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Re: Shutting down Ubuntu One file services

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Post by tomswartz07 » Wed, Apr 02, 2014, 3:13 PM UTC

ekianjo wrote: post #57

gtaylor wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why does PulseAudio have anything to do with Ubuntu? AFAIK, there is no relation between the two, other than the fact that Ubuntu offers PulseAudio (along with almost every other distro).

I must admit that, more than once, an Ubuntu upgrade killed my audio and I had to go and fix it myself. It's really painful that a distro that wants to be number 1 is so broken at times.

I don't think it's more that they push non-prod ready packages (yes, they do) but the fact that their update model doesn't easily allow them to fix bugs from upstream.

The vast majority of the packages in Ubuntu (more notably in the LTS releases) are all custom patched by Ubu-devs. Rather than taking the raw package and pushing it through, they have a semi-opaque method of testing, patching, and then releasing to the greater community.

I've tried several times to get an 'in' so that I could help with the process, but it seems to me like a 'club hangout' where outsiders are slightly discouraged. :(

Re: Shutting down Ubuntu One file services

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Post by celerity » Wed, Apr 02, 2014, 3:13 PM UTC

Thank you! Ubuntu One is a buggy, laggy mess and frankly an embarrassment to Canonical. What would be neat is if they made a GUI for BTSync, and sold pre-configured hard drive space for it!

Re: Shutting down Ubuntu One file services

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Post by kermit666 » Wed, Apr 02, 2014, 3:14 PM UTC

How can I self-host Ubuntu One? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7516047

Re: Shutting down Ubuntu One file services

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Post by cones688 » Wed, Apr 02, 2014, 3:15 PM UTC

a124556 wrote: post #29

mylons wrote: post #22

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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 would but I love APT. I'll just stick to Debian Testing.

> I would but I love APT

As a near 100% RHEL/Fedora user I am always wondering if there is anything but a material difference between apt and yum?

From using Ubuntu extensively a few years ago they seem to have near identical feature set?

Re: Shutting down Ubuntu One file services

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Post by icebraining » Wed, Apr 02, 2014, 3:16 PM UTC

Touche wrote: post #39

lawl wrote: post #24

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.

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…

Does anyone else remember when companies were proud that they were the custodians of a file format?

No. When was that?

Re: Shutting down Ubuntu One file services

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Post by k_bx » Wed, Apr 02, 2014, 3:17 PM UTC

rkalla wrote: post #30

Did 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…

I don't think they are going to erase data from your devices, so I don't see a reason doing such a strange migration.

Re: Shutting down Ubuntu One file services

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Post by izietto » Wed, Apr 02, 2014, 3:19 PM UTC

tyleregeto wrote: post #54

I'm one of the heavy users of this. It integrates with all my devices better than other options. Google Still hasn't released a Linux client and the dropbox app has been very flakey for me in Ubuntu. I've set my phone camera pics auto sync to all my devices. All my music and photos are backed up with Ubuntu One. When I upgrade my OS version, I sync all important files here. When I switched jobs late last year, my mus…

I'm in the your boat too, it's really a pity

Re: Shutting down Ubuntu One file services

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Post by lucianp » Wed, Apr 02, 2014, 3:19 PM UTC

tyleregeto wrote: post #54

I'm one of the heavy users of this. It integrates with all my devices better than other options. Google Still hasn't released a Linux client and the dropbox app has been very flakey for me in Ubuntu. I've set my phone camera pics auto sync to all my devices. All my music and photos are backed up with Ubuntu One. When I upgrade my OS version, I sync all important files here. When I switched jobs late last year, my mus…

Same here. I have been using Ubuntu One file services extensively on a free account while at university to backup my assignments, projects and whatnot. I used the service because for me it was better than the Dropbox app and it integrated nicely in Unity (though that could have changed in the mean time, I haven't checked it in a while).

This being said, it did have its warts (for example sometimes when uploading a file the app hung for no reason; there was even one time when I had some files reverted to an older version).

I understand their decision and I think it is better to discontinue a service than to keep it running without improving it. I guess it's time to switch...

Re: Shutting down Ubuntu One file services

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Post by icebraining » Wed, Apr 02, 2014, 3:20 PM UTC

lawl wrote: post #24

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.

I mean it really doesn't cost anything pushing your old code in a github repo or something.

That's not true. The code must be checked for licensing issues; certain parts may depend on components they don't intend to release, or on third-party ones they can't release. It must also be checked to make sure it doesn't have any security implications (credentials, information about internal architectures, etc). Finally, releasing it may expose them to patent attacks of which existence they might not even be aware.

Re: Shutting down Ubuntu One file services

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Post by icebraining » Wed, Apr 02, 2014, 3:23 PM UTC

glutamate wrote: post #62

"Our strategic priority for Ubuntu is making the best converged operating system for phones, tablets, desktops and more" I guess a server OS is also not a strategic priority. Oh well. What is a good Debian-based server OS that is a bit more up-to-date than Debian (and also a strategic priority for its developer)?

Have you tried Debian + backports?