GCSF
Infrastructure
file system mount
SHOW HN2018
How HN took it
7 positive, 25 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 5 critical, out of 37 comments about the project. Thread score +0.03.
Design: 2 for, 0 againstIdea: 0 for, 2 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 againstPerformance: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful Google Drive mount for Linux, finally available in Rust
From 2 comments
This is great Linux support finally! And in rust! Awesome work man!
brian_herman on HNHello everyone! I have built a tool that allows Linux and macOS users to mount their Google Drive account locally as a virtual file system. The file system supports most typical…
harababurel on HN
Lazy loading and export to OpenOffice formats are clever design
From 2 comments
Awesome project! I'm curious, how does it compare to google's own similar product, Backup and Sync[0]? It seems like the primary difference (other than being FUSE-based) is that,…
unholiness on HN> For instance, when copying a file to Drive, the execution of the command will take as long as the upload process itself. Once finished, an exit status of 0 will indicate…
bollockitis on HN
Objections
Multiple accounts not supported yet
From 2 comments
> This is neat! Can I use this for multiple accounts? I've been looking for a MacOS and Linux solution for this exact problem but I'd like to use it for 3-4 Google accounts. The…
harababurel on HNNot at the present moment. I plan to add support for this in the near future.
harababurel on HN
No Windows support yet
From 2 comments
Should be achievable using winfsp[0]. I will look into it for a future release. [0] https://github.com/billziss-gh/winfsp
harababurel on HNWhat about Windows support?
vasili111 on HN
No Team Drives support yet
From 1 comment
Not at the moment. I would like to add this feature in an upcoming version.
harababurel on HN
Conflicting edits from multiple clients may silently overwrite
From 1 comment
Some unwanted behavior might occur in scenarios like the one you describe. Most probably, the change performed by one client will silently overwrite the other. If there is…
harababurel on HN
Requests
Windows support
From 1 comment
What about Windows support?
vasili111 on HN
Multiple account support
From 2 comments
This is neat! Can I use this for multiple accounts? I've been looking for a MacOS and Linux solution for this exact problem but I'd like to use it for 3-4 Google accounts.…
Improvotter on HNAre multiple accounts supported?
dvfjsdhgfv on HN
Offline keep-files option
From 1 comment
Hey, thanks for the awesome work! I always wanted something like "one drive on demand"[0] but for linux. Maybe in the future you could add an option to keep some files offline.…
ranfdev on HN
Team Drives support
From 1 comment
Does this support Team Drives?
mikevm on HN
Questions
How does it compare to google-drive-ocamlfuse
From 2 comments
Congrats on shipping! How does this compare to https://github.com/astrada/google-drive-ocamlfuse aside from the programming language?
Immortalin on HNAs an undergrad thesis? Wow you are amazing! I'm wondering how it differ from the existing Google Drive FUSE project? [1] [1]: https://github.com/astrada/google-drive-ocamlfuse
kbumsik on HN
How does it compare to rclone
From 2 comments
How does this compare to `rclone`?
Tenobrus on HNAny comparisons to rclone's gdrive integration? Seems that rclone probably has the biggest userbase of the "google drive fuse mount" tools.
rb2k_ on HN
How does it compare to Google Backup and Sync or File Stream
From 2 comments
Awesome project! I'm curious, how does it compare to google's own similar product, Backup and Sync[0]? It seems like the primary difference (other than being FUSE-based) is that,…
unholiness on HNWhat about Google Drive File Stream? https://support.google.com/drive/answer/7329379?hl=en
c1yd3i on HN
Alternatives named
google-drive-ocamlfuse
From 2 comments
Congrats on shipping! How does this compare to https://github.com/astrada/google-drive-ocamlfuse aside from the programming language?
Immortalin on HNAs an undergrad thesis? Wow you are amazing! I'm wondering how it differ from the existing Google Drive FUSE project? [1] [1]: https://github.com/astrada/google-drive-ocamlfuse
kbumsik on HN
rclone
From 2 comments
How does this compare to `rclone`?
Tenobrus on HNAny comparisons to rclone's gdrive integration? Seems that rclone probably has the biggest userbase of the "google drive fuse mount" tools.
rb2k_ on HN
Google Drive File Stream
From 1 comment
What about Google Drive File Stream? https://support.google.com/drive/answer/7329379?hl=en
c1yd3i on HN
Backup and Sync
From 1 comment
Awesome project! I'm curious, how does it compare to google's own similar product, Backup and Sync[0]? It seems like the primary difference (other than being FUSE-based) is that,…
unholiness on HN