[PLUG] Computer/Tablet/Phone Coordination

[Mike Cherba]

I've had mixed Android devices and Xubuntu/Scientific Linux/Fedora
machines.  For synchronization of certain things I just use the google
ecosystem as others have suggested.  Contacts, email, etc.  I run chrome on
both of my android devices and occasionally my desktop to share bookmarks
and such.  For other files, I actually just use dropbox.  I've tried
various other solutions including manually synching up the android devices
to my desktop via USB, but this seems to be the most flexible.
                       -Mike



On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 1:02 PM, Bill Barry <bill at billbarry.org> wrote:

> On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 12:29 PM, Chaz Sliger <chaz at bctonline.com> wrote:
> > I have Ubuntu running on a desktop system
> > I'm thinking about getting a Tablet to use as a mobile computer and also
> > my old phone in dying so I thought I would upgrade to a smartphone.
> > The phone I've been thinking about getting is the Samsung Galaxy 4.
> > Perhaps coordination would be easier if I got a Samsung tablet as well?
> > Or is synchronizing inherently easy because all the devices are linux
> > based?
> >
>
> As Ronald says, syncing the apps between two Android devices is easy
> enough if you attach the same Google account to both of them.
>
> As for syncing app data, that depends on each app.
>
> For data in general, like photos, documents, etc I use an app called
> FolderSync
>
>
> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dk.tacit.android.foldersync.full
>
> It does a nice job of syncing stuff back to my Debian server for
> safekeeping or syncing stuff from my Desktop to my phone etc. I use
> sftp, but it has lots of other transfer modes.
>
> Bill
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