Google Drive is everywhere… or is it?
When you visit the Google Drive download page, it clearly states it is available everywhere.
Not if you are using Linux though. If you visit the page it still says it’s everywhere, but not on Linux thank you very much. It has been like this for years and the message hasn’t changed, although it has hinted that a Linux desktop client is just around the corner for years…
Well, Google and the Google Drive team have remained silent on the matter. Will they ever give us Linux users a bone to play with?
https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/drive/_LNvVPJ2N6Y;context-place=forum/drive
https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/drive/_LNvVPJ2N6Y;context-place=forum/drive
What Linux needs to do is start sabotaging how googles uses Linux in its products the same way as google ssbotages Linux and firefox in functionality over its products. Google’s been sticking it to Linux for years now!
What Linux needs to do is start sabotaging how googles uses Linux in its products the same way as google ssbotages Linux and firefox in functionality over its products. Google’s been sticking it to Linux for years now!
What Linux needs to do is start sabotaging how googles uses Linux in its products the same way as google ssbotages Linux and firefox in functionality over its products. Google’s been sticking it to Linux for years now!
What Linux needs to do is start sabotaging how googles uses Linux in its products the same way as google ssbotages Linux and firefox in functionality over its products. Google’s been sticking it to Linux for years now!
What Linux needs to do is start sabotaging how googles uses Linux in its products the same way as google ssbotages Linux and firefox in functionality over its products. Google’s been sticking it to Linux for years now!
Perhaps The Linux Foundation should be lobbying Google to make a Drive client for Linux?
Perhaps The Linux Foundation should be lobbying Google to make a Drive client for Linux?
Perhaps The Linux Foundation should be lobbying Google to make a Drive client for Linux?
Perhaps The Linux Foundation should be lobbying Google to make a Drive client for Linux?
Perhaps The Linux Foundation should be lobbying Google to make a Drive client for Linux?
Fraz J that doesn’t give you same functions as the desktop sync client.
Fraz J that doesn’t give you same functions as the desktop sync client.
Fraz J that doesn’t give you same functions as the desktop sync client.
Fraz J that doesn’t give you same functions as the desktop sync client.
Fraz J that doesn’t give you same functions as the desktop sync client.
With recent versions of GNOME and GNOME Online Accounts, you can access your Google Drive as if it were an external drive or a network drive. Not exactly a Google Drive client, but works pretty darn close.
With recent versions of GNOME and GNOME Online Accounts, you can access your Google Drive as if it were an external drive or a network drive. Not exactly a Google Drive client, but works pretty darn close.
With recent versions of GNOME and GNOME Online Accounts, you can access your Google Drive as if it were an external drive or a network drive. Not exactly a Google Drive client, but works pretty darn close.
With recent versions of GNOME and GNOME Online Accounts, you can access your Google Drive as if it were an external drive or a network drive. Not exactly a Google Drive client, but works pretty darn close.
With recent versions of GNOME and GNOME Online Accounts, you can access your Google Drive as if it were an external drive or a network drive. Not exactly a Google Drive client, but works pretty darn close.
Marquis Kurt yes, but that isn’t the point. There are alternatives, but that doesn’t mean we should put up with that when Google could and should release a Linux client of their own.
Marquis Kurt yes, but that isn’t the point. There are alternatives, but that doesn’t mean we should put up with that when Google could and should release a Linux client of their own.
Marquis Kurt yes, but that isn’t the point. There are alternatives, but that doesn’t mean we should put up with that when Google could and should release a Linux client of their own.
Marquis Kurt yes, but that isn’t the point. There are alternatives, but that doesn’t mean we should put up with that when Google could and should release a Linux client of their own.
Marquis Kurt yes, but that isn’t the point. There are alternatives, but that doesn’t mean we should put up with that when Google could and should release a Linux client of their own.
Alan Stainer True. The problem, though, is that Google’s only focusing on the major players, namely Windows and MacOS. It isn’t so much as it is refusing to make apps for the platform, but a never-ending cycle of a user base. You need users to get onto a platform, but you need developers to make apps for that platform. But, developers have to see a substantial user base in order for them to be motivated to make apps for that platform.
Being a developer that uses Electron (and also planning to go for Ubuntu SDK as well), I do feel that we should be a driving force in increasing this user base. I think the problem lies within Google not really seeing the user base as, well, a user base. It feels as if they’re looking only at the market share statistics; I don’t even consider the market share that much. I care about bringing my apps and services everywhere, even if the user base is ‘small’. Going off of numbers alone isn’t a good way to bringing apps to a platform, and this is certainly a case.
If we really want Google to make a Linux client of Drive, we need to have them open their eyes to open-source platforms and ignore the numbers of market shares. They have to open their eyes and not act as a corporation when wanting to push apps to other platforms. If they want to really make it work, they should go for an AppImage, Snap, or Flatpak package for Linux so it works on all distributions.
Alan Stainer True. The problem, though, is that Google’s only focusing on the major players, namely Windows and MacOS. It isn’t so much as it is refusing to make apps for the platform, but a never-ending cycle of a user base. You need users to get onto a platform, but you need developers to make apps for that platform. But, developers have to see a substantial user base in order for them to be motivated to make apps for that platform.
Being a developer that uses Electron (and also planning to go for Ubuntu SDK as well), I do feel that we should be a driving force in increasing this user base. I think the problem lies within Google not really seeing the user base as, well, a user base. It feels as if they’re looking only at the market share statistics; I don’t even consider the market share that much. I care about bringing my apps and services everywhere, even if the user base is ‘small’. Going off of numbers alone isn’t a good way to bringing apps to a platform, and this is certainly a case.
If we really want Google to make a Linux client of Drive, we need to have them open their eyes to open-source platforms and ignore the numbers of market shares. They have to open their eyes and not act as a corporation when wanting to push apps to other platforms. If they want to really make it work, they should go for an AppImage, Snap, or Flatpak package for Linux so it works on all distributions.
Alan Stainer True. The problem, though, is that Google’s only focusing on the major players, namely Windows and MacOS. It isn’t so much as it is refusing to make apps for the platform, but a never-ending cycle of a user base. You need users to get onto a platform, but you need developers to make apps for that platform. But, developers have to see a substantial user base in order for them to be motivated to make apps for that platform.
Being a developer that uses Electron (and also planning to go for Ubuntu SDK as well), I do feel that we should be a driving force in increasing this user base. I think the problem lies within Google not really seeing the user base as, well, a user base. It feels as if they’re looking only at the market share statistics; I don’t even consider the market share that much. I care about bringing my apps and services everywhere, even if the user base is ‘small’. Going off of numbers alone isn’t a good way to bringing apps to a platform, and this is certainly a case.
If we really want Google to make a Linux client of Drive, we need to have them open their eyes to open-source platforms and ignore the numbers of market shares. They have to open their eyes and not act as a corporation when wanting to push apps to other platforms. If they want to really make it work, they should go for an AppImage, Snap, or Flatpak package for Linux so it works on all distributions.
Alan Stainer True. The problem, though, is that Google’s only focusing on the major players, namely Windows and MacOS. It isn’t so much as it is refusing to make apps for the platform, but a never-ending cycle of a user base. You need users to get onto a platform, but you need developers to make apps for that platform. But, developers have to see a substantial user base in order for them to be motivated to make apps for that platform.
Being a developer that uses Electron (and also planning to go for Ubuntu SDK as well), I do feel that we should be a driving force in increasing this user base. I think the problem lies within Google not really seeing the user base as, well, a user base. It feels as if they’re looking only at the market share statistics; I don’t even consider the market share that much. I care about bringing my apps and services everywhere, even if the user base is ‘small’. Going off of numbers alone isn’t a good way to bringing apps to a platform, and this is certainly a case.
If we really want Google to make a Linux client of Drive, we need to have them open their eyes to open-source platforms and ignore the numbers of market shares. They have to open their eyes and not act as a corporation when wanting to push apps to other platforms. If they want to really make it work, they should go for an AppImage, Snap, or Flatpak package for Linux so it works on all distributions.
Alan Stainer True. The problem, though, is that Google’s only focusing on the major players, namely Windows and MacOS. It isn’t so much as it is refusing to make apps for the platform, but a never-ending cycle of a user base. You need users to get onto a platform, but you need developers to make apps for that platform. But, developers have to see a substantial user base in order for them to be motivated to make apps for that platform.
Being a developer that uses Electron (and also planning to go for Ubuntu SDK as well), I do feel that we should be a driving force in increasing this user base. I think the problem lies within Google not really seeing the user base as, well, a user base. It feels as if they’re looking only at the market share statistics; I don’t even consider the market share that much. I care about bringing my apps and services everywhere, even if the user base is ‘small’. Going off of numbers alone isn’t a good way to bringing apps to a platform, and this is certainly a case.
If we really want Google to make a Linux client of Drive, we need to have them open their eyes to open-source platforms and ignore the numbers of market shares. They have to open their eyes and not act as a corporation when wanting to push apps to other platforms. If they want to really make it work, they should go for an AppImage, Snap, or Flatpak package for Linux so it works on all distributions.
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