Mount Google Drive In Linux With google-drive-ocamlfuse

<div style="text-align: justify;">More than a year after Google has announced its file storage and synchronization service called <i><a href="http://drive.google.com/">Drive</a></i>, there's still no official Linux client. There are some unofficial clients, but they're not perfect: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/07/google-drive-client-insync-for-linux.html">Insync</a> is not free, <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/05/grive-open-source-google-drive-client.html">Grive</a> is command line only and its development seems to have stopped and so on.<br /><br />So here's another alternative for easily managing your Google Drive files under Linux: google-drive-ocamlfuse.<br /><br /><b><a href="https://github.com/astrada/google-drive-ocamlfuse">google-drive-ocamlfuse</a> is a FUSE filesystem backend for Google Drive which you can use to mount your Google Drive under Linux.</b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/gdrive-ocamlfuse.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="141" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR3K-WJSPEXi7M30W167O81SITJ7adGbTkKeaoKtnCIQyiYARw6SQYMVeQjviHjPiHW7bL6Sw-qwDuDZx3xwFGUvLMVIOceICE6QTPtlCBFnvNMnBFzuja4yrWmhVKV_y04jqSRoglCyQ/s320/gdrive-ocamlfuse.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Among its features are full read/write support for regular files and folders, multiple account support, duplicate file handling as well as access to the Google Drive trash directory. google-drive-ocamlfuse also provides read-only access to Google Docs, Sheets and Slides, which its converts to ODT, ODS of PDF (this can be configured).</div><br />google-drive-ocamlfuse is still under testing so while it works pretty well, you may encounter bugs. For instance, in my test, some Google documents weren't converted for some reason.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">It's also worth mentioning that <b>the changes don't show up instantly</b> - when you edit or upload a new file, it can take 60 seconds (this is configurable) until the changes show up in the mounted filesystem. If newly added files don't show up in your file manager, enter the folder again or refresh it (Ctrl + F).</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install google-drive-ocamlfuse in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Update: Google-drive-ocamlfuse is now available in a PPA, for Ubuntu Raring, Quantal and Precise. Add the PPA and install it using the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:alessandro-strada/ppa<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install google-drive-ocamlfuse</code></pre><br /><br /><h2>Usage</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Firstly, you need to authorize google-drive-ocamlfuse with Google. To do this, run the following command:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>google-drive-ocamlfuse</code></pre>This should open a tab in your default web browser, asking to allow google-drive-ocamlfuse to access your Google Drive. Click "Allow", wait a few seconds for google-drive-ocamlfuse to retrieve the authorization code and you're done.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Now let's mount Google Drive. Create a folder in your home directory, let's call it "gdrive":</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>mkdir ~/gdrive</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">And mount Goole Drive using the command below:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>google-drive-ocamlfuse ~/gdrive</code></pre><br />That's it. If you want to configure the interval between queries to detect server-side changes, the export format used for Google documents and so on, see the configuration file: <i>~/.gdfuse/default/config<br /></i><br /><br />To mount Google Drive on startup, add "google-drive-ocamlfuse /path/to/gdrive" (replacing "/path/to/ with the exact path to the folder where you want to mount Google Drive) to Startup Applications.<br /><br /><b>For more info, including using multiple accounts, see the <a href="https://github.com/astrada/google-drive-ocamlfuse/wiki">google-drive-ocamlfuse wiki</a>.</b><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>seen on <a href="http://www.lffl.org/2013/08/gdfuse-montare-google-drive-come-una.html">lffl.org</a></i></div>

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Google Drive Client `Insync` For Linux Out Of Beta, Gets Selective Sync Support

<div style="text-align: justify;"><i><a href="https://www.insynchq.com/">Insync</a> is an unofficial Google Drive client that "extends Drive's web functionality to your desktop by integrating tightly with Windows, Mac and Linux so you can get work done".</i></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoRKt5ql7FVhIQz7oUscxU02J4c2xLSkWDsFtqwfA93PeiGNzbMAU767-vZrxosecClTUYLoK00YQtNTlt3l8CEZFx1A36Pv8RJuIcXjB4DO-EtxZag6Kui60r_ES8bEUeq41jkXTQl8I/s1600/insync-linux-stable.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoRKt5ql7FVhIQz7oUscxU02J4c2xLSkWDsFtqwfA93PeiGNzbMAU767-vZrxosecClTUYLoK00YQtNTlt3l8CEZFx1A36Pv8RJuIcXjB4DO-EtxZag6Kui60r_ES8bEUeq41jkXTQl8I/s320/insync-linux-stable.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Insync for Linux: Nautilus integration / Ubuntu appindicator</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Insync for Linux is out of beta</b> and it now offers the same features available for the Windows and Mac clients: </div><a name='more'></a><ul><li>multiple account support</li><li>selective sync (all files and folders)</li><li>offline access to Google Docs</li><li>symlink support</li><li>built-in sharing (without using a web browser)</li><li>file manager integration</li><li>recent changes </li><li>more</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The Linux version also comes with a feature that allows you to add any folder on your system to Insync via the file manager context menu (using a symbolic link).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Insync was free to use while in beta only so to use the latest stable release you must pay a<b> one-time fee of $9.99 per Google account</b> (which includes unlimited installs across all desktops). <b>You can try the stable release for free for 15 days</b>. The trial period can be extended by 15 days if you <a href="https://www.insynchq.com/referrals">refer a friend</a> (both you and your friend get an extra 15 days).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The tool supports Ubuntu, Debian, Linu Mint, PCLinuxOS, MEPIS and Fedora with the following desktop environments: Unity, Cinnamon, GNOME Shell, KDE, LXDE, Xfce, MATE and Openbox + fbpanel and 5 file managers: Nautilus, Nemo, Caja, Dolphin and Thunar.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1g84mfR-eHEo5jG9W3lDU53FyRzTQ-xtUcLKN7o9Fbb_pv_P2Up7oT8wak1wvpD8ReCdpMcYXOk0FvuRiNGbQB-dIc_ml7RCM2OYwbdTNNmgQKUOjvAqDCFBeYjMR6rv84v7w5EDE-cw/s1600/insync-linux-stable_2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1g84mfR-eHEo5jG9W3lDU53FyRzTQ-xtUcLKN7o9Fbb_pv_P2Up7oT8wak1wvpD8ReCdpMcYXOk0FvuRiNGbQB-dIc_ml7RCM2OYwbdTNNmgQKUOjvAqDCFBeYjMR6rv84v7w5EDE-cw/s320/insync-linux-stable_2.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Insync for Linux: account settings</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://www.insynchq.com/">Download Insync</a></b> *</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">* The installer will try to detect your desktop environment and install the package required for file manager integration. If you change the desktop environment or use a different file manager, you'll have to install the file manager integration package from the repositories (the Insync repository is added automatically): simply search for Insync in Ubuntu Software Center, Synaptic, etc. and install the package for your file manager, like insync-thunar, insync-nemo, insync-nautilus and so on.</div>

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Unofficial Google Drive Client `Insync` Pricing Revealed, Out Of Beta For Windows And Mac

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6mnY2l-pmrX6NW3pNV24zW2jkfPI8guB8yCYYYtFFqPox3OMScDsgZHIPdKVKMdcDGEI46Wq8XkUbArVhNKJ3m9TBq7mV3YtJDZ6NRtjBlSlt8QZtKgozsjtbr-9qHvKcNJXwkX22foAu/s1600/insync-ubuntu-appindicator.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="insync ubuntu appindicator" border="0" height="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6mnY2l-pmrX6NW3pNV24zW2jkfPI8guB8yCYYYtFFqPox3OMScDsgZHIPdKVKMdcDGEI46Wq8XkUbArVhNKJ3m9TBq7mV3YtJDZ6NRtjBlSlt8QZtKgozsjtbr-9qHvKcNJXwkX22foAu/s320/insync-ubuntu-appindicator.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.insynchq.com/">Insync</a>, an unofficial, cross-platform <a href="https://tools.google.com/dlpage/drive">Google Drive</a> client is <a href="http://blog.insynchq.com/say-hello-to-insync-10">out of beta</a> for Windows and Mac OSX and with this, the pricing has been revealed. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Since Google hasn't yet released a Google Drive client for Linux and <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/05/grive-open-source-google-drive-client.html" title="Grive: Open Source Google Drive Client For Linux">Grive</a> seems to have been abandoned, many Linux users are using Insync. However, the Insync developers have stated that their tool will only be free while in beta, and the price hasn't been known until today.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">The Insync Pro edition is available for $9.99 (introductory pricing; one time payment) after a 15 day free trial and there's also going to be a business edition which includes an admin dashboard as well as centralized billing with priority email support.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Insync for Linux is still in beta, so its users can continue to take advantage of this application for free until it's out of the beta. The application supports (comes with separate applets) most Linux desktop environments: Unity, Cinnamon, GNOME Shell, Xfce, LXDE, KDE and even MATE and it's available for Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Fedora, Red Hat Enterprise, openSUSE, Debian, Arch Linux, MEPIS and PCLinuxOS.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The price isn't much considering the effort put in by the Insync team to support most Linux desktop environments, but I can also agree with those who aren't willing to pay since Google Drive is a free service after all (unless you've upgraded). <b>What do you think?</b></div><br />For how to install Insync (beta) in Ubuntu, Debian and Linux Mint, see our previous post: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/10/insync-repository-available-for-ubuntu.html">Insync Repository Available For Ubuntu, Linux Mint And Debian Users</a><br /><br />For other Linux distributions, see the Insync for <a href="https://www.insynchq.com/linux">Linux page</a>.

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Linux Google Drive Client Insync Gets Xfce And Mate Desktop Integration

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/08/insync-google-drive-client-for-linux.html">Insync</a>, an unofficial Google Drive Linux client that's available for a wide range of desktop environments has been updated today, getting support for MATE Desktop (Caja) and Xfce (Thunar).</b></div><br /><b>Here's the Insync or Linux Beta 11 changelog:</b><br /><ul><li>Fixed symlink to symlink (chain of symlinks);</li><li>Mate desktop support - Caja emblems and context menu;</li><li>Xfce - Thunar 1.5 emblems and context menu.</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">I've only tested the new Xfce (Thunar) support and it works, but there are some minor glitches. However, this is the first Insync for Xfce release, so hopefully all the issues will be fixed soon. </div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/thunar-insync.png"><img alt="Thunar 1.6 Insync xfce" src="http://img.netupd8.com/thunar-insync_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">For instance, Insync for Xfce requires "thunarx-python" (version 0.3) which isn't available in the official Ubuntu repositories - you can however, install it from our PPA, see below. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Also, the official release notes mention that it should work with Thunar 1.5; since both Xubuntu 12.04 and 12.10 ship with Thunar 1.4 and the Xfce 4.12 PPA has Thunar 1.6, I've tested it with these two versions and: with Thunar 1.4, the context menu items work, but there are no file emblems and with Thunar 1.6, the context menu items work and the file emblems don't work for most files which I've already had in my Google Drive.<br /><br />Anyway, the important thing is that it is usable and I'm sure it will improve in future versions.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">By the way, I recommend <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/11/install-thunar-with-tabs-support-in.html" title="Install Thunar 1.6.0 With Tabs Support In Xubuntu 12.10 Or 12.04 [Xfce]">installing Thunar 1.6</a> (which now has tabs support, among other new features) if you're using Xubuntu 12.04 or 12.10.</div><br /><br /><b>Download Insync for Linux, available for Mate Desktop, Xfce, Unity - AppIndicator, KDE, GNOME Shell or Cinnamon, from <a href="https://forums.insynchq.com/discussion/1616/insync-for-linux-beta-11-0-9-28">HERE</a>.</b><br /><br /><b>To install thunarx-python in Xubuntu 12.10 or 12.04, required by Insync for Xfce, use the commands below:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install thunarx-python</code></pre>You can also manually <a href="https://launchpad.net/~nilarimogard/+archive/webupd8/+packages?field.name_filter=thunar&field.status_filter=published&field.series_filter=">download</a> the thunarx-python deb files from our PPA.<br /><br />Or, to us the official Insync repository in Ubuntu, Linux Mint or Debian, see our previous post (updated with instructions for the Xfce and Mate builds): <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/10/insync-repository-available-for-ubuntu.html">Insync Repository Available For Ubuntu, Linux Mint And Debian Users</a>

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Insync Repository Available For Ubuntu, Linux Mint And Debian Users

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMnUuDll1JTS61hhvywGXfcpUd9osgJfWJkvkod1aCA1VAjwcS4RLG5Y77WHXVj8jiqABVdyVMSnKJ8VMUAZ2l6_aCzn6rvP_oUIPVLW0Is3D1EvDTEhjtG6kQI0wkHSsJVX-qOTKNxbBJ/s1600/insync-ubuntu.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="insync ubuntu" border="0" height="177" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMnUuDll1JTS61hhvywGXfcpUd9osgJfWJkvkod1aCA1VAjwcS4RLG5Y77WHXVj8jiqABVdyVMSnKJ8VMUAZ2l6_aCzn6rvP_oUIPVLW0Is3D1EvDTEhjtG6kQI0wkHSsJVX-qOTKNxbBJ/s320/insync-ubuntu.png" title="insync ubuntu" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/08/insync-google-drive-client-for-linux.html">Insync</a>, an unofficial Google Drive client for Linux, is now available in a repository for Ubuntu, Linux Mint and Debian users and it's recommended you add since you'll get automatic updates.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><b>The Insync repository is available for:</b><br /><ul><li>Ubuntu: precise (12.04), quantal (12.10) and raring (13.04)</li><li>Debian: squeeze and lenny</li><li>Linux Mint: lisa (12), maya (13) and nadia (14)</li></ul><br />If you're using one of the above Ubuntu, Debian or Linux Mint versions, add the repository using the following command:<br /><br /><b>- for Ubuntu:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>echo "deb http://apt.insynchq.com/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) non-free" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/insync.list</code></pre><br /><b>- for Debian:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>echo "deb http://apt.insynchq.com/debian $(lsb_release -cs) non-free" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list</code></pre><br /><b>- for Linux Mint</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>echo "deb http://apt.insynchq.com/mint $(lsb_release -cs) non-free" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/insync.list</code></pre><br /><br /><b>Then, for any of the above, import the key and update the software sources:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>wget -O - https://d2t3ff60b2tol4.cloudfront.net/services@insynchq.com.gpg.key | sudo apt-key add -<br />sudo apt-get update</code></pre><br /><br /><b>And finally, install Insync if you haven't already:</b><br /><br /><b>Unity (appindicator):</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install insync-beta-ubuntu</code></pre><br /><b>GNOME Shell:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install insync-beta-gnome</code></pre><br /><b>Cinnamon:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install insync-beta-cinnamon</code></pre><br /><b>KDE4:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install insync-beta-kde</code></pre><br /><b>Mate Desktop:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install insync-beta-mate</code></pre><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">For <b>Xfce</b>, you'll also need to add the WebUpd8 PPA (works with Ubuntu and Linux Mint - don't add it on Debian!), because Insync for Xfce depends on thunarx-python, which is not available in the official Ubuntu repositories (it's available in our PPA for Ubuntu 12.10 and 12.04):</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8<br />sudo apt-get update</code></pre><br />And then you can install Insync for Xfce: <br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install insync-beta-xfce</code></pre><br />It's recommended to use it with <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/11/install-thunar-with-tabs-support-in.html" title="Install Thunar 1.6.0 With Tabs Support In Xubuntu 12.10 Or 12.04 [Xfce]">Thunar 1.6</a>.<br /><br /><br />For other Linux distributions, see the new Insync Linux page: <a href="https://www.insynchq.com/linux">https://www.insynchq.com/linux</a>

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Unofficial Google Drive Linux Client `Insync` Hits Beta 9

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0eR3sNhBpp3rlvGiPE3Tb27qsULk5um6sIDkq8yrYN-W8_eNMkOcseuMt0LhnzLI9zdjYTL65YU-nKoYVLJynhEGH3HV4aN7xvAz7psoMtgQq3Fa_Eqbh0POFRFEI8r5EycVfwtCeBu1F/s1600/insync.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="insync linux" border="0" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0eR3sNhBpp3rlvGiPE3Tb27qsULk5um6sIDkq8yrYN-W8_eNMkOcseuMt0LhnzLI9zdjYTL65YU-nKoYVLJynhEGH3HV4aN7xvAz7psoMtgQq3Fa_Eqbh0POFRFEI8r5EycVfwtCeBu1F/s320/insync.png" title="insync linux" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/08/insync-google-drive-client-for-linux.html" title="Insync: Google Drive Client For Linux">Insync</a>, an unofficial Google Drive client for Linux, has reached beta 9, fixing the MS Office formats (files now downloaded as ODF) and glibc errors for Debian users, so the deb files aren't just for Ubuntu anymore.</b></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://insynchq.com/">Insync</a> for Linux is free while in beta, but will probably become a paid service when it becomes stable. Hopefully, Google will release an official Google Drive client by then.</div><br />Here's what's new in the latest Insync for Linux beta 9:<br /><ul><li>fixed symlinks not live syncing (before you had to restart Insync for changes to be detected)</li><li>Nautilus context menu will not show outside of the Insync folder</li><li>Applets now have a pause/resume button to start/stop Insync from downloading and uploading</li><li>Gdocs are now downloaded in Open Document Format</li><li>Built with Debian, fixes GLIBC error for Debian users</li></ul><br /><a href="https://forums.insynchq.com/discussion/1499/insync-for-linux-beta-9-0-9-24">Download Insync for Linux beta 9</a> - applets available for Unity (should work with other DEs), GNOME Shell, Cinnamon and KDE (deb and rpm).<br /><br /><i>Also see: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/05/grive-open-source-google-drive-client.html">Grive: Open Source Google Drive Client For Linux</a></i>

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Google Drive Linux App `Insync` Beta 4 Adds GNOME Shell, Cinnamon And KDE Support

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a title="Insync: Google Drive Client for Linux" href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/08/insync-google-drive-client-for-linux.html">Insync</a> is an unofficial Google Drive client that runs on Mac, Windows and Linux. Insync beta 4 for Linux has been released yesterday, bringing support for GNOME Shell, Cinnamon and KDE.</b></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPCP5OwikGPh6t1VMyTkOECkBaES7zmmM96mAK_Fh0ENVyNsnyySeXt8AxIIJCwtoWGRuhMK5Nx0uFsNHLZBjtX8BUZbvXbzDUL2k6mcmZfP-54RYPT77EYk1l0yuqMtIO95mex8pAESCZ/s1600/insync-gnome-shell.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="insync gnome shell" border="0" height="158" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPCP5OwikGPh6t1VMyTkOECkBaES7zmmM96mAK_Fh0ENVyNsnyySeXt8AxIIJCwtoWGRuhMK5Nx0uFsNHLZBjtX8BUZbvXbzDUL2k6mcmZfP-54RYPT77EYk1l0yuqMtIO95mex8pAESCZ/s320/insync-gnome-shell.png" title="insync gnome shell" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Insync GNOME Shell extension</td></tr></tbody></table><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Insync for GNOME Shell and Cinnamon comes with a native extension which has the same functionality as the Ubuntu appindicator, as you can see in the screenshot above.</div><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBbsqO8ty1MeWL7AOtcOFHFokNK_xc3suzoM5p-IRJMV359XT6pVxvPBjYDkFh7q0ONP_Slt98EPOi_a-gUccUfs5rg6gVRLNBtVdlaRo1NM9ZmrcY30bRFzPgb0YNGWYd-9F8JLm9jMNN/s1600/insync-kde.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="insync kde" border="0" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBbsqO8ty1MeWL7AOtcOFHFokNK_xc3suzoM5p-IRJMV359XT6pVxvPBjYDkFh7q0ONP_Slt98EPOi_a-gUccUfs5rg6gVRLNBtVdlaRo1NM9ZmrcY30bRFzPgb0YNGWYd-9F8JLm9jMNN/s320/insync-kde.png" title="insync kde" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Insync under KDE</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;">The new version also brings partial KDE support: there's context menu support for Dolphin and two optional Plasmoids that integrate Insinc and thus Google Drive into the desktop, however, the Ubuntu AppIndicator is still used in KDE at this time.</div><br /><br /><b>Other changes in Insync for Linux beta 4:</b><br /><ul><li>built with latest bbfreeze and FPM</li><li>fswatch.py now handles odd errors that inotify could produce, and other runtime errors.</li><li>more unicode bugs also fixed</li><li>improved use of multi-threading</li><li>various bug fixes (e.g. library.zip not a zip file error)</li><li>you can now sync hidden files (that start with a "." dot) by starting Insync with "--allow-dot-files"</li><li>inotify has been moved into a thread so Insync beta 4 should be faster than the previous beta</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Note:</b> To avoid conflicts, if you've had Insync installed, firstly remove it ("sudo apt-get remove insync*") and then install the package for your desktop environment: Ubuntu (using an AppIndicator), GNOME3 (they call the builds "GNOME 3" but they are for GNOME Shell), Cinnamon or KDE. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In GNOME Shell, you'll have to activate the Insync extension using GNOME Tweak Tool.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://forums.insynchq.com/discussion/1437/insync-for-linux-beta-4-0-9-19"><button class="thoughtbot">Download Insync for Linux beta 4</button></a></div>

Google Drive Linux App `Insync` Beta 4 Adds GNOME Shell, Cinnamon And KDE Support

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Insync: Google Drive Client For Linux (Beta 2 Released, DEB And RPM Packages Available For Download)

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2z8SuNKjyL3Nuo4znx_x5aWVeam3nErED2Qvy-r9HL1iVbvk5mPcU9dcdYf-T3_2FhZx6D2kcPkJr-6GX7wUfxhyphenhyphenLf2RDLrDdNX2M8AhiiG3gH5b_w-u8MGQrbHSnxLcXzjmMWF5dYK8j/s1600/insync-appindicator.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="insync appindicator" border="0" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2z8SuNKjyL3Nuo4znx_x5aWVeam3nErED2Qvy-r9HL1iVbvk5mPcU9dcdYf-T3_2FhZx6D2kcPkJr-6GX7wUfxhyphenhyphenLf2RDLrDdNX2M8AhiiG3gH5b_w-u8MGQrbHSnxLcXzjmMWF5dYK8j/s320/insync-appindicator.png" title="insync appindicator" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://insynchq.com/">Insync</a> is a Google Drive client for Mac, Windows and mobile devices that recently got support for Linux (beta).</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Besides full sync support for Google's cloud storage service, <a href="http://drive.google.com/">Google Drive</a>, which includes Google documents (unlike <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/05/grive-open-source-google-drive-client.html">Grive</a>) that it downloads as .doc, .xls, .ppt, etc., Insync for Linux also comes with <b>Nautilus integration, tray / Ubuntu AppIndicator support</b> that displays recent changes, errors and the sync status and <b>support for multiple accounts</b>.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Insync Beta 2 for Linux was released today, bringing .deb and .rpm packages</b>, so the installation should be a lot easier now. Besides this, beta 2 also brings various fixes and improvements:</div><ul><li>fixes unicode issues</li><li>faster inotify</li><li>faster set emblems (using ctypes)</li><li>faster startup</li><li>icon and .desktop file</li></ul><br /><b>Update: just one day after beta 2, Insync for Linux beta 3 was released:</b><br /><ul><li>fixes unicode issues (finally!)</li><li>date format bug fixed</li><li>adding new directories - warn on errors instead of fail</li><li>deb depends on: libappindicator3-1, xdotool, nautilus, python-nautilus</li><li>fixes 32bit deb not working with older ubuntu's</li></ul><br /><br /><h2>Using Insync for Linux</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Once installed, launch Insync from Dash / the menu. A new tab will open in your default browser, asking you to log in to Insync using your Google Account and link your computer to Insync / Google Drive.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">After this, a new folder called "Insync" will be created in your home folder. In this folder, a directory with your Gmail email address is created, where your Google Drive files are synced / stored. If you add multiple accounts (from the AppIndicator: Account Information > Add New Account), you'll have multiple folders here, each using the account's email address:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY7SP10eIS5kpelMwyZvvHaP8VXIdxiWabXh_g0D5IqDlSKdrz2tT2aiVzBYpDTcp3UkdwWw6jmv69iNcY10QJfirwA_calh3Lcny_Ew5OlYpxBwIQKbMT3_SIzKcjqjbwgOx79pALUeHH/s1600/insync-nautilus.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="insync nautilus" border="0" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY7SP10eIS5kpelMwyZvvHaP8VXIdxiWabXh_g0D5IqDlSKdrz2tT2aiVzBYpDTcp3UkdwWw6jmv69iNcY10QJfirwA_calh3Lcny_Ew5OlYpxBwIQKbMT3_SIzKcjqjbwgOx79pALUeHH/s320/insync-nautilus.png" title="insync nautilus" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Right clicking your Google Drive files in Nautilus, you can select to get a sharable link or open the file in Google Drive:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJSRLdkBhpkr_Hzq2PCh34uma_QVVVz9NAtMra6NFQZ1JKIbPLIXoXqXTpcGMlo2W2ASjJXX2YaotT7OPe0Iew0WMs3gil3W2oN9R82O-tOapx6j-PX0Iaz35LJ1UUWAyad_fn1ozKNpx5/s1600/insync-nautilus_2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="insync nautilus" border="0" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJSRLdkBhpkr_Hzq2PCh34uma_QVVVz9NAtMra6NFQZ1JKIbPLIXoXqXTpcGMlo2W2ASjJXX2YaotT7OPe0Iew0WMs3gil3W2oN9R82O-tOapx6j-PX0Iaz35LJ1UUWAyad_fn1ozKNpx5/s320/insync-nautilus_2.png" title="insync nautilus" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The Recent Changes and Versions menu items you see in the screenshot above haven't been implemented yet, and should be available with Insync 1.0.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Currently, there's no GUI way of re-linking your computer so if you've accidentally unlinked your computer from Insync, to link it again close Insync, then run the following command in a terminal:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>rm -r ~/.config/Insync</code></pre><div style="text-align: justify;">Then start Insync and the page which links Insync with your computer should open in your default browser. </div><br /><br /><h2>Download Insync for Linux</h2><br /><b>Insync Beta for Linux is available as .deb and .rpm and you can <a href="https://forums.insynchq.com/discussion/1499/insync-for-linux-beta-9-0-9-24">download it from the Insync forums</a>.</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If you've previously installed Insync beta 1, to clean up you need to remove the Nautilus extension (which is now installed in a different location sync Insync Beta 2/3 installs globally) using the following command:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>rm ~/.local/share/nautilus-python/extensions/insync_plugin.py</code></pre><br />If you encounter bugs, report them <a discussion="discussion" forums.insynchq.com="forums.insynchq.com" href="http://draft.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7452102844869359296&pli=1" https:="https:" insync-for-linux-beta-2-0-9-17="insync-for-linux-beta-2-0-9-17">HERE</a>.

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GWoffice Brings Google Drive To Your Ubuntu Desktop

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY9AqQ9Al57Fd5gIbL05W7roZIk-OwAWUwBcClLKWExkMd6f-mSKukzOeoxMWt13wCYm-D5oaBSaqo5BRYIJgshgVxabS-G7_0abJWqoMLXyOB6q2HWoTN3MOes23lALr9glT32Gp8GqBW/s1600/gwoffice_1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="gwoffice" border="0" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY9AqQ9Al57Fd5gIbL05W7roZIk-OwAWUwBcClLKWExkMd6f-mSKukzOeoxMWt13wCYm-D5oaBSaqo5BRYIJgshgVxabS-G7_0abJWqoMLXyOB6q2HWoTN3MOes23lALr9glT32Gp8GqBW/s320/gwoffice_1.png" title="gwoffice" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="https://launchpad.net/gwoffice">GWoffice</a> (Google Web Office) is an application that integrates Google Docs (now Google Drive) with the Ubuntu desktop, providing basic synchronization support for offline use. From its interface you can create new documents and edit or download existing documents.</b></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Since, like the name says, this is an office application, it only syncs documents and doesn't work with other file types, at least not for now.<br /><br />The application comes with a beautiful, clean GTK interface, supports HUD and comes with Unity badge and progress bar support as well as quicklists that lets you easily create new documents. Furthermore, the editor is themed according to your current GTK theme.<br /><br />There's also <b>Unity drag and drop upload support (drag and drop files onto the GWoffice Unity launcher icon to upload them)</b>, which for for now doesn't support all file types (document files like .odt, ods, xls and .doc should work for example) because <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/07/gwoffice-brings-google-drive-to-your.html#comment-574233687">according to its developer</a>, the application is written for the Ubuntu App Showdown contest and it's only allowed to use packages available in the Ubuntu 12.04 official repositories, and a newer version of libgdata is needed for a fully working upload system.</div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyIpAHXDazaSCVjlyiAjBTJTX859uDcpu_ie3PCdq3x0oYIpjHmTpTCooOjRwuwM5H_cHzTH8NJN5uFZyJkJhZLFsA48UopvKB3sNhff_CBm4Mz7AW5svBI8-RTrty_edE2-LmyyfEgmdq/s1600/gwoffice_2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="gwoffice" border="0" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyIpAHXDazaSCVjlyiAjBTJTX859uDcpu_ie3PCdq3x0oYIpjHmTpTCooOjRwuwM5H_cHzTH8NJN5uFZyJkJhZLFsA48UopvKB3sNhff_CBm4Mz7AW5svBI8-RTrty_edE2-LmyyfEgmdq/s320/gwoffice_2.png" title="gwoffice" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">From its preferences, you can choose to download all documents automatically and resync on startup - the downloaded Google Drive files will be saved in the "gwoffice" folder in your home directory. </div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">There's no preferences entry yet, but using Dconf (under <i>org > gnome > goffice > ubuntu-style</i>), you can <b>set Gwoffice to use an Ubuntu-style toolbar</b> with monochrome icons, when using Ambiance / Radiance themes or to always use an Ubuntu-style toolbar:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_P8KPrGjS529qkmVHDAyKhO1KSZcqmlrbbkiP6TqvMPktfp3NfpgG_tth0TH0Rz0AEYz-Qq4Ewp2nj_VHdsidlybO0bmt7d9E_HLpBCSoLPzH8-rp-8P9WZgOPhwlcohkNjWl-8HbmNaP/s1600/gwoffice_3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="gwoffice" border="0" height="187" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_P8KPrGjS529qkmVHDAyKhO1KSZcqmlrbbkiP6TqvMPktfp3NfpgG_tth0TH0Rz0AEYz-Qq4Ewp2nj_VHdsidlybO0bmt7d9E_HLpBCSoLPzH8-rp-8P9WZgOPhwlcohkNjWl-8HbmNaP/s320/gwoffice_3.png" title="gwoffice" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The application is only two weeks old, so there's still work to do</b>, but it looks very promising already. <b>If you want to try it out in Ubuntu 12.04 or 12.10, use the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tombeckmann/ppa<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install gwoffice</code></pre>Report any bugs you may find @ <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/gwoffice">Launchpad</a>.<br /><br /><i>Also see: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/05/grive-open-source-google-drive-client.html">Grive: Open Source Google Drive Client For Linux</a></i><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>via <a href="http://www.lffl.org/2012/07/gwoffice-utilizzare-google-documents.html">lffl.org</a></i></div>

GWoffice Brings Google Drive To Your Ubuntu Desktop

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