From 8499090038b26b3c67fa95de68bce3a0f90158c5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nick Craig-Wood Date: Tue, 26 May 2020 17:12:52 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] docs: Updates to the front page from Edward Barker --- docs/content/_index.md | 48 +++++++++++++++++++----------------------- 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/content/_index.md b/docs/content/_index.md index 129561e13..e8cd7f4f5 100644 --- a/docs/content/_index.md +++ b/docs/content/_index.md @@ -19,20 +19,19 @@ date: "2020-05-16" ## About rclone {#about} -Rclone is a command line tool to manage files on cloud storage. It is -a feature rich alternative to cloud vendor's web storage -interfaces. [Over 40 cloud storage products](#providers) are supported -by rclone including S3 object stores, business & consumer file storage +Rclone is a command line program to manage files on cloud storage. It +is a feature rich alternative to cloud vendors' web storage +interfaces. [Over 40 cloud storage products](#providers) support +rclone including S3 object stores, business & consumer file storage services, as well as standard transfer protocols. -Rclone is a powerful tool the cloud storage equivalent to the -unix commands rsync, cp, mv, mount, ls, ncdu, tree, rm, and -cat. Rclone's familiar syntax includes shell pipeline support, and -`--dry-run` protection. It can be used at the command line, in scripts -or via its [API](/rc). +Rclone has powerful cloud equivalents to the unix commands rsync, cp, +mv, mount, ls, ncdu, tree, rm, and cat. Rclone's familiar syntax +includes shell pipeline support, and `--dry-run` protection. It can be +used at the command line, in scripts or via its [API](/rc). -Users have called it "The Swiss army knife of cloud storage" and -"Technology indistinguishable from magic". +Users have called rclone *"The Swiss army knife of cloud storage"* and +*"Technology indistinguishable from magic"*. Rclone really looks after your data. It preserves timestamps and verifies your data at all times. Transfers over limited bandwidth; @@ -40,37 +39,35 @@ intermittent connections, or subject to quota can be restarted, from the last good file transferred. You can [check](/commands/rclone_check/) the integrity of your files. Where possible, rclone employs server side transfers to minimise local -bandwidth use and can transfer from one provider to another without +bandwidth use and transfers from one provider to another without using your local disk. -Virtual backends can wrap local and cloud file systems to apply +Virtual backends wrap local and cloud file systems to apply [encryption](/crypt/), [caching](/cache/), [chunking](/chunker/) and [joining](/union/). Rclone can [mount](/commands/rclone_mount/) any local, cloud or -virtual filesystem so it will appear as a local disk on your Windows, -macOS, linux or FreeBSD computer. Rclone can also serve these over +virtual filesystem as a disk on Windows, +macOS, linux and FreeBSD, and also serve these over [SFTP](/commands/rclone_serve_sftp/), [HTTP](/commands/rclone_serve_http/), [WebDAV](/commands/rclone_serve_webdav/), [FTP](/commands/rclone_serve_ftp/) and [DLNA](/commands/rclone_serve_dlna/). -Rclone is mature, open source software originally inspired by -rsync. It is written in [Go](https://golang.org) and is energetically -maintained, and supported by a welcoming community with a wide -experience of varied use cases. Official repos such as Ubuntu, Debian, -Brew and Chocolatey include rclone. For the latest version [downloading from -rclone.org](/downloads/) is recommended. +Rclone is mature, open source software originally inspired by rsync +and written in [Go](https://golang.org). The friendly support +community are familiar with varied use cases. Official Ubuntu, Debian, +Fedora, Brew and Chocolatey repos. include rclone. For the latest +version [downloading from rclone.org](/downloads/) is recommended. Rclone is widely used on Linux, Windows and Mac. Third party developers have built innovative backup, restore, GUI and business process solutions using the rclone command line or API. -Let rclone do the heavy lifting of communicating with cloud storage so -you can concentrate on your problems. +Let rclone do the heavy lifting of communicating with cloud storage. ## What can rclone do for you {#what} @@ -102,9 +99,8 @@ Rclone can help you: ## Supported providers {#providers} -Here is a list of providers that rclone supports. This isn't an -exhaustive list as there are other providers which support a standard -protocol (such as WebDav or S3) which work out of the box. +(There are many other providers, built on standard protocols such as +WebDAV or S3, that work out of the box.) {{< provider_list >}} {{< provider name="1Fichier" home="https://1fichier.com/" config="/fichier/" start="true">}}