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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...

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.

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.

What's more amazing is that no Googler has done it on their 20% time.

They have, they just didn't officially license it. Inside google, people are using gdrive that way.

Yes. I just wish Dropbox had better plans for small orgs (like a family).

> not an enormous technical challenge

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

I waited for the Drive client. It never came. Stayed with Dropbox

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

How well does Overgrive peform compared to insync?

https://www.insynchq.com/

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)

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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]]

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