I had to augment this approach by using synchronization tools for critical files so that I still have access to important data when the tubes are clogged. It's a very seamless solution that works great when I have decent Internet connectivity, but it falls flat on its face when I can't connect or when my connection is unreliable. My approach is to store everything on my 4TB home NAS, which I can mount on my laptop via sshfs for secure remote access. Needlessly arcane solutionsĪs a Linux user, I have some pretty nice tools baked into the OS to help me get the job done. ![]() But I didn't discover it until I had tried everything else first. As you can see by looking at the comments that some of you posted in response to Jon's synchronization conundrum, many of us roll our own imperfect solutions and yearn for something better.įor me, that "something better" has arrived in the form of Dropbox, a cross-platform sync tool. His description of the challenges of syncing and saving resonated with many of us on the Ars staff and with quite a few readers, too. Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.A few months ago, our own Jon Stokes bemoaned the frustration of managing and accessing data strewn across a multitude of personal computing devices. What filesystem are you using? Did you receive the warning as well? If you’re still not sure what to do after receiving the warning, you should head to the official help center page which mentions the solution. So, does this mean that the Dropbox client for Linux will only support unencrypted Ext4 filesystem? There is no official statement from Dropbox in this regard. ![]() Some users are also reporting that they received the warning while they have an encrypted Ext4 filesystem synced with. Dropbox won’t support encrypted Ext4 as well? If yes, unlink that system from your Dropbox account. If you are using Ext4 file system and still getting the warning from Dropbox, check if you have an inactive computer/device linked for which you might be getting the notification. ![]() If you don’t have this Disk utility installed on your system, you can always use the command line to find out file system type. On Ubuntu or other Ubuntu based distributions, open the Disks application and see the file system for the partition where you have installed your Linux system. And that’s not entirely a worrying news because chances are that you are already using Ext4 file system. Only Ext4 file system will be supported for Linux. If you are using Dropbox on an unsupported filesystem to sync with, you should consider changing the location. Dropbox has also updated its desktop requirements. The move is intended to provide a stable and consistent experience. Official Dropbox Forum Dropbox official confirmation over limitation on supported file systems ![]() The supported file systems are NTFS for Windows, HFS+ or APFS for Mac, and Ext4 for Linux. 7, 2018, we’re ending support for Dropbox syncing to drives with certain uncommon file systems. Dropbox will only support a handful of file systemsĪ Reddit thread highlighted the announcement where one of the users inquired about it on Dropbox forums, which was addressed by a community moderator with an unexpected news. After almost a year, Dropbox decided to bring back support for these filesystems.
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