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Is it possible to use Google Drive reliably? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've been using Google Drive in Windows for about a decade and have a good workflow. I recently transitioned to Linux but cannot seem to reliably connect my drive to the filesystem. My work provides unlimited Drive space and since it's for work I have shared directories with coworkers that I need access to every day. Hence, I'm kind of tied to GDrive.

Is there a reliable method of doing this? Rclone seems to be what I want but it seems to disconnect regularly, and often doesn't upload the changes I make which defeats the purpose.

Do Linux users just not use Drive?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

My google drive is just a special folder on my file explorer. My account is configured with the system account manager. It shows me all my Drive files and when I want to open one it automatically downloads and opens the file seamlessly as if it were in my PC. If I create, move or change folders, add new files, etc. It automatically syncs it with my Drive.

This is on Linux Mint with Cinnamon DE.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

I use Gnome but Cinnamon and Gnome are not that different in that topic IIRC. I have to mount the remote folder via file manager (Nautilus) then I can access the files in Code.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Can you open Drive files in Codium?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

My guess is no, since the folder is a magical protocol address that I assume VScode/codium wouldn't understand for they insist on handling the directory hierarchy directly. Haven't really troubleshoot that workflow though. I use exclusively Git with GitHub/GitLab. So there's no need for GDrive with an IDE for me. My Drive is exclusively for personal files which most other Linux-as-a-first-class-citizen applications (LibreOffice, PDF readers, photo viewers and editors) just use as the OS gives it to them without issue.

ADD: I would imagine there's an additional complication depending on whether Codium is running from repository or Flatplak.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yeah

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Hmm. It’s not working in Manjaro for me. Is it as easy as just opening any other folder? I have Drive added in KDE and can see my files but I cannot add a folder from drive in Codium.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

I'm not sure about kde sorry-- I'm using it in fedora w/gnome