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Why Personal Cloud Storage is so bad on Linux?

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?

jcrabapple ,
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Koofr

VitoCorleone ,

For command line sync to the cloud you can use rclone. It’s FOSS and works with many different cloud providers.

For a constant sync experience you can use insync. It’s closed source and requires a license though, but works reasonably well.

Sorry for the lack of direct links since I’m on the phone.

buskbrand ,

You don’t need insync - most people just automate rclone sync commands using whatever task scheduler their system runs by default (cronjobs or systemd units, typically). For those who prefer a GUI, KDE has a Scheduled Tasks app.

On Android, you can use Round Sync which is a wrapper around rclone and can import the same configs.

KrimsonBun ,
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kdrive or nextcloud.

skullgiver , (edited )
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    desconectado OP ,

    Yeah, that works as intended, what I meant is to have offline files, (full on sync folders) not only the virtual disc mounted. I work with lots of scripts (MATLAB) and the speed is significantly slower for virtual files.

    Dariusmiles2123 ,

    I use kDrive and it works well with Fedora. Infomaniak, the company behind kDrive, is from my country, Switzerland. It uses a lot of renewable energy and the heat from their servers is used to heat buildings in my city.

    charje ,

    Has anyone tried cryptpad.fr. I’m considering it, but I have yet to try it.

    Justin ,
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    Don’t. Use Nextcloud.

    shotgun_crab ,

    rsync is your friend

    blackbrook ,

    Tresorit has a Linux client.

    MangoKangaroo , (edited )

    I use my own NAS along with syncthing to backup and sync stuff across my phone, laptop, and desktop. Before that I was using mega.nz with its native Linux client, which worked fine sans a weird issue where it’d repeatedly transfer the same file forever.

    Way back I also saw a paid 3rd party Linux-native app that supposedly works with all the major personal cloud carriers, though I never ended up using it and have long since forgotten what it’s even called.

    UnfortunateShort ,

    MEGA is an optiom, rclone is the option. Supports next to anything.

    itchy_lizard ,

    Still waiting for rclone to support megainn Debian. Then it’ll be perfect.

    argv_minus_one ,

    My recommendation is to not use them, for privacy reasons.

    zhou ,

    I use Google Drive with InSync. It’s not free, but it’s a good piece of software I’ve been using for years and it does everything I need.

    ebits21 ,
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    If only they would listen to the hundreds of requests for a flatpak…

    I use it too and have for years.

    gabriele97 ,
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    You can use rclone

    CtrlAltOoops ,

    I second that.

    With the additional advantage that rclone has modules like crypt and join, which allows you to keep your data encrypted no matter which cloud you use, gaining more cloud space by joining clouds, etc.

    garam ,
    @garam@lemmy.my.id avatar

    rclone

    rclone bisync, even it’s not good in production, I been using it for 1.5 years, just need to check the log regularly… I just hope this function become stable enough to be on mainstream, then almost all cloud storage works well on it…

    CtrlAltOoops ,

    I didn’t know this option. Will certainly give it a look.

    garam ,
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    Just make sure, that you have logs for it, and check before sync. because sometimes in bisync, you can lost your file… but I already manage it by excluding a lot of .swp, ~.lock., and other temp files… Mostly temp files is there cause of broken bisync, and when resync, the file that suppose to be synced, deleted…

    RoboRay , (edited )
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    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 ,
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    Google drive also works great on kde

    jrandiny ,

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

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

    LonelyWendigo ,

    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 ,
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    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.

    OboTheHobo ,

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

    RoboRay ,
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    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.

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