I've been using a VPS that uOttawa lets me have as retired/Adjunct prof. However, it's likely to disappear soon, as IT has been outsourced (given away!) to Micro$oft. I keep getting notices that I should use Outlook for my email. When Micro$oft board chooses to get their carbon and nitrogen for protein from KCN I might do so, but not until. For the last year or so, I've been exploring how I might use cloud storage for my needs. Of course, I'm aiming to avoid servers in the USA. Unfortunately, my biggest storage user is my book writing, for which I currently use Subversion over SSH on the VPS. Essentially I'd like to avoid actually managing a server. The storage needs are in the 60GB zone due to lots of background material. One possibility is using mounted cloud storage and file:// access for the Subversion. BUT ... I discovered that there are glitches with permissions. The idea works nicely with pCloud, but not with Icedrive. Git gives similar issues. I also tried curlftpfs with the NCF web space, but got problems with file ownership. I've not tried Stormweb or Proton or .... And I've not explored what might be possible in partnering with someone else. Has anyone in the group tried using cloud storage in such ways? It would be useful to compare notes. I might also like to encrypt some stuff -- I do screen prints of some material that has factual tid-bits for my work on historical novels, and don't want to get into arguments over fair dealing. There have been a number of complaints about pCloud closing accounts (and keeping the money!) because they got a hash positive for supposedly copyright material. This also means they are scanning material. Sigh. That would mean local encryption before upload of the sensitive material, which is a pain, but not impossible, as the background material isn't accessed often. In fact, I keep a small svn repo for some personal docs so I can get at them when travelling. I've been documenting this investigation, and probably can share the write-up at some point. Ideas welcome. John Nash To unsubscribe send a blank message to linux+unsubscribe [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org To get help send a blank message to linux+help [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org To visit the archives: https://lists.linux-ottawa.org