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Ubuntu One
Developer(s)Canonical Ltd.
Initial releaseMay 2009
Written inPython[1]
Operating systemUbuntu 9.04 and higher, Android 2.1 or newer, iOS 3.1 or newer or Windows XP or newer
Available inEnglish
TypeCloud Service
LicenseServer-side: Proprietary[2]
Client-side: GPLv3[3]
Websiteone.ubuntu.com

Ubuntu One is a personal cloud service operated by Canonical Ltd.

The service enables users to store files online and sync them between computers and mobile devices, as well as stream audio and music from cloud to mobile devices.

Features

Ubuntu One has a client application that runs on Ubuntu 9.04 and later or Windows XP or newer. There is an Ubuntu One music app for iOS devices, but not currently one for OSX computers. [4] A free Ubuntu One account offers 5 GB of storage. Users may increase their storage by adding additional 20 GB "20-packs" for $2.99 per month or $29.99 per year.

“Ubuntu One Music Streaming” offers music-streaming apps for iPhone and Android phones. The “Music Streaming” package costs $3.99 a month or $39.99 per year.

The Ubuntu One service is similar to services such as SpiderOak, Dropbox, Box.net, Mozy, Wuala, Amazon Cloud Player, Google Music, Humyo, iDisk, Jungle Disk and Live Mesh. Its client code is written in Python. It uses Twisted for its low-level networking and Protocol Buffers for protocol description. Data is synced over a custom protocol called "u1storage", and stored on Amazon S3.[5]

Additional features like the integration with other services sets Ubuntu One apart from the other similar service-providers. Examples include the automatic upload of photos taken from Android mobile devices for immediate sync across computers; integration with Mozilla Thunderbird for contacts and with Tomboy for notes due to the access to the local CouchDB instance.[6] Further possibilities include the capability of editing the contacts, as well as the Tomboy notes, online via the Ubuntu One Web interface; synching contacts with mobile devices; and purchasing DRM-free music while synchronizing them automatically with an Ubuntu One Account via the Ubuntu One Music Store (in partnership with 7digital).

Application Developer Program

Ubuntu One publishes APIs for developers wishing to build applications utilizing file and data synchronization or music streaming.

Reception

The Ubuntu One App has a 4.5 star (out of 5) rating on the iTunes App Store[7], a 4.5 star (out of 5) rating on the Chrome Web Store[8], and 4.5 star (out of 5) rating on the Android Market[9].

Ubuntu One has been criticized within the Ubuntu Community for its server software being proprietary[10][11].

There is not yet a native client integration for the Kubuntu variant of the Ubuntu operating system (as of January 2012).[12] Kubuntu integration is under development and has also received a grant from the Google Summer of Code 2010.

Further criticism concerns the unclear revenue share that will be granted to the community.[citation needed] The Amarok development team has announced that they will not add support for the Ubuntu One Music Store to the Amarok media player for the moment[13], unlike what they have done with Magnatune media store, which funds the project with 10% of the revenue produced via the interface to the store built in Amarok.[14]

See also

References

  1. ^ "What is Ubuntu One". 13 May 2009.
  2. ^ "Ubuntu One Servers in Launchpad". Retrieved 2010-10-22. Other/Proprietary
  3. ^ "One license notice example". Retrieved 2010-10-22. under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
  4. ^ "Ubuntu One: Downloads". Retrieved 2011-10-01.
  5. ^ "Ubuntu One Technical Details". Ubuntu.com. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
  6. ^ "Relaxed Ubuntu 9.10: CouchDB to be Integrated - Linux Magazine Online". Linux-magazine.com. 2009-10-15. Retrieved 2010-01-26.
  7. ^ "App Store - Ubuntu One Files". Retrieved 18 February 2012.
  8. ^ "Chrome Web Store - Ubuntu One". Retrieved 18 February 2012.
  9. ^ "Ubuntu One Files - Apps on Android Market". Retrieved 18 February 2012.
  10. ^ Bug #375272 in Ubuntu One Servers: «Server software is closed source» — Launchpad
  11. ^ Bradley M. Kuhn (2010-01-14). "Back Home, with Debian!". Retrieved 2010-10-22. UbuntuOne's server side system is proprietary software with no prospects of liberation.
  12. ^ "Launchpad bug #375145 - Ubuntu One should have a KDE client". Retrieved 2012-01-08.
  13. ^ Kretschmann, Mark. "Ubuntu One Music Store integration • KDE Community Forums". Retrieved 16 April 2010.
  14. ^ "buckman's magnatune blog: Giving money to open source". Retrieved 2011-12-3. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

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