Comments on: My Cloud is in my Pocket

By: Lucas Baamonde

Lucas Baamonde — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:50:44 +0000

Do you test on a dedicated server and connecting remotely? While one should take some security measures, it’s really interesting, I work on this, and i use this, and I think that is another option to the desktop of the future;) Saludos!

By: Nestor

Nestor — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:04:00 +0000

Can anyone tell if these ‘clouds’ are to store virtual desktops? And where can I find them? I found something related to hostings… but it doesn’t feel like anything mentioned here.

The usb-pen seemed like an attractive solution for having different workplaces. Here are my thoughts.

Weak point: Boot and installations are very, very slow. AND the pen drive has a life cycle which is consumed fast!!! I burned my 75eur in less than 1 year. It was so tragic.. I never thought about it =)

By: MArk

MArk — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:12:26 +0000

I think this should be possible on Linux too, although I have not tried since I do not need such a configuration. You need to create a installation on a usb-stick or drive with a persistent home, this is possible with many distros. Sidux is well known for it. This installation then contains a bootable iso, which adapts to the local hardware on boot. All changes to that installation are stored to a sepate directory. I do not know if this also means program installations. I believe this is possible, but if not, you would have to create a custom iso before.
About great Music, Video and Photo programms, I believe Linux has some great offerings with KDE: Amarok, Digikam, KDENLIVE and Kaffeine. But I have to admit I can not compare, since I do not run a mac and I did not like it, when I tried. But if you are happy with your Mac, then there is no need for a change. Just wanted to point to the fact, that in general it should be possible on Linux too.

By: Martin Varsavsky

Martin Varsavsky — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:30:46 +0000

once every 10 days

By: James

James — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:21:53 +0000

Martin, I carry around a bootable Xubuntu pendrive on a USB stick which I created with pendrivelinux.com. On my PC I just interrupt the boot up sequence to choose to boot from the USB drive. Does the trick for me.

By: Diego A

Diego A — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:48:27 +0000

and how often do you backup your mobile 500Gb ?

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By: Martin Varsavsky

Martin Varsavsky — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:28:33 +0000

But you can´t even do this with Windows among computers that are the same models…

By: antoin O Lachtnain

antoin O Lachtnain — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:56:55 +0000

The basic reason you can’t do it on linux or windows is the diversity of hardware it runs on. Apple has quite a uniform hardware platform. This clearly has advantages, but it also has disadvantages (principally price – PC’s are available at cheap price points compared to Macs mainly because the competition for PC hardware is so strong, whilst Macs are a monopoly.)

I would say that for this approach, it might be a good idea to spend the extra money to get a solid-state drive (like http://www.memorydepot.com/details.asp?id=FTM56GLEX1). The reason is simply that if you are carrying around a hard drive a lot, it should be less likely to develop a fault than a mechanical drive. That’s the theory anyway, though I’m not flush enough to have one myself.

By: Martin Varsavsky

Martin Varsavsky — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:45:17 +0000

the best solution could be to carry a phone but with the memory of a large iPod and boot off the phone or use the phone

or a netbook that offers both choices