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edugsdf
New member | Level 2
7 years ago

When will online-only files work on Linux?

I need to save space on my hard drive. Online-only files would be the perfect solution, but it still does not work on linux fedora. When will we have this solution?
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  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    7 years ago
    edugsdf wrote:

    I need to save space on my hard drive. Smart Sync would be the perfect solution, but it still does not work on linux fedora.

    When will we have this solution?

    At the moment, Smart Sync is only available on Windows and Mac. Dropbox has made no announcement on its availability on Linux. They usually don't discuss timelines or upcoming features until they're reaady to announce them, so we likely won't know that it's coming until it's already here, assuming that it's coming at all.

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Rich
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edugsdf wrote:

I need to save space on my hard drive. Smart Sync would be the perfect solution, but it still does not work on linux fedora.

When will we have this solution?

At the moment, Smart Sync is only available on Windows and Mac. Dropbox has made no announcement on its availability on Linux. They usually don't discuss timelines or upcoming features until they're reaady to announce them, so we likely won't know that it's coming until it's already here, assuming that it's coming at all.

DavidParker's avatar
DavidParker
Helpful | Level 6
6 years ago

It forced me to upgrade to this plan recently. Are you telling me that feature is not available? Isnt that a bit like stealing my money?

  • ClausO's avatar
    ClausO
    Helpful | Level 5
    6 years ago

    Yeah, it is totally baaaddd businesss and marketing and totally do not give back to the Linux community from where DropBox and other companies just Abusing the Power of Linux. USE Windows Server or Mac Server or UNIX server and stop using Linux on your server level DropBox or just simple become straight with that gave you the possibility to run your business on the level you are!!!!!

    Unbelievable!!!! Still no solution on this!!!!!

    • charnik's avatar
      charnik
      Helpful | Level 5
      6 years ago

      Recently i switched from free to paid Dropbox account just for the Linux support and now i found that smart sync not working only in Linux! This has to be fixed, but i suspect no one is paying attention...

      • DavidParker's avatar
        DavidParker
        Helpful | Level 6
        6 years ago
        Welcome to the Dropbox community; no one cares for linux users.

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