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Dropbox is almost as bad as every single third party anti virus product.

I won’t install it on any of my personal computers. If I have to share a document, I’ll just upload it via the web.

I love my Nextcloud so much. I use it all day every day and it just works. It's missing a few tiny things on my wish list, but it's crazy to me how I don't miss Dropbox at all.

I can't speak for what it's like to administer Nextcloud for a large org, but for my personal work sync it is a godsend. Easily my favorite software of the last three years.

I just switched back to dropbox after switching to Nextcloud.

For some reason I constantly got a'... could not be downloaded because of a local file clash' error with 6 files. 2*3 files have the same name but are in different subfolders. I've searched for this error, deleted the filed locally and in the cloud. Every time I add them again, I get the same error.

Not to mention that I get reminded of this error every 30 minutes or so...

Whats also annoying was that there are different versions in the Ubuntu software store. Some are deprecated and don't work anymore. Somehow the Appimage from their website didn't work either. I imagine this can be frustrating for new users.

This is why I went back to Dropbox. My usecase is exactly what the top rated comment says. I need a folder that syncs. Without any problems.

I imagine that icloud would also be a viable option for casual users like me. However, they don't have a linux client..

Why are there so many versions in the Ubuntu store? On Mac/Windows I just download from Dropbox's site.

There are so many better options then Dropbox.

iCloud once Apple introduces folder sharing in iOS 13.

OneDrive - $9.99 a month full Office Suite including on mobile/web and 6TB of storage. There is a third party Linux client (https://www.expandrive.com/onedrive-for-linux/)

In my own experience, mysterious conflicts were either caused by unusual filenames or case-sensitivity conflicts between Windows and Linux. In every case they were resolved by renaming the file, deselecting the parent folder in the sync config (removing it from the local synced files) and then adding it again for a fresh sync. It's only happened for me a few time, with moderate to heavy daily use. I'm not sure if your conflicts were unresolvable for some other reason, but the "deselect/select for sync" method always worked for me.

It didn't do anything bad to me while I used it. I finally got round to replacing it with Nextcloud though, so now I only use Dropbox very occasionally, and via the web.

I saw Nextcloud (https://nextcloud.com/) mentioned above but I'm not seeing anything that looks like a personal (or SMB) solution. Where should I be looking? What product/page? tia

You can either host it on your own server or find a free public server. I self-host it for just me (one user) and it works. It's PHP so the setup should be pretty easy.

I run my Nextcloud instance (for me and family) on a Raspberry Pi 3. The web interface is fairly slow because of the hardware (and likely my configuration :p), but it serves nicely as a Dropbox replacement.

Use cloudron.io for a personal solution (it's in digital ocean marketplace as well). Nextcloud is an installable app there

https://nextcloud.com/install/#instructions-server

https://nextcloud.com/install/#install-clients

I've installed it for personal use before but now use Hetzner:

https://www.hetzner.com/storage/nextcloud

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