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Further criticism concerns the unclear revenue share that will be granted to the community.{{citation needed|date=January 2012}} The [[Amarok (software)|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,<ref>{{cite web|last=Kretschmann|first=Mark|title=Ubuntu One Music Store integration • KDE Community Forums|url=http://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=116&t=87245|accessdate=16 April 2010}}</ref> unlike the [[Magnatune]] media store, which returns 10% of the revenue produced via the interface to Amarok.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.magnatune.com/2008/04/giving-money-to.html|title=buckman's magnatune blog: Giving money to open source|accessdate=2011-12-03}}</ref>
Further criticism concerns the unclear revenue share that will be granted to the community.{{citation needed|date=January 2012}} The [[Amarok (software)|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,<ref>{{cite web|last=Kretschmann|first=Mark|title=Ubuntu One Music Store integration • KDE Community Forums|url=http://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=116&t=87245|accessdate=16 April 2010}}</ref> unlike the [[Magnatune]] media store, which returns 10% of the revenue produced via the interface to Amarok.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.magnatune.com/2008/04/giving-money-to.html|title=buckman's magnatune blog: Giving money to open source|accessdate=2011-12-03}}</ref>
Notably, Ubuntu One as a service underlies European law and can therefore not become subjected to US law enforcement claims within the scope of the [[Patriot Act|US Patriot Act]] <ref>http://askubuntu.com/questions/58821/how-safe-is-eu-based-ubuntu-one-cloud-data</ref>.
Notably, Ubuntu One as a service underlies European law and can therefore not become subjected to US law enforcement claims within the scope of the [[Patriot Act|US Patriot Act]]. However, since the Ubuntu One database is outsourced to Amazon S3, data stored in Ubuntu One is eventually stored in the US and can therefore indirectely be accessed by US authorities.


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 16:34, 29 August 2012

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 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. Other linux flavors are supported through a console client [4]. The sourcecode is availabe through launchpad and can easily be compiled for other unix-like operating systems such as FreeBSD or Mac OS X [5]. There is an Ubuntu One music app for iOS devices, but currently no official support for Mac OS X computers [6]. A free Ubuntu One account offers 5 GB of storage.

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.[7]

Ubuntu One offers 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.[8] It also has capabilities for editing Tomboy contacts 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).

Ubuntu One publishes APIs for developers wishing to build applications with 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,[9] a 4.5 star (out of 5) rating on the Chrome Web Store,[10] and 4.5 star (out of 5) rating on the Android Market.[11]

Ubuntu One has been criticized within the Ubuntu community for its server software being proprietary.[12][13]

There is not yet a native client integration 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.[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,[15] unlike the Magnatune media store, which returns 10% of the revenue produced via the interface to Amarok.[16] Notably, Ubuntu One as a service underlies European law and can therefore not become subjected to US law enforcement claims within the scope of the US Patriot Act. However, since the Ubuntu One database is outsourced to Amazon S3, data stored in Ubuntu One is eventually stored in the US and can therefore indirectely be accessed by US authorities.

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. ^ http://www.maxiberta.com.ar/blog/ubuntuone-packages-fedora
  5. ^ https://launchpad.net/ubuntuone-client
  6. ^ "Ubuntu One: Downloads". Retrieved 2011-10-01.
  7. ^ "Ubuntu One Technical Details". Ubuntu.com. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
  8. ^ "Relaxed Ubuntu 9.10: CouchDB to be Integrated - Linux Magazine Online". Linux-magazine.com. 2009-10-15. Retrieved 2010-01-26.
  9. ^ "App Store - Ubuntu One Files". Retrieved 18 February 2012.
  10. ^ "Chrome Web Store - Ubuntu One". Retrieved 18 February 2012.
  11. ^ "Ubuntu One Files - Apps on Android Market". Retrieved 18 February 2012.
  12. ^ Bug #375272 in Ubuntu One Servers: «Server software is closed source» — Launchpad
  13. ^ 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.
  14. ^ "Launchpad bug #375145 - Ubuntu One should have a KDE client". Retrieved 2012-01-08.
  15. ^ Kretschmann, Mark. "Ubuntu One Music Store integration • KDE Community Forums". Retrieved 16 April 2010.
  16. ^ "buckman's magnatune blog: Giving money to open source". Retrieved 2011-12-03.
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