

You can restart your server as many times as necessary and Google Drive will be connected automatically. I like Google Drive since you don’t have to do anything on the server to mount the cloud storage after each server restart. So we have connected Google Drive to our Linux server. But this client was designed a little differently than the official client for Windows and macOS as a result.By default, Google offers 15GB space on its Google Drive for free. The project’s page lists all the reasons why Dogan believes a background-syncing Google Drive client-the kind of official client available for Windows and Mac-is “stupid” and “not worth to implement.” To be clear, this developer does say that she doesn’t speak for Google as a whole.

This tool isn’t for most people, but it does provide a well-supported way to interact with a Google Drive file system from the terminal. This program was originally written by Burcu Dogan, aka rakyll, a Google employee who has worked for Google Drive’s platform team. It’s even copyrighted by Google. It’s open-source and written in Google’s “Go” programming language. If you’re more of a Terminal geek, drive is a small command line program that runs on both Linux and macOS.

drive: A Command-line Tool by a Google Drive Developer But the tool may be worth the price if you need it. The $30 fee may be a tough pill to swallow when you could just switch to another service like Dropbox, which offers an official Linux client for free. It will appear in the File Manager application. Just open the GNOME Control Center (or “Settings”) application, click “Online Accounts”, and add your Google account. On a Linux distribution that includes GNOME 3.18 or later, you can do this without any additional software. To enable thumbnail previews, click Edit > Preferences > Preview, click the “Show Thumbnail” box, and select “Always”. Any files you add or delete are instantly synchronized back to your Google account, too. Your system will automatically upload the modified copy. However, you can browse files, open them, and save them. These files are not synced offline to your desktop. Click it to view your Google Drive files. Open the File Manger and you’ll see your Google account’s email address as an option under “Computer” in the sidebar. Ensure that the “Files” option is enabled here. Give the GNOME desktop access to your account when prompted. Click the “Add Account” button, select “Google”, and sign into your Google account.
