.thunderbird/<default-profile-folder>/prefs.js
</file>

===== Windows Multi-User =====

  - 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't work?) as well as a Desktop icon
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