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| Stable release | 0.3.15[1]
/ October 21, 2008 |
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| Operating system | Linux |
| Type | Synchronisation |
| License | GNU General Public License |
| Website | live.gnome.org/Conduit |
Conduit is an open-source synchronization program for GNOME. It allows the user to synchronize information to and from various destinations. For instance, it can be used to synchronise photos on the users computer with various websites (such as Flickr, Picasa and SmugMug). Other types of information may be synchronized, such as files, folders, RSS Feeds, Emails, notes, contacts, calendars, and tasks. The program uses a drag-and-drop interface to give a visual representation of what is going to be done.
Goals
The developers of Conduit aim to provide a complete solution to keeping all of a user's information synchronized, regardless of where and how the data is stored.[2] By creating a generic framework for synchronization, current problems with synchronization may be avoided where the tools are specific to a device/website/software and so the information can only be moved in a very restricted way.
Conduit is currently being considered for inclusion as part of Gnome 2.24,[3] as well as potentially being integrated into Ubuntu.[4] Conduit is already available in Ubuntu,[5] but is not installed by default.
How Conduit works (Technical Description)
Conduit works by having a collection of data providers and data conversions. Data providers can represent all sorts of resources, such as an MP3 player attached to a computer, a website, or a program residing on a computer. They have data types, such as image, contact, or note, and are also defined to be either a source, a sink, or both. When the user tries to connect together a source data provider and a sink data provider, Conduit will try to allow this connection using the conversions it has available to it. Conduit uses a number of fundamental data types so that a conversion only has to be created once, and can be reused for any data providers that use that data type.
References
- ^ 0.3.15 - Conduit Wiki
- ^ "Conduit Wiki". Retrieved 2008-05-14.
- ^ "GNOME 2.24 Roadmap". Retrieved 2008-05-14.
- ^ "Ubuntu SyncIntegration specification". Retrieved 2008-05-14.
- ^ "Ubuntu's Conduit package". Retrieved 2008-05-14.