Since all one needs to do in order to use it is to create and modify files inside a specific folder (such as ~/Dropbox by default), it can just synchronize at any moment and conflicts will be handled automatically if you make changes in more than one place that’s being synced. I store mostly insensitive information in my Dropbox account and for the few files that happen to be a bit more sensitive (such as the password database I synchronize on both desktop and mobile with KeePassXC and Keepass2Android, respectively), they are of course encrypted (hopefully in a secure way).īecause I like to keep things simple and light on system resources, I do not let Dropbox run in the background (it only syncs once a day in the evening). I use Dropbox for its convenience, but other solutions exist like Syncthing that do not depend on proprietary software and third-party cloud services. On the other hand, Dropbox is easy to use with any flavor of Linux and also syncs seamlessly with mobile devices. It’s also worth mentioning that there is still no official Google Drive Linux client to this day: some users of the GNOME desktop environment will connect to their Google account and mount Google Drive within the file manager Nautilus/Files other users will use the paid software Insync or the free software alternative ODrive. In my experience, it has been working flawlessly and syncs consistently faster than Google Drive. It works like a charm out of the box on Linux and can be installed easily enough through the package manager that comes with your chosen distribution. Dropbox is an awesome company which has been until recently the working home of none other than Guido van Rossum, the creator of the Python programming language.
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