Re: Directory synchronization packages
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 As powerful as unison is, it is no longer maintained.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.
>
> We looked at Krusader and were very impressed but it appears to be a
> simple copy rather than an rsync style differential block
> synchronization.
>
> 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.
>
> We had great hopes for FreeFileSync but it seemed feature poor and the
> user interface was unusable. We may have mangled the setup since there
> is no Debian package and we had to pull in boost and wxwidgets to get it
> to compile and work at all.
>
> 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.
>
> Right now our front runner is DirSyncPro followed by crafting Konqueror
> service menus based upon unison. We like the ease of use of the latter
> idea but think it will be too "dumb" and brings us back to unison being
> unmaintained.
>
> Have we missed any options? I should mention that the synchronization is
> usually bi-directional so a simple rsync front end is not a good option.
> Thanks - John
>
>
>
I should mention that DirSyncPro does not have a way of displaying
hidden directories either - John
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