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0 pointsGordonS8y ago0 comments

Another Seafile user here, also moved from Dropbox. I moved before the big price hike, and I did so for a few reasons:

1. It kills machines on startup. My machine had the CPU and HDD maxxed out for 30 minutes every time I started it, rendering it unusable

2. You can only sync a single folder, which is really limiting

3. The syncing algorithm is crap (well, it was for me anyway) - I was constantly resolving conflicts incorrectly

4. Probably a continuation from point 2 - it actually deleted files it shouldn't have

I'm mostly happy with Seafile. I've had a few issues from time to time with the Windows client, but overall a much better experience than with Dropbox.

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flurdy8y ago

> 2. You can only sync a single folder, which is really limiting

That is easily worked around as Dropbox follows symlinks.

E.g on my desktop ~/Dropbox is on a small SSD so on that machine ~/Dropbox/Photos is a symlink to a folder on my large capacity HDD.

> 4.

Perhaps you already aware of the symlink solution :) It works for me, but is a little hacky. And you need to make sure dropbox is not running when moving and soft linking folders.

GordonSOP8y ago

> That is easily worked around as Dropbox follows symlinks

Not on Windows :(

striking8y ago

You're sure a well-placed `mklink` won't do the trick?

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