https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=480779
--- Comment #86 from Mulder <[email protected]> --- (In reply to RJVB from comment #85) > FWIW, the status of this issue should probably be CLOSED/UPSTREAM rather > than CLOSED/FIXED ! > > (In reply to Mulder from comment #83) > > tool recommendation page). I'm sure users would be on your side, but if they > > don't know the background, they'll simply be frustrated by the tool and > > maybe leave EndeavourOS (or KDE) completely. > > > Maybe Google wants to > > slow down Linux and foster its own OS > > No - and which OS, Android or CrOS? Both are Linux derivatives... > > Gnome have a working whatever-they-call-it in Nautilus and I'm sure there > must be an Electron+NodeJS based "app" that might even integrate better > with various DEs than the regular web browser interface, if you don't want > to or cannot use Gnome. > > (I could, but not anymore because I appear to have lost [access to?] my > Gnome keyring...) Here's my conclusion after having spent several hours trying to find a solution: - I'll not mess around with the google.provider file anymore that's generated by KIO GDrive - I'll wait for an official Google Drive sync program for Linux (like the good one from Windows) - I'll also wait for KIO GDrive to solve to problem (or any other free open source replacement for Google Drive for Windows) - Meanwhile, I'll have to boot Windows when I have to work with many different files and formats on my Google Drives Here's why: - The workaround with replacing the client ID within the google.provider file isn't working anymore ("App blocked") - Also, setting up my own Google auth client was too complicated (as the app would have to be reviewed for Drive access) - The web version of Google Drive (which logically can be used in a browser on Linux) is not suitable for working with different files and formats (therefore an easy synchronizing solution like the official Google Drive sync app for Windows is needed) - Rclone is way too complicated and after reading about it, I think it cannot even sync files automatically (seems you have to individually download and upload files using commands - that's even more complicated than using the Google Drive web version) - Insync could potentially work, but I'm not in favor of paying for every small program. That's too much administration and spendings summing up in the end (I see this more of an option for a bigger company switching several computers to Linux) Here's my suggested "interim solution" for KDE developers: - Don't officially recommend KIO Gdrive to users (like here, where I also found it: https://discovery.endeavouros.com/applications/kde-plasma/2024/09/) - you'll save users like me a lot of time and frustration, and we're less likely to mess up the system with dubious workarounds (they're never a good solution in the longer run, not even on Linux) - Instead, add an honest explanation why there's currently no official easy solution, or links to currently (easily) working tools (with pros & cons, like mine above), like Insync or Google Drive browser version - Get rid of workarounds in top positions on Google that are not working anymore (by either deleting them, or by adding a warning at the top), like the most popular one that suggested changing to a Gnome-ID and key in the google.provider file - It would be cool to have a "crossover"-Linux open source replacement for the official Google Drive desktop app for Windows (like Insync, but really open source and free, so that everyone can use it). It should not only be able to individually download and upload files, though, but to automatically sync them and show them within a cache (whereby cache size should be able to be limited, like in the official Google Drive app) Hope this helps other users and to potentially foster the ease of use and popularity of Endeavour / KDE. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
