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Why Personal Cloud Storage is so bad on Linux? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

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