Anything you put in ~/CloudDrop is uploaded to Google Drive with the same folder structure, under a CloudDrop folder in My Drive. Deleting a file locally never deletes it from Drive: it becomes cloud-only, stays listed in CloudDrop, and can be downloaded back at any time. So you can free up space on your computer without losing anything, by hand or automatically.
CloudDrop asks Google only for access to the files it creates itself (drive.file), and files go straight between your computer and Google.
The Ubuntu PPA (ppa:dhiva-labs/apps) also adds status icons and actions to the Files app, which a snap can't do.
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Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.
Snaps are discoverable and installable from the Snap Store, an app store with an audience of millions.
If you’re running Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) or later, including Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa), you don’t need to do anything. Snap is already installed and ready to go.
For versions of Ubuntu between 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) and 15.10 (Wily Werewolf), as well as Ubuntu flavours that don’t include snap by default, snap can be installed from the Ubuntu Software Centre by searching for snapd.
Alternatively, snapd can be installed from the command line:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install snapd
Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly.
To install CloudDrop, simply use the following command:
sudo snap install clouddrop
Browse and find snaps from the convenience of your desktop using the snap store snap.
Interested to find out more about snaps? Want to publish your own application? Visit snapcraft.io now.