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So this essentially turns a flash drive into a NAS that's accessible over the internet? I'd like to know how it's web-accessable. Is there a web server built into the plug device?
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FUSE is just a file system layer, I CAN implement a versioning distributed filesystem through FUSE, nothing in FUSE stops me from doing that.
I don't think you read the thread I linked to.
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See http://www.tonido.com/ . (Sidenote: tteam posted this; is tteam affiliated with Plug? Is Tonido their previous project?) What makes it impossible on iPads and iPhones?
the way I see it, it's "impossible" because (for example) if you use plug to keep your music in sync, it won't be viewable in iOS's music app, only through whatever app plug puts together.
Pretty dishonest. They claim you have to manually copy files to and from DropBox, but I've always just used the auto-sync feature. The only files I generate not in my DropBox are the ones in source control.
I'm pretty sure they mean that you have to manually copy and store all your files in the Dropbox folder, where with plug, any file anywhere on your PC gets synced. I'm not entirely sure that's a good thing, but it's definitely different.
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On the other hand, store things on a 3rd party cloud storage provider that will happily hand everything over to the NSA whenever they ask... If it's in your home they don't have an easy interface to it, they have to physically infiltrate your residence, which costs a lot more and, presumably, will require more than a passing interest in you to happen.
Their backbone interface is not easy?
Reminds me of the PogoPlug[1]. I came across it when buying a SheevaPlug, the device it was originally built on. [1]: http://pogoplug.com/devices
Mine's running Arch Linux Arm now, with Open VPN, NFS, Samba and simple DLNA. Much more useful! I just wish I could re-encode the stream to my iPad. Often the video on my iPad refuses to playback proper.
Yes. Store hundreds of movies and hundreds of thousands of pictures on plug and access them anywhere![1] [1]: So long as you have an absurdly fast internet connection at your house, and also have an absurdly fast internet connection wherever you are that you're trying to use this thing...and aren't on an airplane, or in the car, or on a train...which is when you would generally want to watch movies on your tablet.
On the other hand, store things on a 3rd party cloud storage provider that will happily hand everything over to the NSA whenever they ask... If it's in your home they don't have an easy interface to it, they have to physically infiltrate your residence, which costs a lot more and, presumably, will require more than a passing interest in you to happen.
Just a few fancy apps and features? I just don't get how this is different than any network storage on any network and how this is really all that innovative at all.