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So looking from a single private user's perspective: Google One has best pricing, but no Linux native client and Dropbox has Linux native client and no flexible

So looking from a single private user's perspective: Google One has best pricing, but no Linux native client and Dropbox has Linux native client and no flexible pricing.

hodyroff 8y ago
For flexibility there is ownCloud. Build your own, where you want, has Linux and all the stuff you need.
- smartbit 8y ago
  I'd suggest NextCloud instead. Including Two Factor Authentication in the latest release https://nextcloud.com/blog/next-generation-2-factor-authentication-and-security-hardening/ https://nextcloud.com/blog/next-generation-2-factor-authenti...
  - metildaa 8y ago
    Have you tried Nextcloud? Its slick right up until you get a few users that actually use all the core apps (contact syncing, automatic uploads, calendars, etc), then rendering the PHP login page jumps to taking 20 seconds of maxing out all CPU cores on the server. Their IRC channel is no help in debugging. Disabling all apps doesn't help, looking at the php & syslog don't show any errors, and adding caching only saves a few seconds of rendering time. Nextcloud has seriously lowered my standards for bad PHP projects, making most others look well written and decently documented/debuggable.
    - abricot 8y ago
      Are you arguing that Owncloud is better?
      - metildaa 8y ago
        Nope, its been years since I last used a friend's Owncloud server. Has it improved?
sascha_sl 8y ago
Funny enough, all options almost exactly match Apple pricing. Apple: 50GB for 0.99 200GB for 2.99 2TB for 9.99 Google: 100GB for 1.99 200GB for 2.99 2TB for 9.99
- royal_ts 8y ago
  afaik they run their Cloud Stuff on Google too
  - therealdrag0 8y ago
    As of 2016 both Google and AWS: https://www.crn.com/news/cloud/300080062/cloud-makes-for-strange-bedfellows-apple-signs-on-with-google-cuts-spending-with-aws.htm?itc=refresh https://www.crn.com/news/cloud/300080062/cloud-makes-for-str...
pqs 8y ago
I don't understand why they won't develop a client for Linux. Is it that difficult? Maybe the code could be also useful for Chrome OS and I guess many Googlers use Linux, so it would be useful for them too. I stick with Dropbox for the Linux support. It is fantastic. It works on servers, with no GUI, so I can easily sync stuff from my Windows Laptop and my Linux server, where I perform scientific stuff.
- IshKebab 8y ago
  Hell even the Windows client is shit compared to Dropbox. I think it is because they want everyone to keep everything in the cloud - not to use it as synced backup for stuff that really lives on your desktop (which is of course what everyone actually wants).
- mark_l_watson 8y ago
  This! Killer feature of Dropbox, being able to partially sync just the things you want on a Linux server and your laptop. I also pay for SpiderOak cloud storage but they don’t allow selective sync - you get everything mirrored on your laptop. That said, Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive are still useful on Linux laptops through the web app.
- lugg 8y ago
  Linux is something like 2% market share. We're also the only set of users that will actually saturate the oversold storage while still burning through that $2.50 worth of customer service with a single question prefaced with "hi, I run Linux."
bubblethink 8y ago
Dropbox is ext4 only, which led me to drop Dropbox entirely. Not that I was a heavy user, but I've moved to self-hosted nextcloud which has been mostly fine.

So looking from a single private user's perspective: Google One has best pricing, but no Linux native client and Dropbox has Linux native client and no flexible pricing.

hodyroff 8y ago

For flexibility there is ownCloud. Build your own, where you want, has Linux and all the stuff you need.

smartbit 8y ago
I'd suggest NextCloud instead. Including Two Factor Authentication in the latest release https://nextcloud.com/blog/next-generation-2-factor-authentication-and-security-hardening/ https://nextcloud.com/blog/next-generation-2-factor-authenti...
- metildaa 8y ago
  Have you tried Nextcloud? Its slick right up until you get a few users that actually use all the core apps (contact syncing, automatic uploads, calendars, etc), then rendering the PHP login page jumps to taking 20 seconds of maxing out all CPU cores on the server. Their IRC channel is no help in debugging. Disabling all apps doesn't help, looking at the php & syslog don't show any errors, and adding caching only saves a few seconds of rendering time. Nextcloud has seriously lowered my standards for bad PHP projects, making most others look well written and decently documented/debuggable.
  - abricot 8y ago
    Are you arguing that Owncloud is better?
    - metildaa 8y ago
      Nope, its been years since I last used a friend's Owncloud server. Has it improved?

sascha_sl 8y ago

Funny enough, all options almost exactly match Apple pricing. Apple: 50GB for 0.99 200GB for 2.99 2TB for 9.99 Google: 100GB for 1.99 200GB for 2.99 2TB for 9.99

royal_ts 8y ago
afaik they run their Cloud Stuff on Google too
- therealdrag0 8y ago
  As of 2016 both Google and AWS: https://www.crn.com/news/cloud/300080062/cloud-makes-for-strange-bedfellows-apple-signs-on-with-google-cuts-spending-with-aws.htm?itc=refresh https://www.crn.com/news/cloud/300080062/cloud-makes-for-str...

pqs 8y ago

I don't understand why they won't develop a client for Linux. Is it that difficult? Maybe the code could be also useful for Chrome OS and I guess many Googlers use Linux, so it would be useful for them too. I stick with Dropbox for the Linux support. It is fantastic. It works on servers, with no GUI, so I can easily sync stuff from my Windows Laptop and my Linux server, where I perform scientific stuff.

IshKebab 8y ago
Hell even the Windows client is shit compared to Dropbox. I think it is because they want everyone to keep everything in the cloud - not to use it as synced backup for stuff that really lives on your desktop (which is of course what everyone actually wants).
mark_l_watson 8y ago
This! Killer feature of Dropbox, being able to partially sync just the things you want on a Linux server and your laptop. I also pay for SpiderOak cloud storage but they don’t allow selective sync - you get everything mirrored on your laptop. That said, Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive are still useful on Linux laptops through the web app.
lugg 8y ago
Linux is something like 2% market share. We're also the only set of users that will actually saturate the oversold storage while still burning through that $2.50 worth of customer service with a single question prefaced with "hi, I run Linux."

bubblethink 8y ago

Dropbox is ext4 only, which led me to drop Dropbox entirely. Not that I was a heavy user, but I've moved to self-hosted nextcloud which has been mostly fine.