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   1 [01:00] <cjohnston> Up next is shrini
   2 [01:01] <cjohnston> Shrinivasan, is a open source lover, who lives in Chennai, India. He talks about open source philosophies in local colleges and schools.
   3 [01:01] <cjohnston> Currently he is giving technical support to subversion and TeamForge at CollabNet. He runs a weekly newsletter "FossNews" and a blog for Foss Jobs.
   4 [01:01] <shrini> hello friends
   5 [01:01] <shrini> thanks for giving this wonderful opportunity to hang out with you all
   6 [01:02] <shrini> "Ubuntu One"
   7 [01:02] <shrini> is a very interesting project
   8 [01:02] <shrini> that comes with the latest ubuntu release 9.10
   9 [01:03] <shrini> I wondered on the first sight.
  10 [01:03] <shrini> Ubuntu One is a personal cloud
  11 [01:04] <shrini> you have 2 GB of space
  12 [01:04] <shrini> to store files, notes, contacts
  13 [01:04] <shrini> Storing, syncing and sharing files, contacts, notes, and bookmarks
  14 [01:04] <shrini> is the service given by Ubuntu One
  15 [01:05] <shrini> Let us discuss here about installation
  16 [01:05] <shrini> web and GUI clients
  17 [01:05] <shrini> syncing files,notes,contacts
  18 [01:06] <shrini> future plans and getting support
  19 [01:06] <shrini> Intro - As I told already
  20 [01:06] <shrini> Ubuntu One is a storage service
  21 [01:07] <shrini> you can think here as this is equivalent to "DropBox"
  22 [01:07] <shrini> we can store 2 GB of data for free
  23 [01:07] <shrini> If we need more space, we can buy
  24 [01:08] <shrini> canonical provides commercial space
  25 [01:08] <pleia2> shrini: want us to paste questions as they come, or wait until you pause to ask for them?
  26 [01:08] <shrini> pleia2: good. paste as soon as get
  27 [01:08] <pleia2> < scunizi> QUESTION is kubuntu setup to use the same service in the same way as ubuntu?
  28 [01:09] <shrini> yes. you can use the same client in kubuntu too. but requires to install gnome libraries.
  29 [01:09] <pleia2> < Out_Cold> Question We were discussing the differences between dropbox and one. how does one stack up on various OSs?
  30 [01:09] <shrini> good. currently Ubuntu One supports only ubuntu
  31 [01:10] <shrini> the support to various distros are future plans
  32 [01:10] <shrini> you can buy a 50 GB space for the cost of 10$/month
  33 [01:10] <shrini> ubuntu one supports partial downloads
  34 [01:11] <shrini> it resumes the downloads automatically
  35 [01:11] <pleia2> < scunizi> QUESTION if I can install the same client in kubuntu, will it also auto sync contacts in Kontact like it does in Evolution?
  36 [01:11] <shrini> if a file is changed, it is re-synced with entire file.
  37 [01:11] <shrini> no support for kontact now
  38 [01:12] <shrini> but, ubuntu one api is simple and anyone can develop kontact sync
  39 [01:12] <pleia2> < IdleOne> QUESTION: are there any limitations on file types that can be stored on Ubuntu One?
  40 [01:13] <shrini> all the files are stored in amazon S3 servers in USA
  41 [01:13] <shrini> no limits on file types
  42 [01:13] <shrini> you can store any file
  43 [01:13] <pleia2> < scunizi> QUESTION are files encrypted?
  44 [01:13] <shrini> No. files are not encrypted.
  45 [01:14] <shrini> encryption may give issues on sharing
  46 [01:14] <shrini> Let me goto Installation
  47 [01:14] <shrini> If you have ubuntu 9.10, Wow. you have already in your wallet
  48 [01:14] <shrini> It can be installed in ubuntu 9.04 too
  49 [01:15] <shrini> but not in other lower ubuntu versions
  50 [01:15] <shrini> https://one.ubuntu.com/support/installation/
  51 [01:15] <shrini> see this like for installing in ubuntu 9.04
  52 [01:16] <shrini> Once Installed, you can access via
  53 [01:16] <shrini> Applications->Internet->Ubuntu One
  54 [01:17] <shrini> To use this, we need a Launchpad account
  55 [01:18] <shrini> you can go to http://one.ubuntu.com
  56 [01:18] <shrini> and login using launchpad account
  57 [01:19] <shrini> then you can choose a subscription
  58 [01:19] <shrini> free 2 GB or paid 50 GB
  59 [01:19] <pleia2> < IdleOne> QUESTION: What do I do if I get OpenID login failed?
  60 [01:19] <shrini> sometime, this may happen
  61 [01:20] <shrini> we need to check why login failed.
  62 [01:20] <shrini> It failed for me too saying like "invalid timezone error"
  63 [01:20] <shrini> I changed my timezone settings in launchpad and it worked :-)
  64 [01:20] <shrini> #ubuntu helped me on this
  65 [01:21] <shrini> after subscribing, you can access the "Ubuntu One" gnome client
  66 [01:21] <shrini> This will take you to a page,
  67 [01:21] <shrini> where you have to add your computer to "Ubuntu One" cloud
  68 [01:22] <shrini> this is essential for the server to recognize your personal computer
  69 [01:22] <shrini> once added, you are done.
  70 [01:22] <shrini> now, you are ready to get thrilled
  71 [01:23] <shrini> your home folder has a special folder called "Ubunt One"
  72 [01:24] <shrini> this is where the magics happens
  73 [01:24] <shrini> After running the ubuntu one client, you can see a icon in top panel
  74 [01:25] <shrini> click the panel and click "connect" to connect with the server
  75 [01:25] <shrini> you can right click it. select "properties"
  76 [01:25] <shrini> to select the visibility options for the icon and to change the bandwidth settings
  77 [01:26] <shrini> Once connected, you are ready
  78 [01:26] <shrini> Now access the "Ubuntu One" folder via Places->Ubuntu One
  79 [01:26] <shrini> It looks like any other normal folder.
  80 [01:27] <shrini> but has hidden magician
  81 [01:27] <shrini> create a folder inside
  82 [01:28] <shrini> and paste a file from any other folder
  83 [01:28] <shrini> wow
  84 [01:28] <shrini> see the notification area.
  85 [01:29] <shrini> It is saying "Updating files"
  86 [01:29] <shrini> after a little time, it says that
  87 [01:29] <shrini> "updating Finished"
  88 [01:29] <shrini> Thats all. this is called syncing
  89 [01:30] <shrini> Any files or folders placed inside "~/Ubuntu One" will be synced to the server
  90 [01:30] <shrini> you can create, modify, move,delete the files
  91 [01:30] <shrini> as you do in any other folders
  92 [01:31] <shrini> but, all your actions will be reflected in the server too
  93 [01:31] <shrini> normally the sync happens once in 10 min
  94 [01:31] <shrini> there is another interesting thing is here.
  95 [01:32] <shrini> you can share your folders to other ubuntuone users
  96 [01:32] <shrini> right click any folder inside "~/Ubuntu One"
  97 [01:32] <shrini> choose "Share on Ubuntu One"
  98 [01:33] <shrini> you can give a users email address
  99 [01:33] <shrini> for example, if you want to share any folder with me, give my email address there
 100 [01:34] <shrini> you can even give me rights to modify your files
 101 [01:34] <shrini> by selecting "Allow Modifications" checkbox
 102 [01:34] <shrini> then click "share"
 103 [01:34] <shrini> this will send me a email
 104 [01:35] <shrini> saying that [name] wants to share a folder with you
 105 [01:35] <shrini> I have to accept a this by clicking a link provided in the email
 106 [01:36] <shrini> My "~/Ubuntu One" folder has a sub folder called "Shared With Me"
 107 [01:36] <shrini> this is the folder, where I get all the folders which are shared with me by other ubuntu one users
 108 [01:37] <pleia2> < Endomancer> Question with contacts I can see how to add people one at a time, but how do I sync it with empathy to add all my contacts?
 109 [01:38] <shrini> you can sync evlution contcacts
 110 [01:38] <shrini> not with empathy contacts
 111 [01:39] <shrini> want to share photos? albums? letters? documents?
 112 [01:39] <shrini> with your family and friends?
 113 [01:39] <shrini> Just place in ~/Ubuntu One
 114 [01:39] <shrini> and share by giving their email id
 115 [01:40] <shrini> you reach many people in a easy path
 116 [01:40] <pleia2> < IdleOne> QUESTION: My sister uses Windows. Can I share files with her via Ubuntu One?
 117 [01:41] <shrini> Not possible now.
 118 [01:41] <shrini> you can login to one.ubuntu.com via browser and see all the files
 119 [01:41] <shrini> browser is another way of managing the ubuntu one folder
 120 [01:42] <shrini> https://one.ubuntu.com/files/
 121 [01:42] <shrini> here, a web based file browser helps us.
 122 [01:42] <shrini> we can create folder, delete folder
 123 [01:43] <shrini> click a folder and "sharing" to share with others
 124 [01:43] <shrini> same as we did with gnome client
 125 [01:43] <shrini> you can upload files too
 126 [01:43] <shrini> currently one file at one time is possible
 127 [01:43] <shrini> bulk upload options are yet to be developed
 128 [01:45] <shrini> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOne/Tutorials/FileSharing
 129 [01:45] <shrini> this link explains about file sharing in details
 130 [01:45] <pleia2> 15 minutes left
 131 [01:45] <shrini> next, let is see on syncing tomboy notes
 132 [01:46] <shrini> tomboy is a perfect note taking application
 133 [01:46] <shrini> we can use it to take all kind of notes, todo list, reminders
 134 [01:47] <shrini> in Tomboy preferences
 135 [01:47] <shrini> select Synchronization  tab
 136 [01:47] <shrini> select ubuntu one
 137 [01:48] <shrini> by service as "Tomboy Web"
 138 [01:48] <shrini> thats all
 139 [01:48] <shrini> all your notes will be synced
 140 [01:48] <shrini> you can get them in browser via "notes" tab
 141 [01:49] <shrini> you can create, edit, delete in browser too
 142 [01:49] <shrini> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOne/Tutorials/Notes
 143 [01:49] <shrini> read for further info
 144 [01:49] <shrini> you can sync, evolution contacts
 145 [01:50] <pleia2> < starcraftman> Question: I asked earlier, I get a lot of .u1onflict markers on my folders. I'm constantly updating between my labtop/workstation and sometimes don't sync up before modifying, is there any good way to resolve these? Some of my folders seem to have stopped syncing becuse of it.
 146 [01:50] <shrini> well. sometimes, conflict too happen
 147 [01:51] <shrini> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntuone-client/+question/77902
 148 [01:51] <shrini> this page says that
 149 [01:51] <shrini> you have to choose which version of file to keep
 150 [01:51] <shrini> and remove all the file except the required one
 151 [01:51] <shrini> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOne/Tutorials/Contacts
 152 [01:51] <pleia2> < mhall119> Question: Can you share notes like you can share files?
 153 [01:52] <shrini> see this link for syncing evolution contacts
 154 [01:52] <shrini> currently, we can share files ony
 155 [01:52] <shrini> there are many future plans
 156 [01:52] <shrini> like
 157 [01:52] <shrini> syncing files outsude ubuntu one folder
 158 [01:53] <shrini> indication remaining time/bytes on sync
 159 [01:53] <shrini> clients for other distros
 160 [01:53] <shrini> screen sharing
 161 [01:53] <shrini> high capacity storage
 162 [01:53] <shrini> mobile clients, console clients
 163 [01:53] <shrini> encrypted file storage
 164 [01:54] <shrini> sharing notes,contacts
 165 [01:54] <shrini> public accessible shared folders via a single URL
 166 [01:55] <shrini> login is secured via ssl and oauth
 167 [01:55] <shrini> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOne/Security
 168 [01:55] <shrini> ubuntu one community gives awesome support
 169 [01:55] <shrini> Forum - http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=367
 170 [01:55] <shrini> FAQ - https://answers.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntuone/+faqs
 171 [01:55] <shrini> LP answers - https://answers.launchpad.net/~ubuntuone-users
 172 [01:55] <shrini> LP project page - https://launchpad.net/~ubuntuone-users
 173 [01:55] <shrini> acount asst - https://one.ubuntu.com/support/account-assistance/
 174 [01:56] <shrini> you are welcome to report  bugs here. Bugs - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntuone-client
 175 [01:56] <shrini> "Sharing is Caring"
 176 [01:56] <shrini> share you with the world
 177 [01:57] <shrini> Forget to say, #ubuntuone is the excellent place to hang out
 178 [01:57] <shrini> you can sync your own applications too with ubuntu one api
 179 [01:58] <shrini> contact the helpful developers in maling list/irc
 180 [01:59] <shrini> Thanks all
 181 [01:59] <shrini> Hope I have done
 182 [01:59] <pleia2> thanks shrini!
 183 [01:59] <shrini> thanks again for this wonderful opportunity
 184 [01:59] <shrini> so happy to be with you all