
Google Drive Ocamlfuse is available to install on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and up by using the following dedicated PPA: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:alessandro-strada/ppa sudo apt update & sudo apt install google-drive-ocamlfuseĪrch Linux users can install google-drive-ocamlfuse from AUR. If your internet connection dips out, so does access to files you haven’t made local copies of.īut what it does allow you to open most files in local apps and write changes to the file direct to Google Drive. Think of it this as a remote USB thumb drive: you can copy, edit, write and open files while it’s attached. With thus FUSE method all your Google Drive files remain remote.

This method is not an alternative to a native Google Drive sync client like InSync or OverGrive, which creates and local copies of your files for offline access.


We’ve written before how easy it is to access Google Drive on Ubuntu (or any GNOME-toting Linux) thanks to GNOME Online Accounts and Nautilus.īut power users of Google’s cloud storage service say they’re less than impressed with the performance of that go-to gvfs (Gnome Virtual File System) approach. There are many ways to use Google Drive on Linux
