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Infrastructure

file system mount

SHOW HN2018

374points
84comments
#48of 2,155 in 2018
Top 3%of 2018 by points

How HN took it

CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments

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 HN
    • Hello 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 HN
    • Not 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 HN
    • What 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
  • 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 HN
    • Are 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

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 HN
    • As 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 HN
    • Any 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 HN
    • What 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 HN
    • As 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 HN
    • Any 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

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