Once online I recommend you validate your disk space useage with the following command line:

df -h /

You will see something like:

Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
rootfs                462M  462M   0M  100%  /

First I remove my user files to another PC via FileZilla.  You can find the Tonido user files at: /root  Simply download the entire /root/app directory tree and files.  Once downloaded, delete them on the Tonido.  This will provide adequate space to run the following:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get install localepurge
sudo localepurge

After running these commands I had the following space available:

You will see something like:

Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
rootfs                462M  439M   20M  96% /

Now all you need to do is reload your user files from whence they came.

• Setup port forwarding at your home router: port 22 should be forwarded to your TonidoPLUG.
  • Note: When you open port 22 on your router, note that anybody can try to connect to your port. But if you have a strong password, it is very unlikely anyone will be able to hack into your TonidoPLUG (the key is to have a strong password)
• Next test your link. This is done by entering a terminal command such as: ssh username@YourName.tonidoid.com.  If this works you will get a request to enter the user password; I recommend that you do this to complete the test. If you login successfully, close the terminal window and go to the next step.
• Initiate Rsync from your PC (one external to your home network): Since you are initiating the connection externally, you do not need to know the public IP of your your external location. Just run either:
  • an Rsync command from your terminal window (something like: rsync -e ssh -a -P /path/to/source/dir/at/work/PC username@YourName.tonidoid.com>:/path/to/dest/dir) – or -
  • through a tool like GRsync to upload files to your home TonidoPLUG.

Happy computing!

I have begun local testing for implementation in a small consulting firm. Thus far I have no significant issues with the Music, files or other documents.  Setup has also been super easy thus far (up until my thunderstorm).  I tested things on three PCs including :

• an eeePC running eeebuntu
• a laptop running Ubuntu 9.04
• a Desktop running Windows XP

-within our four walls — office– things linked fine.

That it is… until a Colorado thunderstorm came along a blew all the settings out on our modems and firewalls.  Actually (in retrospect) that was a good thing because I really got a good look at how things work.  On Linux machines that are servers  and probably on Windows, too, you need to pay special attention to Port Forwarding — in order to gain access to your Tonido files through your firewall.  For ‘normal’ machines that are not servers, it simply happens automagically assuming their DSL modems offer UPNP.  However, NO UPNP equals a manual Port Forward for those guys, too. For those systems that are buried in a secondary (or lower) network, you need to remember to Port Forward all modems between them and the internet.  It only took me two days to learn these simple points.  Undaunted by skill or knowledge, I finally slugged it out!

Otherwise, my testing has provided a few additional items worthy of note including:

1. You are only able to upload data from your ‘home’ machine it seems.  When I tried adding my contacts from my netbook browser nothing happened; however, when I moved over to my main laptop it was happy to upload things.
2. Because I use Evolution, my calendar was a breeze to upload as an ics file.
3. It is important to note that not everything you upload is easily “deleteable.” Contacts for example are only removable one at time… my 1300 person error will be a mess for quite a while.
4. Tonido screen layouts look very nice on a big screen but for netbooks they make things very difficult. Icons and text are simply too LARGE. You can work around by using your browser in full screen mode; that little F11 thing in FireFox makes the too large icons almost tolerable.
5. Calendar, contact export does not appear to be supported.  This means the information flow has to emenate from your main PC and out to the share environment.  I think that is somewhat sub-otimal; but it is perhaps a short-term problem(challenge); this may get fixed.
6. Having read quite a bit on the web, I agree that the tonido website content does the toolset a ‘huge’ disservice.  Tonido is a great environment which is unclearly under-communicated, under-stated, and unclear. It is interesting that the Tonido site does not appear to emphasize the application’s use for small business; which is huge.  I find this strange since there is a heavy emphasis on items such as Music and Photos- neither of which can be as profitable as file, contact, calendar, task and information sharing.  I guess that just proves we all have biases.

Interestingly, I was barely able to find mention of tonido on the Ubuntu Forums site (buried in a single posting)… on the main Ubuntu site it appears only once prominently.

Observation:

• Another userful review

Create a configuration file to manage hdd power management.  In Terminal type:

sudo gedit /etc/pm/config.d/disk

Within this file, create the following:

# Configure the hdd power management settings to ensure
# long disk life and acceptable power management.
#
# Space delimited list of disk devices this affects.
#
DEVICES_DISK_PM_NAMES=”/dev/hda”
#
#
# Power management modes
#
# Powersave mode off
# Disable APM and spin-down – Not completely disabled
#
DEVICES_DISK_PM_POWERSAVE_OFF=”hdparm -q -B 254 -q -S 242″
#
# Powersave mode on
# Enable APM to conservative 200 and set spin-down for 21 minutes
#
DEVICES_DISK_PM_POWERSAVE_ON=”hdparm -q -B 200 -q -S 252″

Now create the Power Management script.  In terminal type:

sudo gedit /etc/pm/power.d/disk

Within this file, create the following:

#!/bin/bash
. /usr/lib/pm-utils/functions
. /etc/pm/config.d/disk

if test -z “${DEVICES_DISK_PM_NAMES}”; then
        exit 1
fi

case “$1″ in
true)
                echo “**enabled pm for harddisk”
                for DISK_NAME in `echo ${DEVICES_DISK_PM_NAMES}`; do
                        ${DEVICES_DISK_PM_POWERSAVE_ON} ${DISK_NAME}
                done ;;
        false)
                echo “**disabled pm for harddisk”
                for DISK_NAME in `echo ${DEVICES_DISK_PM_NAMES}`; do
                        ${DEVICES_DISK_PM_POWERSAVE_OFF} ${DISK_NAME}
                done ;;
esac

And now make this script executable.  In terminal, type:

Sudo chmod +x /etc/pm/power.d/disc

Voila!  That is it.