Fuddster Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 And by "uncommon" they mean anything other than ext4: Hi everyone, on Nov. 7, 2018, we’re ending support for Dropbox syncing to drives with certain uncommon file systems. The supported file systems are NTFS for Windows, HFS+ or APFS for Mac, and Ext4 for Linux. We’ve updated our desktop requirements accordingly here. A supported file system is required as Dropbox relies on extended attributes (X-attrs) to identify files in the Dropbox folder and keep them in sync. We will keep supporting only the most common file systems that support X-attrs, so we can ensure stability and a consistent experience. If you received a notification, but are running one of the supported file systems, it's possible that you may have recently had a computer linked that was running an unsupported file system but have been since upgraded, or that computer is no longer being used. Hope this helps to clarify matters! [Source] 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 That actually makes sense. I would surprised if they didn't support the most popular file systems on all the OSs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 I didn't receive that notice. The only systems I have using D-box these days are my main and the workshop system (which I haven't turned on in about a year - shame on me). They're both ext4, so no worries; not that I even need D-box anymore these days. It was useful when I first installed it, though. I don't do file sharing or any of that other techie stuff these days. I just go on the Internet to visit with my friends and job hunt... oh, and watch a movie or two from my favorite island nation of Tonga. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 I haven't used dropbox since their security issue years ago. I use google drive and pay $2.99 a month for 200gb of storage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuddster Posted August 11, 2018 Author Share Posted August 11, 2018 It's a minor inconvenience for me because my Dropbox folder is currently sitting in an XFS partition. Fortunately I have a small ext4 partition (still boggles my mind that a 600 GB partition is considered small) available. It also has me thinking about investigating other solutions 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crp Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 ext4 is the only common file system in the linux world?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 ext4 is the only common file system in the linux world?? No, but it is the most common one on Linux. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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