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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by cygnus@lemmy.ca to c/linux@lemmy.ml

(apologies in advance if this isn't the right community for this question)

I've been flirting with Linux on and off for about 15 years and I think I'm ready to make the switch mostly full-time. I use a laptop for work and have a Microsoft 365 plan with email and such. I need to replace that with something Linux-friendly and would much prefer something that works with a desktop email client. Easy syncing of email, contacts and calendar to Android is a must.

Proton seems like it might be a good option but the privacy features aren't a huge selling point for me so I'm open to other options!

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[-] krnl386@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago

OneDrive is unusable in Linux

Look into rclone mounts, assuming your org allows you to use rclone with OneDrive and SharePoint Online.

There’s also this open source, and commercial client, but I haven’t used them myself.

[-] cygnus@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I looked into these but the "on demand" functionality is missing; I don't want to download the entire OneDrive contents to my laptop or have to manually sync and unsync folders. Nextcloud does have that feature.

[-] krnl386@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

rclone mounts don’t download anything; they cache “hot” data, and you can tweak that behaviour.

[-] cygnus@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

That sounds like it's beyond my current proficiency level – I'm willing to put in some work to de-Google/Microsoft myself, but still want something that "just works".

[-] abraham_linksys@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Nextcloud is awesome. I work in cloud engineering and we're implementing them for a client right now. So many cool extensions, and everything open source

[-] BaldProphet@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Easy to self-host with a turnkeylinux appliance, too.

[-] holland@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

OneDrive is unusable in Linux

OneDrive works better in Linux than in Windows with the open-source client. Takes up almost zero memory or resources, downloads files quicker than the Windows client. Only doesn't have the "on demand" functionality but that often didn't work properly in Windows either.

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