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Re: Ask HN: How do you sync ongoing browser work between desktop and laptop?

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Post by jkh1 »

magicalhippo wrote: post #16

Probably not going to be very useful to you, but since I use Windows I just use RDP to my desktop computer. This way I don't care about the laptop. Specs don't matter much, it can get stolen or scanned by border control without issue etc. I always pick up exactly where I left with zero hassle, don't have to install and configure tools twice etc, and it's virtually "native" feel unless I'm on some very dodgy cellular…

> There's no good alternatives on Linux

Maybe I misunderstand what this refers to but there are RDP software for Linux. I've used remmina [1] on Linux for a few years (now I am using VMWare Horizon at work).

[1] https://remmina.org/

Re: Ask HN: How do you sync ongoing browser work between desktop and laptop?

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Post by grudg3 »

I use Firefox sync between all my devices including mobiles Android and iPhone, plus EndeavourOS, popOS and MacOs. In addition to that I use the tabs stash extension which also syncs all stashes between devices, though I only use that on the desktops/laptops

Re: Ask HN: How do you sync ongoing browser work between desktop and laptop?

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Post by dotancohen »

dijksterhuis wrote: post #6
wtcactus wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No, it's a totally different concept. Brave lets you check which tabs are open in another machine and open them on the current machine if you want. Edge and Arc always keep your tabs in sync between devices and inside their respective workspaces. It's a seamless transition between devices.

> Edge and Arc always keep your tabs in sync between devices and inside their respective workspaces Maybe try Vivaldi? https://vivaldi.com/ I’ve got about 5 different workspaces and can flip between any of them on windows/linux whether that’s desktop or laptop. Has a ton of features I always wanted in Firefox, but never knew I needed (I think that statement makes sense?) OSX app is a bit meh, but might be because I’v…

  > Has a ton of features I always wanted in Firefox, but never knew I needed
Like what? I might try it.

Re: Ask HN: How do you sync ongoing browser work between desktop and laptop?

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Post by [deleted] »

kaladin_1 wrote: post #10

Since you mentioned that you have FireFox installed, I would encourage you to sign in and use FF Sync. You can even send tabs across and all sorts of things. As soon as you mentioned that you moved to FF, I was expecting you to say that the problem was solved. I've been using it for many years now, it is so smooth that I just take it for granted now.

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Re: Ask HN: How do you sync ongoing browser work between desktop and laptop?

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Post by [deleted] »

magicalhippo wrote: post #16

Probably not going to be very useful to you, but since I use Windows I just use RDP to my desktop computer. This way I don't care about the laptop. Specs don't matter much, it can get stolen or scanned by border control without issue etc. I always pick up exactly where I left with zero hassle, don't have to install and configure tools twice etc, and it's virtually "native" feel unless I'm on some very dodgy cellular…

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Re: Ask HN: How do you sync ongoing browser work between desktop and laptop?

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Post by SeriousM »

SeriousM wrote: post #27

I use firefox sync as well, yet not with synced tabs but share singe tabs to a firefox account (PC, phone, work pc, etc.) The next time I open firefox on the target device the tabs are opened.

And foe bookmark sync I use Tab Stash. It's not a fancy reinvention of syncing - it just uses the bookmarks of firefox and organises them in folders, then shows them in a beautiful useful way in a single page. This page I use for my new tab page.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tab-stash/

Re: Ask HN: How do you sync ongoing browser work between desktop and laptop?

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Post by magicalhippo »

jkh1 wrote: post #21
magicalhippo wrote: post #16

Probably not going to be very useful to you, but since I use Windows I just use RDP to my desktop computer. This way I don't care about the laptop. Specs don't matter much, it can get stolen or scanned by border control without issue etc. I always pick up exactly where I left with zero hassle, don't have to install and configure tools twice etc, and it's virtually "native" feel unless I'm on some very dodgy cellular…

> There's no good alternatives on Linux Maybe I misunderstand what this refers to but there are RDP software for Linux. I've used remmina [1] on Linux for a few years (now I am using VMWare Horizon at work). [1] https://remmina.org/

There are decent clients, but no decent rdp server software yet that I've found.

That said krdp looks promising, but I haven't gotten it to work yet.

Re: Ask HN: How do you sync ongoing browser work between desktop and laptop?

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Post by SeriousM »

lifthrasiir wrote: post #20
thelostdragon wrote: post #7

I use [Firefox Sync][1] and it works seamlessly. Not sure if you have tried it. [1]: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/features/sync/

Not only that, but syncserver can be locally installed so you have an additional layer of autonomy if you want that. (The data itself is already end-to-end encrypted, so it is not really necessary to be exact.)

Here is the repo for reference:

https://github.com/mozilla-services/syncstorage-rs

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