Using OwnCloud To Integrate Dropbox, Google Drive, and More In Gnome

Jason Hibbets writes Jiri Folta was looking for an easy way to have all of his online storage services, such as Google Drive and Dropbox, integrated with his Linux desktop without using any nasty hacks. He shares this solution in this short tutorial, and shows you how to integrate ownCloud with the Gnome desktop and then add your favorite cloud providers to use all of your cloud accounts in one place just as easily as if they were local drives.

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Dropbox Emulation

[qpqp]

Anyone know, if there's a Dropbox API emulation/implementation somewhere that could be used to transparently replace Dropbox calls with my own storage backend?

Re:Dropbox Emulation

[qpqp]

what part of "transparently replace Dropbox calls with [calls to] my own storage backend" is so difficult to understand?
I'm looking for a drop in replacement, so all the crapware that thinks it's enough to implement the dropbox API suddenly becomes usable.

Re:Dropbox Emulation

[x_t0ken_407]

You have absolutely no idea what you're talking about. OwnCloud is something you install on your own server.

Own loud is great!

[HatofPig]

I have some cheap hosting I wasn't using so I sprung for a static I and SSL cert and now all my devices are synced. I keep my KeePass wallet up to date on my Android phone and all computers. The sync settings are very fine grain. And yeah, accessing other online storage seamlessly through OwnCloud is a killer feature. Free storage upgrade anytime.

Re:Own loud is great!

[ncc74656]

ownCloud's worked pretty well for me the past few months, but v7.0.3 caused all sorts of breakage on Android when accessing WebDAV shares. Switching photo uploads from FolderSync to the ownCloud Android client fixed that, but Keepass2Android still won't open my password archive directly. I can get to it over WebDAV with ES File Explorer and open it read-only in Keepass2Android, but that's a kludge I didn't need with the previous version. I'd downgrade, but the previous version is only available as source and the downloaded .deb for the previous version is gone from /var/cache/apt/archives. Hopefully they'll undo this breakage in 7.0.4.

Re: Own loud is great!

[HatofPig]

Using the OwnCloud client I keep the wallet file synced to my phone. There is a checkbox to do that and the wallet is local on my phone Accessing it over Webdav seems cumbersome.

Re:IceWM == frosty

[puzzled_decoy]

Why does gnome desktop get such a bad rap? I find it to be very usable....

Re:IceWM == frosty

[Lilith's Heart-shape]

Dude, you have no business being a snob. You're still using a stacking window manager. Come back when you've learned to use a tiling WM like Awesome, i3, Xmonad, etc.

Re:Owncloud option that is _NOT_ written in PHP?

[bill_mcgonigle]

Anyone have a suggestion of a dropbox/owncloud replacement that is NOT written in PHP?

IIRC seafile is written in c & c++ with some python bits for web. Based on the git model, but more of a pain to set up than it should be.

Re:IceWM == frosty

[mrvan]

+1

Switched to xmonad a couple years ago, and I realized that all I ever need is (shortcuts for) multiple workspaces, terminal, and a program launcher.

(Interestingly, I actually much prefer the way floating windows are handled in xmonad in the rare occasions that they are useful (move with super+drag, resize with super+right-drag, what more do you need... plus those small and difficult to reach resize handles or title bars are a really stupid idea)

~$ sudo apt-get install gnome-desktop-environment
[...]
After this operation, 441 MB of additional disk space will be used.

non, merci!

Ubuntu security issues

[jkonrath]

Worth noting that the Ubuntu repo still has the 6.0.1 version, which has critical security issues, and the developer can't get it removed or updated.

http://www.webupd8.org/2014/10...

Re:IceWM == frosty

[Lilith's Heart-shape]

I'm not quite hardcore enough for Xmonad, mainly because I don't feel like dealing with Haskell at the moment. However, I'm looking into AwesomeWM now that I finally took the plunge and switched from debian-based distros to Arch Linux, and I configured Openbox to maximize (within the margin) all non-dialogue windows and strip off the decor, which makes Openbox act enough like a tiler to work on a laptop screen.

OwnCloud = Excellent

[TheNinjaroach]

Saw OwnCloud in the title, stopped by to say that it is EXCELLENT. One of the most exciting (new) packages to hit open source in many years. Some things I use mine for:

Syncing OneNotes across multiple devices - 2 PCs, a Mac and a phone.
Automatic file sync (with binaries for Mac, Win & Linux)
Publishing documents to clients
Contacts & Calendar sync across multiple devices
WebDAV file shares offer native access for Mac, Windows and Linux.
... In a seriously slick interface with fairly simple and flexible deployment.

Seriously, can't recommend it enough. This reminds me, I should get back to submitting my patch for LibreOffice Spreadsheet previews..

Re:Owncloud option that is _NOT_ written in PHP?

[bit]

I've been using seafile for some months now and it works quite well. OwnCloud (v5 or so when I tried it) was slow and full of bugs, it would just find random sync errors and start placing copies of files everywhere. An initial sync of a 5-7 GB directory would take hours. Seafile takes one fraction of the time.
They also have frequent updates, so the missing features have also been implemented or will be implemented in the near future.