Using DragonDisk in Linux
Linux users, download the tar version of the DragonDisk software. Extract the tar file to your Home folder. Open the DragonDisk folder and run the dragondisk script. When prompted, click “Run”.
One good thing about DragonDisk is that you can encrypt your S3 account so others cannot access your account just by opening the application.
The main user interface comes with two pane. You can decide which pane to use for local and remote files. Generally, I would prefer to use the left pane for local directory while the right pane for the S3 storage.
Transferring of files (to and from S3 account) can easily be done by highlighting, dragging and dropping.
DragonDisk features
There are several features that I like in DragonDisk. Metadata editor After you have uploaded your files to your S3 account, there are several properties that you can set: Reduced Redundancy Storage
ACL permissions
HTTP headers (and expiry date)
Web URL Define whether the file should be accessed with HTTP or HTTPS protocol and should it be signed or as a torrent.
Folders synchronization DragonDisk allows you to synchronize your local and remote folder. In another word, you can easily use DragonDisk as a backup software, much like the TimeMachine in Mac.
You can even configure the synchronization options whether to replace the files if it exist in the remote location.
Other useful features
In term of popularity, Dragon Disk is mostly unheard of. But when it comes to functionality, Dragon Disk is definitely one of the best that I have come across, not to mention that it is free and supports Linux while most S3 clients don’t. If you have not tried it, I urge you to try it now. Let us know if you know of any other free S3 desktop client for Linux.
