Comments on: Howto: Use Dropbox to Sync Tomboy Notes on Ubuntu 10.04

By: Sandy Armstrong

Sandy Armstrong — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 21:43:25 +0000

Tomboy note syncing is not just a matter of synchronizing a collection of files. Without internal knowledge of how sync is implemented you would have significant trouble restoring your notes.

U1 note sync is pretty well documented here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOne/Tutorials/Notes

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 21:38:19 +0000

Dropbox keeps track of all the changes made to files so if something goes wrong I've got that to fall back on. I'm planning on writing a tutorial on Ubuntu One notes syncing too, so people that come here have options.

By: Sandy Armstrong

Sandy Armstrong — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 21:12:36 +0000

I understand not wanting to have multiple accounts and services, but I'm not kidding about the risk for data loss on Dropbox, so please back up your notes regularly if you plan to continue syncing with it.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 21:07:43 +0000

It's more so personal preference than anything else, I like the idea of using one service for all my online syncing instead of fragmenting it over multiple ones.

I do however really like the web interface Ubuntu One has for notes.

By: Sandy Armstrong

Sandy Armstrong — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:55:31 +0000

So why not use U1 for note sync and Dropbox for everything else?

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:54:21 +0000

I have used Ubuntu One to sync my notes cross-platform and it worked great, but I wanted more than just note syncing. I wanted to sync all my files too, if I just wanted to sync my notes I would defiantly only use Ubuntu One, I hope the Ubuntu One team come out with a cross-platform client soon as I think it would be good for business (selling online storage). As for unpredictable behavior with Local Folder sync, I haven't had any problems at all.

Ultimately I'd like to write a plugin for Tomboy that will work with the Dropbox API and behave just like Ubuntu One's Tomboy sync.

By: Sandy Armstrong

Sandy Armstrong — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:40:50 +0000

Tomboy supports Ubuntu One note syncing on all platforms. You use the same instructions in Ubuntu as you do in Windows and Mac. It does not require any Ubuntu One software to be installed on your system.

Using the Local Folder sync backend with Dropbox can lead to unpredictable behavior and even note loss depending on latency issues, and is not recommended.

For note sync, you should really stick with Ubuntu One for now.

By: Sandy Armstrong

Sandy Armstrong — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:43:00 +0000

Tomboy note syncing is not just a matter of synchronizing a collection of files. Without internal knowledge of how sync is implemented you would have significant trouble restoring your notes.

U1 note sync is pretty well documented here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOne/Tutorials/Notes

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:38:00 +0000

Dropbox keeps track of all the changes made to files so if something goes wrong I’ve got that to fall back on. I’m planning on writing a tutorial on Ubuntu One notes syncing too, so people that come here have options.

By: Sandy Armstrong

Sandy Armstrong — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:12:00 +0000

I understand not wanting to have multiple accounts and services, but I’m not kidding about the risk for data loss on Dropbox, so please back up your notes regularly if you plan to continue syncing with it.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:07:00 +0000

It’s more so personal preference than anything else, I like the idea of using one service for all my online syncing instead of fragmenting it over multiple ones.

I do however really like the web interface Ubuntu One has for notes.

By: Sandy Armstrong

Sandy Armstrong — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:55:00 +0000

So why not use U1 for note sync and Dropbox for everything else?

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:54:00 +0000

Ultimately I’d like to write a plugin for Tomboy that will work with the Dropbox API and behave just like Ubuntu One’s Tomboy sync.

By: Sandy Armstrong

Sandy Armstrong — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:40:00 +0000

Using the Local Folder sync backend with Dropbox can lead to unpredictable behavior and even note loss depending on latency issues, and is not recommended.

For note sync, you should really stick with Ubuntu One for now.