[Discuss] UbuntuOne alternatives

[Alan W. Irwin]

On 2014-04-07 16:00-0700 Murray Strome wrote:

> At the last BB&C LINUX SIG meeting, Google Drive was suggested as a good 
> alternative to UbuntuOne. It has lots of storage, but is uploading to it ever 
> SLOW!

Why use any such cloud alternative when an external drive works so
much better (e.g., because of concerns over freedom, speed, and
privacy of the cloud) for the same purpose?

Alan
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