On Fri, 2011-02-11 at 01:14 -0500, John A. Sullivan III wrote: > On Thu, 2011-02-10 at 23:26 -0500, John A. Sullivan III wrote: > > On Wed, 2011-01-12 at 10:52 -0500, John A. Sullivan III wrote: > > > On Wed, 2011-01-12 at 09:57 -0500, Gilbert Sullivan wrote: > > > > On 01/11/2011 06:31 PM, John A. Sullivan III wrote: > > > > > On Tue, 2011-01-11 at 17:37 -0500, John A. Sullivan III wrote: > > > > >> Hello, all. We are looking for a Lenny/Squeeze package to > > > > >> synchronize > > > > >> directories between our physical desktops and our X2Go > > > > >> (www.x2go.org) / > > > > >> Trinity (KDE3 - trinity.pearsoncomputing.net) based virtual desktops > > > > >> via > > > > >> sshfs and have had difficulty finding an acceptable package that is > > > > >> friendly for all levels of users to use within a GUI. Any > > > > >> suggestions? > > > > >> > > > > >> We noticed that there is a package for unison-gtk but have some > > > > >> reservations. As powerful as unison is, it is no longer maintained. > > > > >> The GUI seemed intuitive to a developer but not to an average office > > > > >> user. There was no way to browse hidden directories other than > > > > >> entering > > > > >> them by hand. So our search began especially for something that > > > > >> would > > > > >> work well on KDE3/Trinity. > > > > > > > > Finding software to synchronize desktops that is powerful enough and > > > > flexible enough to get synchronization done exactly the way you need it > > > > while still allowing non-techies to use it is a real challenge. > > > > Unison-gtk is the only (nearly) satisfactory FOSS solution I've found > > > > so > > > > far. It has required considerable effort to train some of my more > > > > hapless users to keep it from becoming a weapon of mass data > > > > destruction > > > > in their hands. > > > LOL > > > > > > > > As I understand it, unison-gtk is still being maintained but isn't > > > > being > > > > developed. I think its maintainers still act on critical bugs and > > > > security issues (if any are being reported) or it wouldn't still be in > > > > the Squeeze repos. > > > Yes - I should have been more specific. That is correct. > > > > > > > > <snip>>> We looked at Krusader and were very impressed but it appears > > > > to be a > > > > >> simple copy rather than an rsync style differential block > > > > >> synchronization. > > > I took another look at Krusader. It is SO impressive but, we traced the > > > packets during synchronization just hoping against hope and it is indeed > > > a straight file transfer - no differentials. Really disappointed > > > although I could see Krusader being overwhelming to some users. > > > > >> > > > > >> We look at Komparator but it is KDE4 based, has a UI that seems > > > > >> overwhelming to an average office user, and seems more oriented > > > > >> toward > > > > >> search and compare than sync. > > > > > > > > <snip>>> > > > > >> We are considering DirSyncPro. Again, there is no Debian package. > > > > >> It > > > > >> is Java based which concerns us regarding memory and CPU consumption > > > > >> when we are trying to squeeze as many virtual desktops onto a host as > > > > >> possible. It does seem to be fairly full featured and actively > > > > >> developed. Our packet traces show it does appear to do block level > > > > >> synchronization. > > > > >> > > > > > > > > I'm glad you reported this. I'm going to start looking at it as my > > > > alternative. I wonder if there will be any effort to get it into the > > > > Debian repos. I'm trying to stick exclusively with the office > > > > repositories these days. > > > Same with us. We've got it set up now and released for testing. We'll > > > see what the feedback is. > > > > > > > <snip> > > We've hit some serious bugs with DirSyncPro. We've reported them to > > their bug tracker. We reported several minor ones early on and the > > developer was extremely responsive; they were all fixed in short order. > > The last two serious ones (major features almost completely broken) have > > drawn stunning silence. Of course, it could be someone had the nerve to > > go on vacation or something :) > > > > However, in case those bugs are not fixed quickly, has anyone had any > > luck finding an alternative to Unison or at least a more user friendly > > front end? Thanks - John > I scoured the Internet again without a lot of success. There is csync > but it seems young and does not seem to use rsync like differentials. > Thee is git-sync but it is a command line script and setting up a > complete git repository seems a little overkill for our user needs. > > Persy looked rather interesting although it also uses git. However, the > directories need to be empty when one first synchronizes. Again, great > for developers synching branches but not really end user friendly. > > It looks like drsync (http://hacks.dlux.hu/drsync/) is what we'd want > but it is still a command line tool. Does anyone know of a GUI front > end to drsync? Thanks - John > > I should mention that the DirSyncPro dev has started responding with his usual quick attention. I've sent a pile of logs and test results and hope to have good news soon - John
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