I haven’t been able to adjust to the hot Texas weather this year. I am not sure why but it just seems excessively excessive this summer. It really wasn’t a record temperature setter but the humidity must be up. It’s not like Houston and I am thankful of that. I don’t know how those folks down there stand the humidity from the Gulf. It could be my age but we don’t like to think about...
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Drop Box
With Ubuntu 1 taking a powder, I was faced with making another choice. So I chose Drop Box. The prime reason being it has easy interface with the three major OS systems that I operate, Windows, MAC and Linux. It does the job I need it to do. End of reasons. The two free Gigabytes are enough for now and I have “earned” a little more. I dislike that marketing “earn more space contest” crap....
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Ubuntu One is a cloud file sharing system for Linux Ubuntu. I have been using it for several years, maybe longer. It syncs files between several computers I have that are running Linux Ubuntu. For me it has functioned flawlessly. I only used a tiny portion of the available 5G free space in Ubuntu One. No need to purchase additional. Ubuntu One was expanding into compatibility with all the major operating systems, including Windows and Mac....
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I have all my websites located at one ISP (Internet Service Provider) located in Columbus Ohio. Well, that is where the server farm is located and main offices. I understand they have support people working all over the world. That’s one nice thing about working with an ISP. However it is not so good when a huge chunk of your servers crash their hard drives all at the same time. That requires some hands on...
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