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Ubuntu One Hits the Million Users Mark

Posted by samzenpus on from the open-lining dept.

dkd903 writes "Roberta Nilerud of Canonical has announced that their cloud storage service – Ubuntu One – has hit the one million users mark. Ubuntu One is a cloud storage service from Canonical that is very tightly integrated into Ubuntu. Although Ubuntu One is installed by default in Ubuntu, it is also available on Windows and Android."

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  1. just a drop in the cloud by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    I hope you enjoy being a drop in the cloud, sheeple. Real men use something that no one uses yet OR that no one uses anymore.

    1. Re:just a drop in the cloud by Technician · · Score: 4, Interesting

      True story.. This year I used DOS Backup.

      Needed to retrieve some family letters and records from a deceased relative's backup on 3.5 inch floppies. Rebuilt a Windows 3.1 machine and restored the DOS backups to recover the files. The PFS First Choice files could not export the files into anything that would preserve the formatting in something more modern. A Google search provided the answer. Import the documents into Star Office and export them as MS Word 97 files. This was done on a Windows 98 machine. Sometimes it pays to keep old software for emergencies. Real Men keep backups.

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  2. Re:huh by AliasMarlowe · · Score: 5, Interesting

    It's not clear what proportion of Ubuntu users actually use Ubuntu One. We have three PCs at home running Ubuntu (four users), and have never registered with Ubuntu One, and are unlikely to do so.

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    Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. - Voltaire
  3. Link? by Ambvai · · Score: 4, Informative

    So neither the article or the summary actually link to the main product at hand. Convenient.

    Here: https://one.ubuntu.com/

  4. Support for other distributions? by halfaperson · · Score: 3, Insightful

    it is also available on Windows and Android

    Perhaps, but I've got a few computers all running different Linux distributions (as is common amongst Linux geeks), and as long as they can't sync, Ubuntu One will have to wait.

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  5. as a cloud sceptic and ubuntu user let me comment by drolli · · Score: 4, Informative

    a) My primary use for ubuntu one is to buy music from the ubuntu one music store. Its handy to haver everything you bought available on all laptops.

    b) a second important function, which i dont use (i dont like my contact data in the cloud) is the synchronization with a mobile phone. There is no working built-in way in ubuntu which allows this.

    c) for some time the service was very slow and syncronization was unpredictable, so i dont use it for serious stuff right now.

    d) I would like a better integration in the desktop for start/pause sync for single folder or everything (if i am on my mobile AP i do not like to sync everything).

    e) it lacks storage encryption (unless you use encfs on the top, and encfs has issues itself)

  6. Re:huh by ynp7 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You talk about shoddy reporting and then pull numbers straight out of your ass? Good show, my man. Good show.