Dropbox is a tool that syncs a particular folder on your computer with the cloud, in a sense it’s an instant backup of the most recent changes. You can then access this folder via the internet or on any other computer with Dropbox installed. In other words, it’s especially handy when your computer stops working and the manufacturer avoids honoring its service contract.
<code># emerge dropbox</code>
does install something, but it is not clear how to get Dropbox up and running from there. Consequently, I’ve uninstalled the Gentoo package and gone to Dropbox’s Linux page, and I’m following their install procedure.
And that was about the easiest install I’ve done on Linux. Works great, but being a bit unsophisticated on the Linux side, I’ll have to do some tinkering to get the script to start automatically.
