= Dropbox =

 * dropbox.com is a US based commercial company.
 * Any data saved via dropbox, are affected by US laws.
 * At UZH, the recommended alternative to dropbox is Switchdrive: http://drive.switch.ch.
 * Advantages of Switchdrive against dropbox:

   * Swiss data protection laws are respected.
   * Diskquota: 50GB.
   * All major OS are fully supported.

== Thinlinc ==


 * Applications > Internet > Dropbox
 * Disk usage of Dropbox is separated from I-MATH home quota.


=== Linux client and ext4 ===

 * End of 2018, dropbox [[https://help.dropbox.com/desktop-web/system-requirements#linux|limits]] the linux client to only operate on ext4 filesystem - this is no option for the I-MATH infrastructure.
 * To fulfil the requirements we've installed a workaround.
 * Please follow the above instructions carefully, to get a running dropbox installation.
 * If you run into trouble, please contact the [[https://www.math.uzh.ch/index.php?id=support|IT-support]]