Very awesome that they release the code. I wish all companies would open source code they don't use anymore. I mean it really doesn't cost anything pushing your old code in a github repo or something.
Where is the code?
Shutting down Ubuntu One file services
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Re: Shutting down Ubuntu One file services
#32That always seemed to me a bandwagon feature, like Microsoft's SkyDrive: they saw DropBox succeeding, they figured it would be easy to emulate, and they learned otherwise when they tried it. The only way this change affects me personally is that it gives me one less thing to go in and switch off when I install a new Ubuntu system, but I'm glad they've got a pragmatic attitude toward the possibility of spreading thems…
or you could always try Fedora at this point. Ubuntu has never worked out of the box like the latest Fedora, and doesn't come with all the bloatware
I don't think it's fair to compare Ubuntu to Fedora. Ubuntu encompasses the mindset of both RHEL and Fedora. With Ubuntu versions, the LTS releases are like RHEL and the non-LTS releases are like Fedora.
I'm a proponent of RHEL/Fedora, but still, Ubuntu can upgrade from LTS to bleeding edge fairly easily. Try that with RHEL.
My experience has been to have trouble with both bleeding edges, Fedora or non-LTS Ubuntu. I don't freak out though, as I know the purpose of the bleeding edge is to suffer the bugs so the RHEL/LTS folks of the world don't have to. That said, using a release backward from current for Fedora or non-LTS Ubuntu usually is pretty stable, supposing you're on your game enough to upgrade before repo EOL.
/endrant
Re: Shutting down Ubuntu One file services
#33I often found that music on their music service was a buck an album cheaper than Amazon.
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#34I was (and still am) honestly baffled that Canonical never went about building and marketing Ubuntu One as a home directory backup service.
Maybe automatically encrypt and backup all text files in the home directory by default, and for free. Restore encrypted backup from Ubuntu One every time a user does a reinstall or upgrade. Charge users if they want to throw in media files or binaries.
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#35That always seemed to me a bandwagon feature, like Microsoft's SkyDrive: they saw DropBox succeeding, they figured it would be easy to emulate, and they learned otherwise when they tried it. The only way this change affects me personally is that it gives me one less thing to go in and switch off when I install a new Ubuntu system, but I'm glad they've got a pragmatic attitude toward the possibility of spreading thems…
Yeah, and honestly the setup in early versions was horrible. I tried so many times to make it work and gave up in the end. They shouldn't have released it so early back then when it was obviously not production ready.
This approach to things is what killed Ubuntu (yes, killed, not is killing). See PulseAudio, Unity, etc
Re: Shutting down Ubuntu One file services
#36Did the timelines seem awfully aggressive to anyone? (June 1 service stops, July 31 all data is erased) For a service that we were suppose to be syncing our lives to, that seems like a really abrupt, customer unfriendly ramp-down. I would have expected something more like: 1. April 1 - no new accounts. 2. May 1 - can no longer add files to your existing account. 3. May - Dec - nagged/reminded constantly to pull your…
Apparently that's for free users, for annual subscribers "[...] the service will remain available until 1 June and data available for a further two months".
Not that it changes things a lot, but two months is definitely better than one. They probably have data to back their decision.
EDIT: I misread the post, there's not difference. Sorry for the noise.
Re: Shutting down Ubuntu One file services
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Re: Shutting down Ubuntu One file services
#38"Today we are announcing plans to shut down the Ubuntu One file services. This is a tough decision, particularly when our users rely so heavily on the functionality that Ubuntu One provides" Ok, so do users really rely so heavily on Ubuntu One? If so, then why do you shut it down? If no, then why do you say they rely on it? I believe they don't rely on it. "The Ubuntu One file services will not be included in the upc…
>Ok, so do users really rely so heavily on Ubuntu One? If so, then why do you shut it down?
Do you really find it strange that some users could rely on a service, but that service is also not worth continuing?
>If no, then why do you say they rely on it?
Which is more likely to be wrong?
1) There exist users that rely on Ubuntu One
2) There are absolutely no users that rely on Ubuntu One.
Re: Shutting down Ubuntu One file services
#39Very awesome that they release the code. I wish all companies would open source code they don't use anymore. I mean it really doesn't cost anything pushing your old code in a github repo or something.
Troubling that Ubuntu One wasn't already open source.
Can anyone explain to me why every cloud drive is using their own proprietary protocols to do the same thing? Why we have to install a different client for each vendor? That's one thing that annoys me greatly, and I'll never use Dropbox as long as its syncing tool is proprietary.
Does anyone else remember when companies were proud that they were the custodians of a file format? Once things went to the internet it seems like that stuff is no longer important to companies.
Re: Shutting down Ubuntu One file services
#40No biggie