aez's questions

I recently added Picasa 3.9 to my Ubuntu 11.10 machine using the technique from this askUbuntu question: How would I install Picasa 3.9?

But I'm wondering: does adding IE 6.0 (or Wine or Winetricks) leave my system vulnerable in any way? Since the IE 6.0 was added to allow Picasa 3.9 login, I'm concerned about entering my Google account credentials, should I be?

Thanks.

How can I allow a port on an Ubuntu 11.10 machine that is on an Ethernet LAN to be accessed by my Android device via WiFi on the same LAN?

Specifically, I'm doing some Android app development where the app needs to access a port on the Ubuntu machine (http://192.x.x.x:port) and the Android app responds:

Failure: Connection to http://192.x... refused

I am using the LAN address 192.x... as displayed by ifconfig on the Ubuntu machine.

Thanks.

I have found that Ubuntu One sometimes will sync a local file to the Ubuntu One website, and other times it will not.

How can I debug this?

I'm sitting at my machine making edits and saving several files, all of which are in folders that are to be Ubuntu-One sync'd. When I look at the website (even much later, say, the next day) only some of the files were sync'd.

Any ideas?

EDIT 1: I'll add this: I only see this problem with folders other than the Ubuntu One folder. The Ubuntu One folder seems to always stay in sync.

Does the window for the Ubuntu One client need to be actually open (and in my Windows or Ubuntu "taskbar") for the sync'ing to actually occur?

It would be nice if the sync process could occur without having the window always lying around. Dropbox doesn't require a window to be open, for example.

I am able to sync and see my file names online and on all my devices, but how can I simply view sync'd text files online, or, say, on my mobile phone (which has the Ubuntu One app installed).