14 DAY TRIAL // KDE developer Elvis Angelaccio is happy to report on the general availability of a new package that makes it possible for fans of the KDE Plasma 5 desktop environment to access their Google Drive accounts without any weird tricks.
Yes, that's right, native Google Drive integration has finally landed for KDE Plasma 5 desktops, and the implementation is possible if you're running the kaccounts-provider 17.04 and kio-gdrive 1.2 packages that are included in the KDE Applications 17.04 software suite.
"It is based on the KAccounts framework, which contains the KDE bits of the Accounts-SSO cross-desktop project," said Elvis Angelaccio in a blog announcement. "Right now it works just fine and besides GDrive, in Plasma is also used by Telepathy, Purpose (for YouTube), and the recent Nextcloud plugin."
Here's how to enable Google Drive support on your KDE Plasma 5 desktop
If you're using a GNU/Linux distribution that ships with some of the latest KDE Plasma 5.9 and KDE Applications 17.04 releases, it's incredibly easy to enable Google Driver support. First, make sure that both kaccounts-provider 17.04 and kio-gdrive 1.2 Beta packages are installed.
Then, open System Settings and access the Online Accounts module. Click on the "Google" button and add your Google account. That's it! You should immediately see a notification informing you that you can now manage Google Drive files of the Google account you've added using either the Dolphin file manager or Plasma Folder View applet.
Of course, it's also possible to disable the Google Drive integration if you're not interested in the service. To do that, simply open the Online Accounts module in System Settings and uncheck the "Drive" option, as you can see from the screenshot gallery attached below. Enjoy!
