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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[–] 115 points 3 years ago (2 children)

I keep seeing this question pop up. "Why doesn't [closed/proprietary technology] work well in Linux?"

This question should be asked at whoever makes said technology. You are their client, why don't they support your operating system?

That responsibility should not fall on the shoulders of the thankless volunteers that do their best to create an awesome OS.

Alternatively you can buy one of the commercial distributions and become a client. Then you can ask your supplier why don't they support that technology.

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  • [–] 14 points 3 years ago

    Case in point, Mega.nz offers a native GUI client for Linux and went out of their way to also make a full command line client.
    Support those services that don't treat you like ass, y'know?

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  • [–] [S] 9 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    I agree! But it's surprising that even Google doesn't have a native app for Drive. There's one for android, but not for Linux? I'm guessing it all boils down to number of users,, but still...

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  • [–] 42 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    If you want cloud storage I'd recommend Nextcloud as a service (I'm not affiliated with them, just a customer)

    Works like a charm. You can even install plugins. Also, there are other companies that provide hosting so there is no vendor-lock-in.

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  • [–] 32 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (8 children)

    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.

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    [–] 29 points 3 years ago

    Rclone is awesome. Mega and PCloud got native clients that works great. Nextcloud is an alternative.

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  • [–] 19 points 3 years ago

    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.

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  • [–] 16 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    I have a self-hosted Nextcloud and my Nextcloud account connected via GNOME as an Online Account. It integrates seamlessly with Calendar, gives me a webdav mount for my files etc. I don't have any issues. I have not added any Google accounts, and definitely no Microsoft accounts. I don't use public clouds for private stuff.

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    [–] 12 points 3 years ago

    rclone for cloud backup

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  • [–] 11 points 3 years ago (1 child)

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

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    [–] 11 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    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

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago

    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.

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    [–] 8 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago

    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.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago (7 children)

    Mega and syncthing work perfectly fine for me

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    [–] 7 points 3 years ago

    Mega (Mega Upload) ain't bad, 30gb free. Worth a look!

    I used them all, so I get plenty of cloud storage for free

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    Most people I know who use Linux wouldn't trust Cloud services cause that's just storing your stuff on somebody else machine. You can self hosted service like Next cloud on a raspberry pi or just get comfortable with networking enough to setup VPN and ssh into your home computer from the net to get your stuff.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 years ago (11 children)

    A huge part of disaster recovery is storing things in separate geographic locations. That's not easily don't with self hosting. If all my stuff is on a file server at my house and my house burns down then I've lost all my files.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago* (2 children)

    Well the thing is, I’m still not comfortable in opening up an attack surface like that. I would much rather pay for someone else to do that. Preferably someone who really knows what they are doing and keeps an eye on the constantly evolving security environment. There’s a bunch of other stuff happening in my life, so finding the time to play server admin isn’t that easy right now.

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    [–] 6 points 3 years ago

    rsync is your friend

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago

    Don't. Use Nextcloud.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I also say that pCloud is possibly the best option. Simple install, free storage, and a cheap lifetime purchase for more storage. My only complaint is that they don't support aarch64 yet, but I don't need think there's really anyone that does yet so I'm living with offline backups.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Too many horror stories with pDrive about people getting locked out and never seeing their data again, and their terms lay it out that they own what you upload not you. That scared me away from pDrive.

    I moved to kDrive and it has done everything I need so far. It's a little slow to transfer if you are in the US since their servers are in the EU, but that's a minor complaint and only a hurdle I had to worry about once during initial sync... It's hardly noticeable with everyday changed to individual files.

    The Google drive integrations in dolphin / KDE work well enough but it doesn't have an option to "sync" folders in a local drive like the windows client did, and that was my main use case. Same with dropbox, you get one sync folder on your main OS drive. I have 8 storage drives in my computer and I have more data that needs synced and backed up than will fit on my main OS drive.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago

    the file manager integration with gnome and google drive worked well for me.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago

    Syncthing has never failed me.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    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).

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    [–] 5 points 3 years ago

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

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago

    Someone has a recommendation about how to handle these services?

    You don't. Apple is notorious for their walled garden approach. Microsoft has no interest in supporting Linux (why should they?). Don't know about Google.

    I am pretty happy with pcloud. They offer lifetime licenses that are really worth it if you intend to stick with them long term. The automatic Backup works great and AFAIK they have clients for all major platform's. The android client could be better, but Windows and Linux works great. Don't miss any functionality and the connection (at least here in Germany) is fast.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    Chiming in, is there a solid OneDrive client for linux that just works? No collaboration stuff needed for it or other fluff, just simple file sync. I pay for OneDrive family and would be nice to be able to sync files with other ecosystems (Synology, Windows, Android).

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    [–] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    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.

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    [–] 4 points 3 years ago

    Because Linux is not a platform moneymaking capitalists choose to develop their apps for?

    You have Nextcloud for all distros, Flatpak, Appimage. You have Syncthing which doesnt exist on iOS.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    I have a Backblaze B2 account I use for other things, I recently created a new bucket on it and attached it as a drive using s3fs. Works fine as far as I can tell (I've not used it much - prefer to keep things locally and just back them up off-site, which is actually what I have my B2 account for), so you certainly can do this with an S3 (AWS) compatible service.

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    [–] 3 points 3 years ago

    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.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Seafile works well on linux

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    [–] 3 points 3 years ago

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

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