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Switching from win 11 (feddit.de)

submitted 6 months ago by pufferfischerpulver@feddit.de to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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After convincing my employer to move away from MS office I can finally make the permanent switch away from windows.

I settled on pop_os for now since it supports hybrid Nvidia graphics out of the box and I am a noob.

Two questions:

I used OneDrive, and especially the file on-demand (all files on server visible in explorer but only downloaded when needed) feature a lot. What cloud storage provider has the best Linux integration? I dabbled with NeXtCloUD but the Linux client is not great, especially the file on-demand implementation.
What are best practices for managing apps? The last time I entertained the idea of switching, I ended up with applications installed from the snap store, flatpacks, some appimages, some through apt. It quickly gets confusing for me when I want a specific program but it, f.ex., is only distributed through the snap store. Is there a GUI (I know) way to see all applications, where they're installed from, with an easy remove button? Akin to what windows offers?

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[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 months ago (6 children)

If you want an alternative a seafile server and the the seafile drive client that mounts a seafile folder into your file browser works well. it will also download the file as you need it rather than sync everything inf the folders

[–] SteveTech@programming.dev 1 points 6 months ago (4 children)

Just wondering, does seafile cache the previously opened files locally, in case I don't have internet.

OneDrive does this on Windows and I've been looking for something similar and self hosted.

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Yes, you can set if they stay local, download all, etc

[–] SteveTech@programming.dev 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Can it automatically keep them for a certain amount of time after I've opened them though?

I'll definitely be trying out seafile eventually!

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The Seadrive has a cli setting for size of cache amd how long before cleaning. There is also Seafile Client which has a lot more options of different folder and file sync capabilities like the context menus in Windows Onedrive. Try them both out and see eaht fits your use better

[–] SteveTech@programming.dev 1 points 6 months ago

Cool, thank you! I'll definitely be sure to try them out.

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