[OT] Files in the 'cloud'?

Oct 19, 2021 Last reply: 5 years ago 40 Replies

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Pancho

If you're not a computer geek: GoogleDrive or Dropbox Gives you a shared folder, synced between different computers, use like you'd use a normal folder.

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R D S 5 years ago

I'm working more from home these days, much of what I do is cloud based, banking/bookeeping etc but I will occasionally need a document on my work PC. In this case I'll end up sticking it on a pendrive or email it to myself, which is fine until I find it necessary/more convenient to be at work and want to pick up from where I left off.

I used to have a virtual drive with a webhost so i'll look into that with my current one, or I could make more use of Google Sheets but i'd be interested in other ideas too?

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Pancho 5 years ago

If you're not a computer geek:

GoogleDrive or Dropbox

Gives you a shared folder, synced between different computers, use like you'd use a normal folder.

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SH 5 years ago

If you use Office at all.....

Office 365 is 7 quid a month, gives you both the desktop and webbased word, excel & powerpoint apps and 1TB of cloud space.

So you'd be able to access office over a web browser as well as the file sin cloud storage.

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Andy Burns 5 years ago

Be wary of ...

generating links that allow sharing files or folders with anyone else, if possible use links that expire

automatically remembering your login on computers that might be shared with anyone else

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charles 5 years ago

!PCloud from Elesar allows access from RISC OS, Windows and iPhone. I find it very useful.

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R D S 5 years ago

As it turns out and if it helps anyone else....

I can connect to my Google Drive account in Ubuntu and use it in the file manager.

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Chris Green 5 years ago

Syncthing, synchronise the files you need to share between systems and don't use the cloud (for storage) at all. I'm running syncthing on a mix of Linux and Android systems and it works on MS Windows too.

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Chris Bacon 5 years ago

It might be worth asking at work, if it's not your work, just in case they take a dim view of what is after all storing work data on someone else's computer systems.

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R D S 5 years ago

It is my work...

I see that you read and don't filter out OT posts?

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The Natural Philosopher 5 years ago

1/. set up your own virtual private server as a personal 'cloud' by paying someone for a slice of a machine on the public internet.. 2/. Do the same but on a machine at home that is left permanently on, with a firewall rule to allow limited access to it that you can switch on and off when you leave home.

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R D S 5 years ago

I recall I (or very nearly) managed this a couple of years ago, I was impressed with my efforts but got distracted and never made use.

Might take another look....

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Pancho 5 years ago

Yeah, I use Syncthing too. While I'm very happy with it, it is more tricky to set up.

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Pancho 5 years ago

A Raspberry Pi is excellent for this.

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SH 5 years ago

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SH 5 years ago

3/. and if rolling your own personal cloud, and run a VPN too, easily done on a raspberry pi so the syncing done over the open internet can be encrypted

I user Wiregaurd.

4./ Or you could simply buy a NAS that will offer cloud services from your house

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R D S 5 years ago

Again, I got one a few years ago and have done next to nothing with it. I could do with a project.....

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The Natural Philosopher 5 years ago

I am fortunate to have a fixed IP address so pointing a public web server URL at it is no big deal, and punching and HTTPS and SSH sized hole through it is no big deal either.

And once you have ssh, sftp works as a by product and you can mount filesystems remotely.

Fast it aint, even with a 10Mbps uplink, but that was luxury on coax cable back in the day...

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The Natural Philosopher 5 years ago

An old XP class 64 bit machine is even better as it cost me nothing, and can take 8TB of internal hard disks, and run TVheadend, Minidlna and a few web servers without blinking.

And keeps the office warm in winter...

Being able to watch my videos and read my ebooks in a ward in a hospital is a luxury.

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The Natural Philosopher 5 years ago

Just use https and ssh/sftp and forget the VPN. You will be encrypted

Its the other stuff you need a VPN for.

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Chris Bacon 5 years ago

Ah. You mentioned book-keeping and banking and I wondered whether you did this for anyone else. OK.

I read some OT posts. I visually filter the rest out and mostly mark them "ignore". If the title is of interest, I may read them.

This stops me from having to read swathes of posts that look as though they're legitimate DIY ones (or whathever the group's to do with) and finding that they are both OT and of no interest. The "Brass securuity screws" thread is a good example.

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