From 9113ef46383fe13299169310373e6fe57227bed7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: shockrah Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2020 13:24:29 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] new syncthing post --- prebuild/post/syncthing.md | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+) create mode 100644 prebuild/post/syncthing.md diff --git a/prebuild/post/syncthing.md b/prebuild/post/syncthing.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5c31115 --- /dev/null +++ b/prebuild/post/syncthing.md @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +# Syncthing and Remote File Management + +> What is [syncthing](https://syncthing.net/)? + +It's a free and open source project that basically keeps your files synchronized across multiple devices. + +It woks like so(in my setup): + +``` +Listen Server => Gets folders and things shared with it +PC => usually uploads stuff to the listen server +Phone => usually just pulls down updates from the listen server +``` + +I personally use Syncthing to keep my ever growing music library and Book/Papers collection up to date on my phone and PC. + +> Can you cut out the middle man by removing that server? +Yes but I'm lazy and this give me the option of running syncthing on my laptop and pull down changes from anywhere without much hassle. + +> Where do yo host this listen server? +For hosting I use [IONOS](https://www.ionos.com/) since VPS's only cost 2 USD a month. Currently it's running Debian 10 Buster. +