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Re:Ask HN: Should I invest in a desktop PC in 2017? by chestervonwinch on Monday January 16, 2017 @11:33AM (#13410929)
> How do you automatically shift everything over?

I'd like to know if there's an easy solution for this as well. I have a laptop and a desktop that I snagged at a university auction [1], both with Ubuntu. I keep a portion of my work in Dropbox, but I'd really like to build a "local network dropbox equivalent" for large directories. I don't have the knowledge to do so.

[1]: http://www.publicsurplus.com/

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Re:Ask HN: Should I invest in a desktop PC in 2017? by allannienhuis on Monday January 16, 2017 @11:58AM (#13411147)
This might be a useful tool for you to try: https://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/

it's like rsync, but two-way.

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Re:Ask HN: Should I invest in a desktop PC in 2017? by yoo1I on Tuesday January 17, 2017 @03:53PM (#13421077)
A tool I've the found to be the closest local network dropbox equivalent: https://syncthing.net/
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Re:Ask HN: Should I invest in a desktop PC in 2017? by cr0sh on Monday January 16, 2017 @03:09PM (#13412594)
You might also find this useful:

https://owncloud.org/

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