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How to Use Google Drive in Linux

https://itsfoss.com/use-google-drive-linux/

No official Google Drive client is available. But, you have good alternative methods and tools to use it on Linux!

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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I would probably just rclone mount it and call it a day

ashaman2007

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Best solution I've found that allows interacting with google drive files from any application and from the command line: https://github.com/astrada/google-drive-ocamlfuse

refalo

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why not rclone?

Successful_Try543

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The KIO GDrive module allows access to Google Drive from KDE apps like Dolphin.

bargo

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@Successful_Try543 @cyborganism @thelinuxEXP IDK if this is what we look for but it surely helps, we are looking for an official client, well, this is as close as it can get

Hirom

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It sounds like Google Drive isn't a very good option for Linux users. Better look for another provider which support Linux, or to do it yourself with syncthing.

If all you need is 15 Go, it's something which can easily be stored on another device and synced with syncting. If you need more you'd have to pay anyway, go pick anything but Google.

cyborganism

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

Hirom

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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

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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.

JoMomma

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Works great with the built in Gnome connector, no idea about how to do that in KDE

Successful_Try543

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KIO GDrive is the KDE equivalent https://feddit.org/comment/1494000

possiblylinux127

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It has native support in most desktops. With that being said there are serious privacy concerns

cyborganism

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Why do you say that? Can you elaborate?

possiblylinux127

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About what? The privacy issues or the ease of use

cyborganism

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Privacy issues

possiblylinux127

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It is Google

It isn't private in the least. Everything you store there and all you network metadata is being used for targeted advertising and AI training.

cyborganism

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Well yeah. Using Google is a privacy issue.

Your comment made it sound like it's a privacy concern that there's a plug-in in Gnome or KDE or that there are apps that use the Google drive API, which is not the case. It's not even code that's developed by Google.

possiblylinux127

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It is still bad for privacy. You can't just enter a username and password as you need oauth