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I did get the sense, though, that the Money app seemed a bit like a jump-the-shark product. None of this latter batch of applications is going to ever replace their native equivalents, mind you, but they are pretty good ways of getting data from wherever you are to and from wherever your primary work machine is. There is also a Photo sharing app, a web-based Torrent manager, and a personal Money management app. Other applications include desktop Search Thots, a simple blogging/memo client, and Workspace, a decent personal information manager. After you point it at a music folder, the simple player did a fair job of letting me organize my music that was located on a machine across town.

The Jukebox app was useful, as well, though very rudimentary. None of these backups are hosted out on the cloud-you have to specify a local drive to save the backups. Backups can be done remotely, too, and across multiple Tonido clients, through the use of Backup groups. Once Tonido is running on the host computer, then users can log in through other machines to the same account and access all of the files on the host machine, including removable drives.

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Tonido provides several free apps for users, some of which are useful, and others perhaps not so much.Ĭertainly the file Explorer and Backup tools are helpful. Whether using the relay network or direct port access, there was barely a difference in transfer speeds. Fortunately, there are clear instructions on port forwarding for routers, which power users can implement right away. It should be noted that CodeLathe is indicating that this is a free, beta service, which sets off the 'this service may cost money later' alarms. The Relay Service shunts all of the traffic in and out of your network without port forwarding. One very nice feature included in Tonido that's a brilliant addition for beginner users is the addition of a Remote Relay service that negates the need to open ports on your network firewall.

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With Linux, your do need to initially start the Tonido service, though there are crystal clear instructions for a pleasant variety of distributions on how to do this and how to have the service auto-start whenever you boot.Īll of a system's files can be accessed with any browser, and there's even a mobile/iPhone link on the account home page that smartphone browsers can use to get a slicked-down version of the file Explorer. The Windows install, like most things Windows, just revs up and installs without any intermediate configuration.

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Installation of the client, tested on Windows 7 and openSUSE Linux 11.2, is very simple.

The local app not only allows remote access to the machine, but also installs a small portfolio of apps that can be accessed by the client either locally or remotely. Once installed, users can then register for a new Tonido account, which immediately creates a straightforward URL that will redirect to the client machine from any web browser. CodeLathe's Tonido is a client-based cloud service that can be installed directly on a user's computer on a multitude of platforms: Windows, OS X, and Linux.

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