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A way of describing computing resources and services made available through the Internet that can typically be accessed from anywhere.

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How to Sync OneDrive Business /Office 365 on Linux?

Microsoft OneDrive Business/Office 365 Pro offers 1 TB of cloud storage but unfortunately there has never been a method to sync it on Linux.
Sayed Metwaly
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Can Google Drive desktop be used on Ubuntu?

I'm thinking of switching my operating system from Windows and I use Google Drive desktop with all of my video work.
Jack Gilmore
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Is there a free cloud service where I can practice installing Linux?

I want to learn how to install and configure different Linux distros, and practice this hands-on. I was wondering if there was any free cloud (or other online) storage services you can recommend for doing this? I'm based in the UK if that makes any…
Monkeybrain
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How to get rid of cloud-init?

I'm using Ubuntu 14.04 image as my base box for vagrant. Unfortunately this base box contains cloud-init which causes many problems during starting-up the machine: https://github.com/mitchellh/vagrant/issues/3860 I'm not using my machine in the…
mnowotka
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EncFs insecure, what to use now

I love encfs as it provides file-based encrypting which is quite useful when it comes to cloud storage. But it looks like that especially for this use case, encfs is considered to be insecure. I'm aware that encfs 2 is in development but how to deal…
Sebastian
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How do I know what Ubuntu AMI to launch on EC2?

When I want to launch an instance of Ubuntu on EC2, how do I find the right one? There are thousands of public images that have "Ubuntu" in their name. I am only interested in running the Official Ubuntu images. How do I now which AMI is the…
smoser
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How to solve LOCALE problem

I am facing a problem as asked in this question, I have tried the proposed solution but facing the same issue When I run locale, locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: No such file or directory locale: Cannot set LC_MESSAGES to default…
Umair Ayub
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How do I reload network configuration with cloud-init?

I've installed Ubuntu Server 18.04, and instead of the old /etc/network/interfaces, it seems that my network configuration now lives in a series of YAML files in /etc/netplan, of which the only one I actually have is…
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How can I easily set up a Google Cloud Print printer?

I have an HP Photosmart B210 this is a e-print printer capable of printing via wifi, I'm using this printer in Google cloud print, however there is a downside, the software that comes with it is only for Windows, so to print anything I'm using my…
Uri Herrera
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What to do with a cluster of old computers running Ubuntu?

At our university, our section had a grant of several old P4 computers. We decided on using them to create a 3x3 grid, which would function as a medium for our off-hand processing work. However, as of now, this is all we have done : This is a video…
Nemo
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How do I get a list of Amazon regions via the command line?

I'd like to see how I can get a list of regions from AWS on the command line so I can quickly look things up, how can I do this?
Jorge Castro
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How do I install OpenStack?

How do I install OpenStack? Is there an easier way other than official installation instructions?
csgeek
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How to keep your photos in sync with Flickr?

I have a ~/photos directory where I keep all my photos. I'd like it to be automatically sync'd to flickr (with their recent generous expansion...) -- all pictures in this directory automatically uploaded to Flickr (visible to me only and without any…
Damn Terminal
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How do I uninstall pcloud client properly?

I downloaded and ran a binary from their website (not a debian package) with these instructions. I can't seem to find an uninstall.
Ryan
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How to sync onedrive for business?

At my school we are starting to implement Office 365 for our students. We are working on basis of a bring-your-own-device strategy and will meet all kinds of devices and OS's. Office 365 comes with a built-in cloud feature, which can be synced to a…
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