User:Insulam Simia/Ubuntu One
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 Ubuntu One Desktop client on Ubuntu 13.04 | |
| Developer(s) | Canonical Ltd. |
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| Initial release | May 13, 2009 |
| Written in | Python[1] |
| Operating system | Ubuntu 9.10 and later, Mac OS X 10.6 and higher, Microsoft Windows, iOS, Linux, Android |
| Platform | Launchpad, Ubuntu, Ubuntu Forums, Ubuntu One, Ubuntu One Music Store, Ubuntu Software Center |
| Available in | English |
| Type | Cloud Service & single sign on service |
| License | Server-side: Proprietary[2] User-side: GPLv3[3] |
| Website | one |
Ubuntu One is a cloud service and Open ID-based single sign on service managed by Canonical Ltd to allow users to store data within the cloud and to log onto many Canonical-owned websites.
The service helps users to keep files online so that they can be shared between computers and mobile devices, as well as play audio and music from cloud to mobile devices.
Features[change | change source]
Ubuntu One has a client app that runs on Ubuntu 9.04 and later or Windows XP or newer, and Mac OS X 10.6 and higher. Other types of Linux that are not running GNOME are supported through a console.[4] The source code is available through Launchpad and can easily be put together for other unix-like operating systems such as FreeBSD.[5] There is an Ubuntu One music app for iOS devices.[6] A free Ubuntu One account has 5 gigabytes of storage.
The Ubuntu One service are like services such as iCloud, Dropbox, Google Play Music and Amazon Cloud Player. Its client code is written in Python. It uses Twisted for its low-level networking and Protocol Buffers for protocol description. Data passes over a custom protocol called "u1storage", and stored on Amazon S3.[7]
Ubuntu One offers automatic uploads of photos taken from Android mobile devices so that they can be synced at once; linking with Mozilla Thunderbird for contacts and with Tomboy for notes due to the access to the local CouchDB software.[8] It also can purchase DRM-free music while synchronizing them automatically with an Ubuntu One Account via the Ubuntu One Music Store (in partnership with 7digital).
Ubuntu One releases APIs for developers wanting to make applications with file and data synchronization or music playing.
An Ubuntu One account gives users access to the Canonical Store, Launchpad, Ubuntu One and other Ubuntu services; an Ubuntu One account allows users to keep files inside the cloud, keep their contacts details inside the interface, access the Ubuntu One Music Store to buy music and turn on the Ubuntu Software Center. Other sites that support OpenID also can use Ubuntu One.
History[change | change source]
On June 2013, the Ubuntu Single Sign On service was turned into Ubuntu One as part of changing Canonical's online services under the Ubuntu One brand. Also, the announcement showed Ubuntu Pay as another service to come under the brand. Following a hack in 2013, Canonical put the Ubuntu Forums under the brand, meaning that Forum users now log in using Ubuntu One rather than with the previous username-password system.
Reception[change | change source]
The Ubuntu One App has a 4.5 star (out of 5) rating on the iTunes App Store,[9] and 4.5 star (out of 5) rating on the Play Store.[10] It had a 4.5 star (out of 5) rating on the Chrome Web Store, until it was taken off the site.[11][when?]
Ubuntu One has been criticized inside the Ubuntu community for its server software being proprietary.[12][13]
There is not yet a native client for the Kubuntu variant of the Ubuntu operating system (as of January 2012).[14] 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.[source?] 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,[15] unlike the Magnatune media store, which returns 10% of the revenue produced via the interface to Amarok.[16]
Storage[change | change source]
All Ubuntu One storage is on Amazon S3.[17] Files stored in the Ubuntu One file stores are not encrypted.[18]
See also[change | change source]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "What is Ubuntu One". 13 May 2009.
- ↑ "Ubuntu One Servers in Launchpad". Retrieved 2010-10-22.
Other/Proprietary
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "UbuntuOne Packages for Fedora | Maxiberta's Blog". Maxiberta.com.ar. Retrieved 2013-06-19.
- ↑ "Ubuntu One Client in Launchpad". Launchpad.net. Retrieved 2013-06-19.
- ↑ "Ubuntu One: Downloads". Retrieved 2011-10-01.
- ↑ "Ubuntu One Technical Details". Ubuntu.com. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
- ↑ "Relaxed Ubuntu 9.10: CouchDB to be Integrated - Linux Magazine Online". Linux-magazine.com. 2009-10-15. Retrieved 2010-01-26.
- ↑ "App Store - Ubuntu One Files". Retrieved 18 February 2012.
- ↑ "Ubuntu One Files - Apps on Android Market". Retrieved 18 February 2012.
- ↑ "Chrome Web Store -Ubuntu One". Retrieved 18 February 2012.
- ↑ Bug #375272 in Ubuntu One Servers: «Server software is closed source» — Launchpad
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Launchpad bug #375145 - Ubuntu One should have a KDE client". Retrieved 2012-01-08.
- ↑ Kretschmann, Mark. "Ubuntu One Music Store integration • KDE Community Forums". Retrieved 16 April 2010.
- ↑ "buckman's magnatune blog: Giving money to open source". Retrieved 2011-12-03.
- ↑ "Ubuntu One/TechnicalDetails - Ubuntu Wiki".
- ↑ "Ubuntu One : Help : FAQs-Are my files stored on the server encrypted?". Retrieved 16 Dec 2012.