----- Original Message ----- > From: Philip Hands <[email protected]> > To: Chris Troutner <[email protected]>; > [email protected] > Cc: > Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2013 8:02 AM > Subject: Re: [Freedombox-discuss] BitTorrent Sync > > Chris Troutner <[email protected]> writes: > >> I ran across this article on Slashdot about the new Sync platform in >> alpha test by BitTorrent. Apparently it's 'like' Dropbox, but > it uses >> your own machine. It allows file synchronization between two (or more) >> computers, like your laptop and personal server. >> >> http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/13/01/25/1941226/bittorrent-launches- >> dropbox-alternative >> >> Does anyone know more about this? > > I don't, when I read about it I thought that if I wanted such a thing, > I'd almost certainly use git-annex instead (and 'git annex > assistant' in > particular). See: > > http://git-annex.branchable.com/assistant/
It's like bittorrent sync, except it doesn't scale and doesn't use encryption out of the box. -Jonathan > > > http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/joeyh/git-annex-assistant-like-dropbox-but-with-your-own > > The thing that it probably supports that git-annex does not, is getting > files between two computers that cannot directly connect to one another > and where no shared staging area is available for them to communicate > via. > > If that turns out to be a real limitation for git-annex, I'd imagine > that you'll be seeing a bittorrent sync back-end in git-annex shortly. > > Oh, the other thing it probably does better is windows, but I'm afraid I > don't care very much about that, and if I do have to care Joey has made > promises that he'd suffer a month of windows pain in order to port > git-annex, so that issue will be going away shortly too. > > Cheers, Phil. > -- > |)| Philip Hands [+44 (0)20 8530 9560] http://www.hands.com/ > |-| HANDS.COM Ltd. http://www.uk.debian.org/ > |(| 10 Onslow Gardens, South Woodford, London E18 1NE ENGLAND > > _______________________________________________ > Freedombox-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss > _______________________________________________ Freedombox-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss
