When Canonical released Ubuntu 9.10 in October, the Linux distributor also officially launched Ubuntu One, a cloud storage solution that is designed to synchronize files and application data between multiple computers over the Internet. The service has considerable potential, but only a handful of applications—including Evolution and Tomboy—take advantage of its capabilities.
Fortunately, the underlying components that Canonical has adopted for Ubuntu One make it surprisingly easy for third-party software developers to integrate support for cloud synchronization in their own applications. In this article, we will show you how to do it and give you some sample code so that you can get started right away.
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written by Steve Herrick, December 14, 2009
As an end user, I was a little unclear on how Ubuntu One works. I had the impression it would both "sync up" from computer A to the web and "sync down" to computer B -- automatically. This turned out not to be the case. However, I've been able to partly work around this by setting my local Ubuntu One folder as my download folder for Firefox. That way, anything that I bring down from the cloud automatically goes right back up.
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