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Dropbox
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- Dropbox 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.
I-MATH: Thinlinc
- Disk usage of Dropbox is separated from I-MATH home quota.
The default disk quota for the thinlinx dropbox installation is 10GB. If you need more, please contact the IT-support.
Use the prepared dropbox installation: Applications > Internet > Dropbox
- Please follow the installation steps carefully, to get a running dropbox installation.
I-MATH: Windows Terminal Services
- No support.
Private computer / notebook
- Linux / Windows / Mac.
- Please follow the dropbox official installation guide.
Installation at I-MATH Thinlinc environment
End of 2018, dropbox limits the linux client to only operate on ext4 filesystem.
- To fulfil the requirements with our thinlnc environment, we've prepared a workaround.
If you run into trouble during installation, please contact the IT-support.
Start: Applications > Internet > Dropbox.
- The first start might take several minutes! Please be patient.
- Click 'OK' to start the installation.
- After some time, a webbrowser opens and asks you to log in via dropbox.com to your dropbox account: do this.
- Again after some time, you'll be prompted with:
Click on move.
The above windows stays in front - move it to the side Navigate to /dropbox/<your account> and click