Use insync by insynchq to manage and sync multiple Google Drives and One Drives on Linux

If you are looking for a good tool that enables syncing of Google Drive and One Drive folders and files, you can use insync from https://www.insynchq.com/. They have recently added the capability to sync many Google drives or One drives to their license terms. It is a life saver for those who use Google Drive … Continue reading Use insync by insynchq to manage and sync multiple Google Drives and One Drives on Linux →

How to enable the Insync Google Drive application menu in app indicators on XFCE

If you have insynchq.com Google Drive sync Application, you will find that upon start, it displays the icon in the app indicator area of the desktop menu bar. However, upon clicking the insync icon, it does nothing. To overcome this, open a Linux terminal, and enter the following command: To stop insync: $ insync stop … Continue reading How to enable the Insync Google Drive application menu in app indicators on XFCE →

How to use Google Drive in Linux with XFCE desktop or Xubuntu 18.04 LTS

Never could understand why getting Google to give a Google Drive client for Linux is so hard. However, there are several solutions to this and the Gnome 3+ Desktop Environment offers a good way to access Google Online Accounts. If you use XFCE desktop with Xubuntu, it makes no sense to download the whole Gnome … Continue reading How to use Google Drive in Linux with XFCE desktop or Xubuntu 18.04 LTS →

Fix google-drive-ocamlfuse not able to get token error

The google-drive-ocamlfuse not able to get token error appears when using google-drive-ocamlfuse access to google-drive-ocamlfuse application to Google Drive has been revoked or not granted. If the above error appears, delete the .gdfuse folder and a new token will be generated when google-drive-ocamlfuse application is run again. Open the file manager and remove the folder … Continue reading Fix google-drive-ocamlfuse not able to get token error →

Best free cloud storage service for data with Linux support

If you want good storage with great synchronization support for Linux, you can try any of the following cloud storage services for your data:Dropbox (2 GB free)Copy.com (15 GB free) - Now defunctmega.co.nz (50 GB free)SpiderOak (2 GB free)The above 3 are very popular and have Linux Synchronization clients that make it easy to synchronize … Continue reading Best free cloud storage service for data with Linux support →

How to open and use Google Drive in Linux using google-drive-ocamlfuse

Google has till date not released a Linux client for Google Drive. Result, we are dependent on 3rd party tools or applications to access Google Drive from Linux. There are a few solutions like: Grive InSync google-drive-ocamlfuse Of the above, InSync is a paid software available for about US$ 10, that solves all problems with … Continue reading How to open and use Google Drive in Linux using google-drive-ocamlfuse →

Use Grive to sync files or folders between the Linux computer and Google Drive

It's been more than a while waiting for Google to come up with a Google Drive sync client for Linux. While the clients are available for Android, Windows, Mac and more, Linux does not have an 'official' Google Drive client. If you need a PC application to synchronize files and folders between your computer and … Continue reading Use Grive to sync files or folders between the Linux computer and Google Drive →

JStock to retrieve and view stock quotes online

jStock is a cross-platform stocks viewer and alerts utility written in Java. It allows you to set up a list of stocks, your stocks portfolio for multiple stock markets the world over. Earlier it used to use the Yahoo Stocks as a feed, but since that feed stopped retrieving many stocks, jStock now fetches the … Continue reading JStock to retrieve and view stock quotes online →

How to split a large file in Linux using split command

At times, very large files need to be split into smaller fragments and then re-assembled. To split a file, open a terminal window in Linux and enter the following command: $ split -b 1000K largefile <enter> where: largefile is the file to be split. 1000K means you want to split the file with each chunk … Continue reading How to split a large file in Linux using split command →