[clue-tech] Document synchronization

[Michael Riversong]

I'm working with about 30 different machines right now, with multiple
operating systems.

The only sane way to keep track of it all is by dumping certain
directories onto CDs, and occasionally copying whole directories.

Writing up a simple text index of documents would work.

Guess it partly depends on how many documents you're working with.  If
the number is too high, then you'd probably need to start some kind of a
database.  The only thing i've seen so far that works cross-platform is
MySQL.

There are some sophisticated version control systems out there that are
used in corporate environments.  I've seen reviews of some in eWeek
lately.  However these are quite expensive and are designed for
administration by IT departments.

On Sun, 2005-04-03 at 23:39, Angelo Bertolli wrote:
> I recently bought a laptop for the first time.  I really enjoy being 
> able to work on things other than at home, but now I have this problem 
> with keeping track of where I put things.  I experienced a little bit of 
> this dilemna with a UNIX account I have, but of course I could always 
> get to that remotely.  Now I feel like I've got too many different 
> things spread across too many systems to keep track of things.  How do 
> people synchronize their documents?
> 
> Ever since I got spoiled using IMAP and being able to have the same mail 
> everywhere, I've started to want to be able to do the same thing with 
> all my other documents, code, software,  etc.  I wish there was some way 
> to create a document repository that worked seamlessly with my 
> computers.  Something like an online NFS would be nice.
> 
> Anyway, does anyone else experience these kind of problems?
> 
> Angelo
> 
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