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Re:Gdrive – A command line utility for interacting with Goog... by jakebasile on Tuesday October 25, 2016 @12:13PM (#12789127)
Always relevant: How long since Google said a Google Drive Linux client is coming?

https://abevoelker.github.io/how-long-since-google-said-a-go...

Re:Gdrive – A command line utility for interacting with Goog... by Florin_Andrei on Tuesday October 25, 2016 @02:15PM (#12790189)
The fact that Dropbox has a client that works on any OS, is reliable, and very unobtrusive, are the reasons why I've always preferred it, and still do.
Re:Gdrive – A command line utility for interacting with Goog... by TillE on Tuesday October 25, 2016 @02:28PM (#12790313)
It makes Google's lack of official Linux support even more galling. Here's a tiny company which has had good Linux tools (command line and GUI) from very early on.

It's not an enormous technical challenge. Google, institutionally, just doesn't care. It's not about Linux, but everything outside of their top priorities gets completely neglected.

Re:Gdrive – A command line utility for interacting with Goog... by kevin_thibedeau on Tuesday October 25, 2016 @05:34PM (#12791845)
What's more amazing is that no Googler has done it on their 20% time.
Re:Gdrive – A command line utility for interacting with Goog... by sammydavis on Tuesday October 25, 2016 @05:49PM (#12791991)
They have, they just didn't officially license it. Inside google, people are using gdrive that way.
Re:Gdrive – A command line utility for interacting with Goog... by dorfsmay on Tuesday October 25, 2016 @10:32PM (#12793465)
Yes. I just wish Dropbox had better plans for small orgs (like a family).
Re:Gdrive – A command line utility for interacting with Goog... by Chris2048 on Wednesday October 26, 2016 @08:00AM (#12795722)
> not an enormous technical challenge

No, but once they officially make the thing, they have to support it.

Re:Gdrive – A command line utility for interacting with Goog... by b2600 on Wednesday October 26, 2016 @01:38AM (#12794120)
I waited for the Drive client. It never came. Stayed with Dropbox
Re:Gdrive – A command line utility for interacting with Goog... by xenobioticants on Tuesday October 25, 2016 @01:03PM (#12789589)
In case people are looking for a Google Drive client that feels pretty well put together, I'd recommend Overgrive: https://www.thefanclub.co.za/overgrive
Re:Gdrive – A command line utility for interacting with Goog... by zxv on Tuesday October 25, 2016 @01:26PM (#12789798)
How well does Overgrive peform compared to insync?

https://www.insynchq.com/

Re:Gdrive – A command line utility for interacting with Goog... by xenobioticants on Tuesday October 25, 2016 @04:16PM (#12791277)
No idea, but Overgrive feels as fast on Linux as the Google Drive client on OS X does for me. Its also 5x cheaper, although the site is decidedly less professional (which actually comforts me in a strange way because that means its probably made by a Linux geek who cares jack shit about fancy UI = good core code)
Re:Gdrive – A command line utility for interacting with Goog... by aq3cn on Tuesday October 25, 2016 @02:02PM (#12790092)
404. That’s an error.

The requested URL was not found on this server. That’s all we know.

We're still waiting. [[https://plus.google.com/+ChadMcCullough/posts/SxDNKR7ehSL]]