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Why Personal Cloud Storage is so bad on Linux? (lemm.ee)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The main cloud services don't even work natively (GoogleDrive, OneDrive, iCloud) basically the only mainstream choice is Dropbox. I tried to use Google Drive in Mint, and it's a pain to get it to work, and usually it stops working after computer restarts.

Someone has a recommendation about how to handle these services?

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[–] Luckyfriend222 18 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I have a self-hosted Nextcloud and my Nextcloud account connected via GNOME as an Online Account. It integrates seamlessly with Calendar, gives me a webdav mount for my files etc. I don't have any issues. I have not added any Google accounts, and definitely no Microsoft accounts. I don't use public clouds for private stuff.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

@Luckyfriend222 @desconectado when I first switched to gnome I loved this and probably one of the main reasons I'll be sticking with gnome now.

calender, tasks, contacts all just integrated perfectly felt like I was in some sort of apple Eco system product for a second the way it all just synced together

[–] woelkchen 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I have a self-hosted Nextcloud and my Nextcloud account connected via GNOME as an Online Account.

The self-hosted bit is the problem. I have yet to find a Nextcloud provider that offers the service truly ready to go. The ones I found try to make it somewhat easy by offering Install buttons in web interfaces but if you have absolutely no clue about such things, even that is a hurdle to overcome.

[–] albsen 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Here is the official list of nextcloud providers that do the setup and maintenance for you: https://github.com/nextcloud/providers#providers

[–] woelkchen 1 points 11 months ago

Considering that the list includes providers I've had first hand experience with and those are not ready to use: No.