Comments on OceanLinux: How To Use Dropbox On Non-Ext4 Filesystems (Btrfs, Ext3, XFS, ZFS, Etc.) On Linux

Also working for me with Linux Mint 18 XFCE with a...

2019-03-02T17:47:16.275+00:00

Also working for me with Linux Mint 18 XFCE with an encrypted home.

The trick seems to be working for me with LMDE (Li...

2019-02-28T15:40:36.065+00:00

The trick seems to be working for me with LMDE (Linux Mint Debian Edition) 3 Cinnamon.

I could not get dropbox to stop autostarting. I e...

2019-01-11T05:05:46.726+00:00

I could not get dropbox to stop autostarting. I edited the autostart that dropbox creates: ~/.config/autostart/dropbox.desktop to change that file's 'Exec' line to also
Exec=/opt/dropbox-filesystem-fix/dropbox_start.py and it worked

As alternative, I use for long time MEGA from mega...

2018-12-26T07:55:22.253+00:00

As alternative, I use for long time MEGA from mega.nz.

I like this community. Would ban Dropbox as soon a...

2018-12-20T20:29:32.777+00:00

I like this community. Would ban Dropbox as soon as I find a better cross-platform cloud storage. Miss UbuntuOne!

I noticed similar behavior last month running the ...

2018-12-15T06:54:32.004+00:00

I noticed similar behavior last month running the official client on my OpenSuse Leap 42.3 system with btrfs. After latest security patches it finally stopped working at all and insisting that I move the folder to a supported filesystem. So you may not be out of the woods on this.

Thank you so much!! I also overrode the glibc vers...

2018-11-19T01:53:56.456+00:00

Thank you so much!! I also overrode the glibc version (i only had 2.17) in the .c file, to get it to work, but i've got dropbox again on my redhat7 system. Great great hack!

On my machine dropbox works fine with XFS. Last w...

2018-11-15T16:11:59.131+00:00

On my machine dropbox works fine with XFS.

Last week the dropbox client complained about the file system, but this week it works as good as ever.

openSUSE Tumbleweed 20181110-657.1 (updated this week)
Dropbox v61.4.95

Thanks.

2018-11-15T15:39:37.428+00:00

Thanks.

It only affects the official client. You can use D...

2018-11-14T10:15:16.817+00:00

It only affects the official client. You can use Dropbox with rclone either to transfer files or to mount it without issues.

A question. This restriction also cover using drop...

2018-11-13T18:41:18.392+00:00

A question. This restriction also cover using dropbox storage with rclone or just is for desktop official client? Thanks in advance.

Or the easiest way is to ban Dropbox for this bull...

2018-11-09T21:46:28.560+00:00

Or the easiest way is to ban Dropbox for this bullshit technical restriction...