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It seems to me that an alternative could be to simply pair FUSE with any standard file explorer. https://github.com/libfuse/libfuse https://github.com/libfuse/

It seems to me that an alternative could be to simply pair FUSE with any standard file explorer. https://github.com/libfuse/libfuse https://github.com/libfuse/libfuse https://github.com/libfuse/libfuse/wiki/Filesystems https://github.com/libfuse/libfuse/wiki/Filesystems

graemep 3y ago
That was my reaction too, but FUSE is Linux only while this is cross-platform. I am not convinced file managers need to be cross platform. There are plenty that will run on any desktop, IMO mobile platforms need different functionality and a very UI. The real product as described on their website (not the github repo the linked) is that it is a drop box like sync service integrated into a file manager. I think most non-geeks will find it confusing compared to something that integrates with the familiar OS default file manager.
- sandebert 3y ago
  Yeah, FUSE is Linux only. But for completeness, for macs there is macFUSE, and for Windows there is winfsp. Both of these have fewer filesystems than FUSE, and I've used neither so I don't know how well they work. https://github.com/osxfuse/osxfuse/wiki/List-of-macFUSE-File-Systems https://github.com/osxfuse/osxfuse/wiki/List-of-macFUSE-File... https://winfsp.dev/doc/Known-File-Systems/ https://winfsp.dev/doc/Known-File-Systems/
drpixie 3y ago
Absolutely agree. If they think they can make a better file manager, great, go ahead. But including transports in the file manager means that remote data only looks integrated, it isn't actually available to local apps. Or (just as bad) they'll decide they need a copy-to-local and copy-back-to-network mechanism, which will work for some files opened by some apps but not all. Arghh. Nemo (under Linux) does that for some protocols (eg. Android media transfer), and it is very annoying, especially as there are already FUSE drivers for (at least some) such protocols. In practice it means that the only thing you can do using Nemo is copy/move files around.
- sandebert 3y ago
  That's a very good point, I didn't even think about the aspect that FUSE is available system-wide, for all other applications to use transparently. That makes Spacedrive seem to come up really short, in comparison.
risyachka 3y ago
Obviously this is targeted at users like me that have zero intention and interest in pairing anything and just want it to work out of the box.
- sandebert 3y ago
  I agree. Just as long as you know you can't directly open files from other filesystems in your regular apps, just because you see them in Spacedrive.
oblio 3y ago
Heck, they could do it with FTP and call it a day! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224
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graemep 3y ago

That was my reaction too, but FUSE is Linux only while this is cross-platform. I am not convinced file managers need to be cross platform. There are plenty that will run on any desktop, IMO mobile platforms need different functionality and a very UI. The real product as described on their website (not the github repo the linked) is that it is a drop box like sync service integrated into a file manager. I think most non-geeks will find it confusing compared to something that integrates with the familiar OS default file manager.

sandebert 3y ago
Yeah, FUSE is Linux only. But for completeness, for macs there is macFUSE, and for Windows there is winfsp. Both of these have fewer filesystems than FUSE, and I've used neither so I don't know how well they work. https://github.com/osxfuse/osxfuse/wiki/List-of-macFUSE-File-Systems https://github.com/osxfuse/osxfuse/wiki/List-of-macFUSE-File... https://winfsp.dev/doc/Known-File-Systems/ https://winfsp.dev/doc/Known-File-Systems/

drpixie 3y ago

Absolutely agree. If they think they can make a better file manager, great, go ahead. But including transports in the file manager means that remote data only looks integrated, it isn't actually available to local apps. Or (just as bad) they'll decide they need a copy-to-local and copy-back-to-network mechanism, which will work for some files opened by some apps but not all. Arghh. Nemo (under Linux) does that for some protocols (eg. Android media transfer), and it is very annoying, especially as there are already FUSE drivers for (at least some) such protocols. In practice it means that the only thing you can do using Nemo is copy/move files around.

sandebert 3y ago
That's a very good point, I didn't even think about the aspect that FUSE is available system-wide, for all other applications to use transparently. That makes Spacedrive seem to come up really short, in comparison.

risyachka 3y ago

Obviously this is targeted at users like me that have zero intention and interest in pairing anything and just want it to work out of the box.

sandebert 3y ago
I agree. Just as long as you know you can't directly open files from other filesystems in your regular apps, just because you see them in Spacedrive.

oblio 3y ago

Heck, they could do it with FTP and call it a day! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224

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