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Automatically Mount Cloud Services in Ubuntu 11.10 using OTIXO Cloud Service

Few days ago we showed you how to map your cloud services like SkyDrive, Google Doc, Box, Amazon S3, Dropbox, Picasa, etc. in Ubuntu using OTIXO Cloud Service. What’s missing in our previous tutorials is how to mount these cloud services automatically when you login to Ubuntu.

Mapping these services automatically will allow you access to them everytime you login to Ubuntu. This can be a great way to automatically backup your important data online securely.

To read our previous tutorials, click here.

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Tags: Otixo, Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot

Mount Your Cloud Services in Ubuntu with OTIXO

This brief tutorial shows you how to map your cloud services like SkyDrive, Google Docs, Box, Dropbox, Picasa, MobileMe, Amazon S3, FTP and many others in Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) with OTIXO.

Now, this may also work in other versions of Ubuntu as OTIXO uses WebDAV to mount these services. When these cloud services are mounted in Ubuntu, they will appear as if they are locally attached mount points that you can interact with. This allows you to create, modify and delete folders stored in the cloud from your desktop.

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Tags: Otixo, Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot

Filter the Web with DansGuardian in Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot)

DansGuardian is an open source web content filter which currently runs on Linux systems, including Ubuntu. It allows you to filter content on web pages based on phrases, text and URL. When configured correctly, it will block inappropriate content as well as content not suitable for children.

If you’re looking for a simple content filtering system in Ubuntu, then you may want to take a look at DansGuardian. In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to install and configure DansGuardian in Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot).

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Tags: dansguardian, Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot

Install uTorrent in Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot)

This brief tutorial shows you how to install and use uTorrent in Ubuntu 11.10. As you may already know, uTorrent works great in Windows machines, however, until recently, it wasn’t available in Linux systems. Now, if you’re used to how uTorrent works in Windows, you’ll be surprised how difficult it can be to use it in Linux systems.

In Linux systems, uTorrent runs as a webserver. The server must be started and you will need a web browser to connect to it. I’ll recommend other torrent clients for Ubuntu. However, if you choose to use uTorrent, then continue below to learn how to install it in Ubuntu.

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Tags: Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot, uTorrent

Synchronize Google Docs in Ubuntu with Super Flexible File Synchronizer

Are you subscribed to Google Docs Online? Do you want to synchronize your Google Docs in Ubuntu? If you do, then you’re in luck, because Super Flexible File Synchronizer lets you do just that.

SFFS works in Windows, Mac and now Linux (Ubuntu). It simple GUI helps you synchronize and backup your Google Docs using ZIP compression and data encryption. In this brief tutorial, I’ll show you how to download and configure Super Flexible File Synchronizer in Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) so that your documents, whether online at Google Docs or on your location computer, can be in synced. When you’re don’t, all changes made online at GDocs will apply to Ubuntu and changes made in Ubuntu will apply at Google Docs.

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Tags: Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot

Automatically Mount / Map Microsoft SkyDrive in Ubuntu 11.10 with SME Storage–Part II

This tutorial is kind of like Part II of our previous tutorial where we showed you how to map or mount Microsoft SkyDrive online storage in Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot). To read the tutorial we wrote yesterday, click here.

Now that you already know how to mount SkyDrive in Ubuntu, this tutorial will show you how to automatically mount SkyDrive in Ubuntu everytime you login so you don’t have to manually do so. This is a perfect way to backup your important data (files, folders, music) to SkyDrive automatically.

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Mount / Map Microsoft SkyDrive in Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot)

This brief tutorial shows you how to map or mount Microsoft SkyDrive online storage in Ubuntu 11.10 using SME Storage. SME Storage provides an easy way to access most popular online storage services including SkyDrive from Microsoft.

Now, SkyDrive on the other hand is a free online storage service from Microsoft which lets you store you data (files, folders, music) securely online and access it from any location around the world with an Internet access. There are few apps that let you map your SkyDrive storage in Ubuntu, but nothing is more user-friendly and easy to install and use as SME Storage.

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Tags: SkyDrive, Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot

Install Nuvola Player in Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot)

Nuvola Player (previously called Google Music Framework) is a cloud music player that lets you listen to music from Google Music, 8tracks, Grooveshark, and Hype Machine directly from your Ubuntu desktop. It is specifically designed for cloud music services and has many features that integrate well with Ubuntu.

This brief tutorial shows you how to install Nuvola Player in Ubuntu so you can begin listening to music from your cloud music services from a single application in Ubuntu.

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Tags: Nuvola Player, Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot

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