Tips and Tricks with Dropbox
This portal talks about tips and tricks discovered while using Dropbox. Articles may use technical language. Tips and tricks could vary from interesting workflow combinations involving Dropbox to unique uses for the application.
Sync other folders outside the Dropbox folder
Install Dropbox in an entirely text-based Linux environment (experimental)
Install Dropbox in an almost text-based Linux environment
Install Dropbox on CentOS 5.3 and KDE
Start Dropbox as a Windows Service
Run multiple instances of Dropbox simultaneously (using a single account) on Linux or Mac OS X
Remote control a PC using Bash scripts
Controlling your home web-server using Dropbox
Use Jing for screencasts and screenshots
How to increase the privacy and the safety of your data
Using Dropbox as a free and automatic web publishing solution
Monitor for conflicted files using GeekTool (Mac OS X)
Allow Dropbox to authenticate with an NTLM proxy server
(request for this trick) Stop Dropbox from auto-starting with Nautilus
(request for this trick) How to change the name of a computer
Encrypt the contents of your Dropbox locally with Espionage (for OSX)
Put program files from a program you use so you can run it on a seperate pc or mac without installing it. Tutorial Coming Soon!
Start BitTorrent Downloads At Home From Any Computer With Dropbox
Host a wiki in your Dropbox public folder (Note re this option: Help link)
Print to PDF on your Dropbox (for Mac OS X)
How to remotely print Microsoft Office documents in Windows XP/2000 using Dropbox
Host a Repository of Deb-Packages with Dropbox
Rename "My Dropbox" folder to anything else
Host a private git repository with your Dropbox
You might also want to check out Dropbox Addons for details on third party extensions to Dropbox.