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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?
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.
6 years and still no SmartSync for linux users!
Ross_SDropbox Staff
Selective sync for a Folder-level solution.
https://help.dropbox.com/syncing-uploads/selective-sync-overviewIf your running a headless setup you can use an exclude list:
https://help.dropbox.com/desktop-web/linux-commandsHope this helps you.
The absence of this feature for a platform is not justifiable. We choose a paid plan of Dropbox because Dropbox serves all Operating system equally with a seamless synchronization but not getting a flagship feature on an OS like Linux whose userbase is a large student community is a failure of Dropbox core management which are taking these silly decisions.
This feature request should be escalated at the earliest to keep the culture of Dropbox intact!!
Hey Jane certainly is helpfull to upvote this topic but what really matters me is that i already have voted with my money and chose Dropbox for the cross- platform compatibility. My subscription ends next year and i will vote again and i really hope dropbox product help me make my decision easy...
Yes, it is definitely past due for Smart Sync for Linux!
really I am seeing this feature request from 2018 and now three years later there is still no plan or timeline or what so ever?
Dropbox could you please bring this up? a good SW company should consider bringing up the same feature to all major platform. At least I consider Linux is a major platform.
Buongiorno,
avrei veramente necessità di poter utilizzare la funzione "risparmia automaticamente spazio su disco rigido" anche su PC Linux.
Tale funzione disponibile su windows (per i piani a pagamento) è un vero peccato oltre che una scomodità non poterla utilizzare.
Inutile sentirsi dire dal supporto tecnico di utilizzare la "Sincronizzazione selettiva" in quanto è tutta un'altra cosa.
Basterebbe che i PC linux potessero accedere alle cartelle come avviene per la app Android (sempre a base linux, tra l'altro).
Spero vivamente sia una funzione in arrivo perché utilizzando diversi PC Linux mi vedrei costretto a cercare altri sistemi di archiviazione.Cordiali saluti
I find it quite amazing that a feature like Smart-Sync has not made it to Linux, while it has been in the other Dropbox clients literally for years.
I'd really hate to have to move to another solution just because the high-ups at Dropbox deem their Linux user base too insignificant to warrant porting Smart-Sync over to the Linux client.
- Jane
- Jane
I use both MacOS and Ubuntu 18.04, and Smart Sync is a much better option than Selective Sync. However, it is not available in Ubuntu. Please invest some extra energy to support it on Linux OS. Thanks
