Gmail File System
Did you know that you could use Gmail as an extra Hard drive? Each Gmail account is 1 GB in size, and if you have multiple Gmail accounts then it easily adds up some GBs of storage space. GmailFS is a really cool application which has been written in Python, an interpreted programming language similar to Tcl, Perl or Java. It basically provides a mountable Linux File System using your Gmail account.
For the geeky gentlmen/ladies, here is a link that explains it in much more detail and provides the Linux version of it...<Read More>.
For others, here is a link which tells you how to install this application in simple terms and provides the Windows version of it...<Read More>.
This is a hack and is something new, so it might not work as expected or might fail to work completely. Please use your discretion.
For the geeky gentlmen/ladies, here is a link that explains it in much more detail and provides the Linux version of it...<Read More>.
For others, here is a link which tells you how to install this application in simple terms and provides the Windows version of it...<Read More>.
This is a hack and is something new, so it might not work as expected or might fail to work completely. Please use your discretion.
posted by Twin-Gemini at 3/25/2005 08:50:00 PM
9 Comments:
Wow!! GMail-kae aappu?! And with 50 invites in everybody's account, thats UNLIMITED storage literally. Have u tried it out man??
Praveen
I tried it out with one of my accounts where I dont have anything and it works well. It's really exciting to actally see it working. Try it in one of your unused acounts, I am sure you will like it.
Praveen
I tried it out with one of my accounts where I dont have anything and it works well. It's really exciting to actally see it working. Try it in one of your unused acounts, I am sure you will like it.
Heard about it a while ago. And wish I had linux.
But I would rather use my flash drive than that.
Satosphere
Sorry, I forgot to specify one key piece of info., which is, the second link provides a windows install version. Go ahead and try it out, if you want to.
I had heard about it..but didn't know how to go about it..Now I do..thanks to the useful links on ur site:-)
Really cool find. Downloaded just now, will tell ya how it works in a couple of days :)
oh, Happy Holi btw.
tried it sometime back. It was very slow then.. Shud check again
To Sangeeta
Sure :-)
To Chandoo
Yeah dude, this thing is pretty cool.
To Freeyavedu
It seemed pretty fast to me, maybe they improved it recently.
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