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submitted 1 year ago by desconectado@lemm.ee to c/linux@lemmy.ml

The main cloud services don't even work natively (GoogleDrive, OneDrive, iCloud) basically the only mainstream choice is Dropbox. I tried to use Google Drive in Mint, and it's a pain to get it to work, and usually it stops working after computer restarts.

Someone has a recommendation about how to handle these services?

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[-] RoboRay@kbin.social 31 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Google drive integrates simply into the file manager on Gnome for cloud storage. It doesn't do offline file-sync between devices, however.

The Microsoft and Apple products don't support Linux because... Microsoft and Apple.

[-] PrefersAwkward@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Google drive also works great on kde

[-] LonelyWendigo@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I sick of seeing Google Drive recommended as an alternative to dropbox. (Because I am looking for an alternative to dropbox and so far nothing has feature parity with it and the features I value.) If an app forces me to be logged in to a graphical environment locally on Linux then it has already failed to understand why people use *nix. Google Drive doesn't keep offline copies and it doesn't work on CLI. So basically useless on my server. If the files aren't natively and transparently accesible as a local filesystem while they are synced to the cloud, it's not a viable Linux Dropbox alternative. I want my files on my machine and a copy on the cloud, not the other way round.

[-] RoboRay@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I have not and do not recommend it. I simply responded to the claim that it doesn't work, because it does. OP has something else going on that's causing Google Drive problems.

I use both Dropbox and Mega and recommend either for someone seeking a simple cloud-sync solution.

[-] skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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[-] OboTheHobo@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

I managed to get one drive working on linux, able to mount it onto the filesystem using rclone.

[-] RoboRay@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yes, it's often possible to get unsupported services working, but it's rarely simple and it's prone to breakage over time with changes to the system as well as to the service. I do not recommend it to anyone seeking a simple solution and I will not do it for someone I need to support.

[-] jrandiny@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Does it work offline? Last time I tried it only works when you are online

[-] RoboRay@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

No, the Google Drive implementation is just for cloud storage. It doesn't do offline file-sync. I'll update my earlier comment.

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