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[martvefun]

Hi !

I'm trying more and more to be able to access my data everywhere at any time easily and synchronization in real time if I modify.
All this web 2.0 stuff and cloud computing are really what I need I think.

I know already some and wanted to know what you are using.
I'd like something : cross-plateform (I'm a linux user), free (as free beer) and free (as free speech) if possible.
If I need one special software to use it, it's ok if there is a version for usb key

agenda : google calendar and thunderbird + lightning
music : mpd server + phpMp
all kind of files : dropbox

I'm looking for something for my address book now and maybe my bookmarks also (but not depending of my browser)

what do you use ?

thank you

[linekill]

Hi martvefun.

I wanted the same setup as you do now about a few months back. I went from setting up remote desktop on my home network using dyndns.org but didn't work much for me.

My solution? Pendrive Linux! Now I have Ubuntu installed and running on an 8 Gb flash drive. It's handy. All I need is a computer that supports booting up through USB and my pendrive linux. Plug it into the computer, boot the computer from the flash drive and I have all of my files. Try it. There are tons of tutorials on how to do it.

I hope it works for you.

[martvefun]

yes that's a good idea, I should do it to have the required apps in case.

but what I was thinking is more in the case I'm at a friend's house (I've brought nothing with me) and I want to listen the song of the artist I've just discovered, get the email address of somebody, find out what I'm doing next week, show the cool website I found but I can't remember the url,...
how can I do all of that easiest way ?

also I've several operating system on my laptop, I use another computer sometimes and I may buy a smartphone soon. I want to have as less as possible duplicated information.

Edited by martvefun, 25 March 2010 - 03:06 PM.

[jlhaslip]

If you are running Linux/ubuntu, the most recent version offers a cloud application to store/update/manage files on the cloud called UbuntuOne.
It creates a folder on your computer and uploads the files to the web which always maintains the most current version as a 'backup' copy.
The Mail application, Evolution, uses it to store your address book, too.

Firefox offers the 'Weave' utility that manages your bookmarks,etc the same way.

[linekill]

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but what I was thinking is more in the case I'm at a friend's house (I've brought nothing with me) and I want to listen the song of the artist I've just discovered, get the email address of somebody, find out what I'm doing next week, show the cool website I found but I can't remember the url,...
how can I do all of that easiest way ?

If that's the case, I can only think of doing a Remote Desktop (XP, Vista and Windows 7). I've tried it on several computer. But jihaslip's idea is really good. I just subscribed to UbuntuOne and will be trying it out if I have more time.

[martvefun]

thank you for your answers.

I knew UbuntuOne but the problem is that it works only with ubuntu (I'm using archlinux most of the time and plan to try other systems). Dropbox do basically the same.

I don't know the remote desktop concept but I'll have a look

[Бојан]

Why making the job more difficult? Just install ServerZilla, make FTP server, set username password, copy paste the data in the server folder and login from another PC and download.