Utiliser Google Drive sur Linux Mint
I installed Linux Mint Xfce version (the simplest) alongside Windows 10 after partitioning.
I installed it following the CCM tutorial from February/March. No issues, installation successful, it is ready to boot.
My problem: On Windows 10, all my files are on the Google Drive cloud, which relies on Google. So I downloaded Google, in addition to Firefox, which was already installed. So far, everything works well.
I then downloaded Google Drive, I can open it, it appears normally.
But it doesn't work, I can't add or modify anything.
Is there a way to make it work? If so, thank you for helping me.
3 réponses
Hello,
It's unfortunate, because it’s much easier in the GNOME environment (Mate or Cinnamon).
For XFCE, see here:
https://fostips.com/enable-google-drive-linux/#rb-For-XFCE-amp-MATE-desktop
Thank you for your response, I’m learning a lot of things...
But I’m mainly learning that I am no longer up to dealing with this kind of problems, which I suspected anyway. At my age (95 years old), one must remain clear-headed and modest. I am stepping back with regret.
Goodbye and thank you again, best wishes.
Hello and thank you.
Ouch, ouch, ouch, that scares me, I’m not sure I can do all that without messing up my computer, which is still useful to me with W 10.
In fact, with 2 OS on the same device, it works pretty well already, the only problem I encounter is the transmission in both directions:
When I add new information to my Google Drive on Windows (changing the date, for example), the info goes to Google Drive on Linux Xfe, everything is fine and I’m happy. But if I do it the other way around (Linux to Windows), it doesn’t work. I can’t even write it in the Drive, which remains inactive.
Linux only serves as memory for me under these conditions, and a simple USB stick would do just as well.
I would really like to free myself from Windows, which keeps changing (I’ve known W 95, W XT, Vista, Millennium, W 7, W 10, and W 11) and more or less forces you to buy a new machine for its greater profit, at the expense of my wallet and the planet.
Thanks anyway, best wishes.
Under Gnome, if I remember correctly, it only takes a dedicated package.
So, unless you already have a lot of things saved in your Linux system or you prefer XFCE for a specific reason (I do use, it's true, not often, Cinnamon in my virtual machine on my Windows 10 PC which is far from being a powerhouse and without any particular problems).