TeraBox: What is it, how is it installed and used on GNU/Linux?
Today, one of the problems or limitations, which tend to be most common for any average computer user at home and small businesses, is storage. Since, most likely, the majority have in their homes or offices, with 1 or 2 hard drives that on average can give you from 512 GB to 1024 GB (1 TB). And although this should be a fairly appreciable amount, the truth is that When it comes to storing personal, professional or work data, this amount often falls short. for many. Above all, if said users constantly install or store programs, games and multimedia files (photos, images, videos, movies, animations, recordings).
And it is also true that, in the Linuxverse, the few tools or services in the cloud, free and open, free or paid, do not usually offer much benefit. Although, they do usually offer many benefits of privacy, anonymity and computer security. Especially when we self-host them in our own infrastructure. Being good examples of them, some like OwnCloud, NextCloud, syncthing, hoodik y PicoDAV, among many other IT solutions. However, there are many private and commercial services, which are usually classified as safe and reliable, which usually offer us substantial storage space for free. And one of them is TeraBox, which in addition to the enormous space (1 TB) offered, is multiplatform and it has a desktop client for GNU/Linux, which we will get to know and learn to install and use here.
But, before starting this present post about this cross-platform IT solutions for cloud storage and more, «TeraBox», we recommend you explore a previous related post, at the end of it:
TeraBox: What is it, how is it installed and used on GNU/Linux?
What is TeraBox?
According to Official website by TeraBox, said IT solution is described as follows:
It is a commercial, cross-platform application that offers one Terabyte (1TB) of free storage space. Which can be very useful for easily backing up or sharing files in the cloud through your own desktop application, mobile application or web version. And best of all, when you sync or backup data from any device with the app, all changes will automatically update in real time, so the latest files can be accessed anytime, anywhere from everyone. your devices.
And between his most outstanding features the following stand out:
- It offers 1 TB of free cloud storage, which also guarantees the security and integrity of our valuable data, through the use of an additional Personal Vault designed specifically to protect your most private files.
- It includes an automatic cloud backup utility for photos, videos and folders, making it easier for the user and saving hours of laborious work.
- Transferring large files is done quickly and securely. And it also allows you to upload large files of up to 20 GB each and package up to 50.000 of them using a password-protected and time-limited link, if necessary.
- It adds great and efficient photo management, which makes it easy to store, view, organize and even improve stored photos and images.
- Adds a versatile video player, making it easy to play videos up to 1080P smooth and clear, and played at customizable speeds.
- It has an excellent level of computer security, privacy and anonymity, which is done through industry-leading security measures, such as SSL protocols, state-of-the-art encryption algorithms and access controls. Also, it makes use of client-side endpoint encryption, which guarantees that data is transmitted securely between users and TeraBox servers, protecting it from unauthorized access; and large-scale distributed systems and big data security technologies, which support millions of instances (operation units) so that service remains reliable even during periods of high demand.
TeraBox is an ideal platform for storing and managing sensitive data. It has obtained authoritative certifications, such as ISO 27018, ISO/IEC 27001 and ISO/IEC 27701, which attest to its adherence to international data privacy standards. TeraBox – It's time to talk about us
How is it installed and used on GNU/Linux?
To test TeraBox, I used my usual Personal MX Respin, Miracles, and the current installer in Version 1.4.1 in ".deb" format. And these have been the results obtained:
Summary
In summary, “TeraBox” is a useful, effective and reliable free IT solution for those in urgent need of cloud storage space. Above all, for those who are not as expert or advanced in computing or do not have the necessary hardware resources to implement a free and open self-hosted IT solution like OwnCloud and NetxCloud. However, if you know of any other similar IT service, both in security, reliability, amount of free storage space offered and support for the GNU/Linux Desktop, we invite you to let us know via comments, for the benefit of all. those passionate about the Linuxverse.
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