For the past few weeks, off and on, I've heard some low-level, excited buzzing about iFolder. What is it? Think of it as an open source Dropbox service that lives on your servers under your jurisdiction, with a few added perks.

iFolder isn't new, per se, but it hasn't seen an updated source code release since 2007. Late last week, Novell, which sponsors the iFolder project, announced that iFolder 3.7.2 client and server packages -- as well as source code -- were available for download. The new release runs on Mac, Windows (including Vista) and Linux 32- and 64- bit environments. The push is now on to keep iFolder a very community-driven initiative.

As JKOnTheRun notes today, free online storage service Dropbox has just come out of beta and is available to everyone. The company has also served up a beta client for Linux. The Linux client may be particularly attractive for owners of Linux-based netbooks such as Asus Eee PCs. Those usually come with very little local storage, and Dropbox will give you 2GB of online storage for free, or you can add substantial amounts for very little cost. Check out JKOnTheRun for more.