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Re:Microsoft has removed the “use offline account” option wh... by xtracto on Sunday September 29, 2019 @01:07AM (#21105216)
> With Google's docs/drive, everything works cross platform

What do you use instead of Google Backup and Sync client? I haven't found something that works like that. The "best" thing I've found is the FUSE Ocaml filesystem (https://github.com/astrada/google-drive-ocamlfuse) but still it is a "mounted" over network filesystem and not a sync-on-change solution. I tried InSync but could not make it work and it is not free, and also the Gnome "mount Google Drive" option, but it is also a "mounted" over network solution.

Other than that and some of the rough edges (random bluetooth issues, random issues after updating, completely broken Android ADB support), I like Linux Mint a lot. I do all my work and play (CS:GO, NFS, Cities Skylines, Hitman) on it, even for games that are not supported by default.

Re:Microsoft has removed the “use offline account” option wh... by arendtio on Sunday September 29, 2019 @02:19AM (#21105444)
Happy Nextcloud user here. If you don't want to host it yourself, there are different providers out there (click on 'change provider'):

https://nextcloud.com/signup/

Hetzner doesn't seem to be listed there, but they offer Nextcloud as a service too: https://www.hetzner.com/storage/storage-share

Re:Microsoft has removed the “use offline account” option wh... by PureParadigm on Sunday September 29, 2019 @01:25AM (#21105272)
You can also try syncthing [1], which has been working well for me on Linux and Android.

1. https://syncthing.net/

Re:Microsoft has removed the “use offline account” option wh... by pascalo on Sunday September 29, 2019 @01:33AM (#21105296)
I use use a git-like cli binary to sync my google drive (https://github.com/odeke-em/drive). Really like it, and there's no weird background process or automatic syncing going on that's chewing up resources.
Re:Microsoft has removed the “use offline account” option wh... by dsego on Sunday September 29, 2019 @05:43AM (#21106107)
You can try rclone, it's a command line tool though and you have to invoke it manually. I've been using to back up my photos to google drive and so far seems to work. I can even leave it running and close my laptop, next time it just continues like nothing happened.
Re:Microsoft has removed the “use offline account” option wh... by e12e on Sunday September 29, 2019 @06:31AM (#21106254)
If insync doesn't work, maybe one of the solutions for mounting the Google drive combined with unision?

https://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/download.html

Personally, I have the stuff I want synced in git (at work, mostly just text files) - and look to combine that with zfs and zfs send - with the new pricing at rsync.net that is looking very attractive.

But that's different from Google drive sync.

Re:Microsoft has removed the “use offline account” option wh... by commoner on Sunday September 29, 2019 @10:44AM (#21107292)
Mega is source-available, and works perfectly under Linux. It's end-to-end encrypted, and the free plan includes 15 GB of storage. Mega supports syncing multiple folders.

https://mega.nz

https://github.com/meganz/MEGAsync

Re:Microsoft has removed the “use offline account” option wh... by cwojno on Sunday September 29, 2019 @11:39AM (#21107650)
I'm using Overgrive, but I can't say that I recommend it. Some files cause it to freeze and crash and you have little control over source and destination folders. I've also experienced a situation where it deleted a folder somehow. I lost data in that episode :(.

Sometimes, I have to wait for a linux port, but the games usually are on sale by then anyway ;).

Re:Microsoft has removed the “use offline account” option wh... by Iolaum on Sunday September 29, 2019 @04:04AM (#21105792)
Happy nextcloudpi user (and small contributor) here. Look for more information here: https://ownyourbits.com/nextcloudpi/ and here: https://github.com/nextcloud/nextcloudpi

TLDR selfhosting a NextCloud server on a raspberrypi and sync data between all your devices. You can also sync calendar/tasks/contacts etc

Re:Microsoft has removed the “use offline account” option wh... by AJRF on Sunday September 29, 2019 @04:18AM (#21105847)
InSync enables Google Drive sync on linux, $30 but I found it to be worth the cost - works really well: https://www.insynchq.com/
Re:Microsoft has removed the “use offline account” option wh... by neop1x on Monday September 30, 2019 @04:27AM (#21112861)
I also use NextCloud but we need something like that written in a faster tech like Golang.

For periodic filesystem backup snapshots I use Restic.

Re:Microsoft has removed the “use offline account” option wh... by phasnox on Sunday September 29, 2019 @01:20AM (#21105258)
What about Dropbox? Also Nextcloud
Re:Microsoft has removed the “use offline account” option wh... by pletnes on Sunday September 29, 2019 @03:39AM (#21105705)
Dropbox runs on linux but they are missing a lot of features and it only works on unencrypted ext4 fs. They are slowly dropping support I would say.
Re:Microsoft has removed the “use offline account” option wh... by btgeekboy on Sunday September 29, 2019 @03:53AM (#21105756)
Dropbox recently updated the Linux FS limitations. See https://help.dropbox.com/installs-integrations/desktop/syste...
Re:Microsoft has removed the “use offline account” option wh... by bad_user on Sunday September 29, 2019 @04:41AM (#21105910)
Dropbox is still the only mainstream sync service that works on Linux though. And it works well. Never had any problems with it.

On the other hand I've had plenty of problems of Insync. And the open source solutions are all garbage.

Re:Microsoft has removed the “use offline account” option wh... by dannyw on Sunday September 29, 2019 @09:51AM (#21107010)
Drive File Stream. You need a G Suite account for some weird reason tho.
Re:Microsoft has removed the “use offline account” option wh... by c17r on Sunday September 29, 2019 @01:38AM (#21105312)
I use oDrive for sync-on-change to various cloud accounts.