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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?

blackbrook ,

Tresorit has a Linux client.

shotgun_crab ,

rsync is your friend

rambos ,

I switched to linux (POP OS) as daily driver recently. Using selfhosted nextcloud and had 0 issues installing client and syncing. Didnt try google and other big guys yet

SteadyGoLucky ,

Pop OS had me log into Google and I believe my Google Drive space was automatically mounted. Too easy :)

rambos ,

It is too easy, but It probably got mounted as network drive so you dont have files stored on pc (bonus if you are low on storage). At least that was case with my nextcloud, so I removed that account and installed app from store. Both ways are super easy, iphone dificulty

Network drive is perfectly fine if you are ok with that (no internet = no files and it will open files bit longer), but OP was asking for synced files on local drive. I selfhost cloud and I prefer sync so I can have one more copy stored on desktop

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.

Justin ,
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Don’t. Use Nextcloud.

charje ,

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

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.

KrimsonBun ,
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kdrive or nextcloud.

ryannathans ,

Mega and syncthing work perfectly fine for me

necrxfagivs ,

I had a problem with Mega using Fedora. Trying to update from Fedora 37 to 38, I had a dependency problem with the Megasync app. I tried uninstalling but the problem persisted and I couldn’t upgrade, so I had to make a clean install.

Other than that, Mega and Syncthing worked perfect for me.

txiribitus ,
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@necrxfagivs @ryannathans Pedorra users are beta testers, change so to Devuan, void, slack, antix ... and finish the problems.

necrxfagivs ,

What do you mean?

milo ,

The same thing happened to me, so I switched to the flatpak version and it works well.

necrxfagivs ,

I haven’t installed it yet, so I’ll switch to flatpak too!

ryannathans ,

That’s odd, I don’t think the deb package has any dependencies

necrxfagivs ,

Fedora works with dnf, installing a rpm file.

jcrabapple ,
@jcrabapple@infosec.pub avatar

Koofr

merthyr1831 ,

Nextcloud works great! Includes integrations with GNOME and KDE including taskbar icons etc. and you can pay a service to host Nextcloud for you if you’d prefer that to selfhosting.

episode3805 ,

rsync/ rclone just works! Have not tried rsync with cloud yet, I use rclone for encrypted backups. Most cloud services are supported including google drive.

_edge ,

I don’t understand those questions. Google Drive is webdav to the best of my knowledge. Anyway, it works out of the with Gnome/Ubuntu. When you connect a Google account, a drive icon appears. Doesn’t get more “native”.

I get the problem that most vendors don’t have an app for Linux, so some functionality is lacking compared to what you may be used to. And cross-platform anything can be a problem, i.e if you really need Linux Desktop + Android + Windows + Apple stuff. (I do and learned to use web-based applications for work.)

What do you really expect from a “Personal Cloud Storage”? not a clearly defined term.

Seafile (needs a paid server as the backend) works nice for syncing files. Google Drives works as network drive. There are tons of backup solutions that work with tons of storage backends (aka professional cloud storage).

desconectado OP ,

Googledrive works as network drive and that’s a problem. Have you tried to run MATLAB scrips with a virtual drive? Or open an obsidian vault in a virtual drive?

What I mean by “personal cloud services” is actually trying to avoid those professional cloud storage that you mention, not everyone wants to selfhost or pay for teras of storage. I just want my personal files to be accessible from my work computers (has to be windows, not my choice) and my personal computers (Linux based).

_edge ,

Have you tried to run MATLAB scrips with a virtual drive?

Why would I? Git exists.

Really, you’ll get better answers if you describe what you are trying to do.

flashgnash ,

Syncthing is pretty good. I’ve got a raspberry pi running it on my local network with an old usb hard drive I had kicking around and it works great

art ,
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Just to be clear, Syncthing is not cloud storage but file syncing. It can be used in a similar way but it does have different strengths and weaknesses.

NaoPb ,

I am currently using InSync on 64-bit devices and Overgrive on 32-bit devices. Overgrive works just fine on 64-bit devices tol but Insync is slightly more userfriendly.

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