Windows Live Mesh goes live without support for Linux

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 2, 2011

“I have Windows Live and would use the sync tool except for the
fact that I need to sync documents between my work Windows 7
computer, my “family room” Ubuntu Maverick Meerkat PC and with some
other buddies some of which also use Linux. One of my favorite
cloud apps is Windows Live Skydrive, which lets you store any kind
of document in the cloud and access it from any other browser, even
Firefox running on the Linux Ubuntu PC. I routinely upload Office
files from work there and can edit them in the browser on the Linux
machine at home.

“But synch? It relies on Mesh for the sync function which
doesn’t support Ubuntu. So if I really need to make sure I have the
file, Internet connection or not, Dropbox it is.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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