How to Use Google Drive in Linux (itsfoss.com)

submitted 3 months ago by cyborganism@lemmy.ca to c/linux@programming.dev

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I'm soon going to transition to full Kubuntu and remove Windows from my PC. I've been looking for alternatives to a lot of the stuff I use and this one was a bit problematic. Or so I thought.

I'm also going to migrate from Google to Proton at the same time and it looks like some of these tools support Proton Drive as well!

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[-] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago

What do you mean? There's literally an integration with GDrive in Gnome and KDE.

[-] Hirom@beehaw.org 3 points 3 months ago

These integrations have big limitations which I would consider deal breakers. To quote this blog post :

❌ Files are not stored on the local disk like a proper Cloud service app

❌ Cannot be used without internet

That's better than nothing, but definitely not a good option.

[-] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago

For sure it could benefit from extra features like a watchdog that checks for any file changes and synchronizes when there is. Like the Windows tool.

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