SecretSync with Ubuntu One

SecretSync is synchronization service agnostic. This simply means that while we make it real simple to use SecretSync with the market leader for synchronization, Dropbox, it can be used with the synchronization service of your choice. Providing they install a local directory somewhere on your computer, that is.

For example, on Linux, if you use Ubuntu One instead of Dropbox, you can still use SecretSync. You just need to make a small adjustment when you install.

During the Linux installation, change the Dropbox directory to the location of the Ubuntu One directory:

That's basically all there is to it. Now, anything you put in the unencrypted SecretSync folder is encrypted and added to the Ubuntu One synchronization folder:

From this point, Ubuntu One will take care of synchronizing your encrypted files to your other computers.

SecretSync beta 0.169 available, including Linux installer

Just a quick note to let you know that we've released a new update for SecretSync, revision 0.169. We're still in beta, but we've had remarkably few issues and lots of excellent feedback.

This release contains fixes for both the application and installer.

We've added proxy handling to SecretSync as well as the installer. So if you're behind a proxy, you will still be able to sync your files. Proxy detection tries to be automatic. However, if you have a non-standard setup, you may need to configure the proxy for Java manually. Here's how to do that.

We've made a few minor tweaks to SecretSync, and added better alerts for the user. SecretSync tries to keep a low profile, but sometimes you need to know if an event occurs. We now provide window-based pop-ups — only when necessary, don't worry, :) — to communicate important information to the user.

The big news of course, is that we now have a Linux version available for Ubuntu/Debian. Our main development platforms are Windows and Linux, and SecretSync has been an absolute gem for confidentially replicating our Subversion repository not only between computers, but operating systems.

Download SecretSync 0.169b

Note: If you are running a previous version of SecretSync, don't uninstall. Simply download the update and run the install. Your existing sync cache files will be preserved this way.