• AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world
    1·
    2 days ago

    I use onedrive to sync one file around.

    Can’t remember if it’s a password file or a notes file from Joplin.

    That’s it. For some reason I’ve forgotten, it was the most convenient. And I don’t even use windows.

    I’ll sync it in house when I set my server up next year.

  • stupidcasey@lemmy.world
    31·
    2 days ago

    One drive legitimately breaks windows, well not usually but only because developers are smart enough not to use it, the A problem with One Drive is that Windows in there infinite wisdom has decided to put default folders directly into One Drive: Desktop, Documents, Pictures, etc, if a developer was to actually use these folders the auto saves, restores and virtual files stored online would absolutely break what ever is stored in there, now this might sound obvious and of course they are only for the end user developers shouldn’t touch it, but that hasn’t always been true, it wasn’t that long ago when the documents folder was used heavily for saves , but more importantly if the user tries to backup other files that contain programs you know those things that are a hassle to reinstall, then they will break programs.

      • OhNoMoreLemmy@lemmy.ml
        10·
        2 days ago
        1. Fuck those things.
        2. The main problem with them is not just the software, which is awful, but that it means you’re working at Amazon.
        • Sporkbomber@lemm.eeEnglish
          5·
          2 days ago

          I’m lucky enough to be working with rather than for, but it does mean interacting with their crappy programs and work culture. Going back to using teams is a relief.

      • 🐍🩶🐢@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        2 days ago

        I know right! I had the unfortunate experience of using it for a while and I have no idea how Amazon employees manage to communicate at all. It was an utter mess and looked like it came out of the 2000s.

  • LifeLemons@lemmy.mlEnglish
    192·
    2 days ago

    Lol why exactly we all hate one drive? I forgor, never used it actually.

    • TrickDacy@lemmy.world
      8·
      2 days ago

      Mostly because it constantly forces itself on you and is difficult to disable or remove even if you take several minutes to attempt to get rid of it. Every fucking time you try to save a file in office it defaults to save to one drive, or at least that was the case for a time.

    • Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world
      412·
      2 days ago

      If you don’t know, you either haven’t run Win 11 or don’t realize the files on your desktop have been uploaded to OneDrive.

    • DoomHorizons@lemm.eeEnglish
      3·
      2 days ago

      I had it try to automatically upload all the porn on my PC once

      Dunno how that happened but they sure as hell made an enemy that day

    • Piatro@programming.devEnglish
      12·
      2 days ago

      In my case my partner has a Windows 10 surface laptop. It’s perfectly functional and does what she needs it to do, but Windows 10 is dying next year, so I need to find some solution that is user friendly (meaning GUI-based in this case) to maintain her access to her OneDrive, or we throw away a perfectly good laptop to buy a slightly newer one. Besides the e-waste it’s just a waste of money. It makes some business sense, why make it easy to move away from windows? Except it also sucks on anything that isn’t a windows desktop, so they just expect people to put up with a subpar service essentially because their business users don’t have much choice. Dropbox was better 10 years ago than OneDrive is now, in terms of platform availability and usability.

      Note: I’m aware we can access OneDrive and office via a browser, however it’s not the same as native and feels clunky. Throwing Linux on it and using a browser is probably going to be our solution if I can’t get rclone to work in a way she’ll be happy with.

      • Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world
        71·
        2 days ago

        I read an article that MS has backed off almost entirely on Win 11’s requirements. Now it’s a checkbox, “Your hardware isn’t supported so you accept responsibility if you have problems.”

        As long as it’s newer than Pentium 4, you are probably fine.

        Win 11 now only needs popcnt (a newer instruction added 15 years ago) and sse4.2.

      • AstralPath@lemmy.ca
        3·
        2 days ago

        If you’re going to try Linux, there’s obviously a ton of great options but I can definitely recommend ZorinOS for anyone unfamiliar with Linux.

        I replaced Windows on my Mom’s computer with Zorin and she absolutely loves it. Its UI is simple and clean and the OS just works.

      • MonkeMischief@lemmy.today
        2·
        2 days ago

        Might also look into https://github.com/jstaf/onedriver !

        I think both KDE and GNOME desktop environments might have integration with OneDrive as an option in their respective file browsers.

        I remember KDE could work with Google Drive in that casual “download when you need it” way, rather than the traditional “sync mirrored copies” way.

        Personally I’d say KDE is also a fantastic desktop environment for coming from Windows with little friction. I run OpenSUSE Tumbleweed personally, but Fedora has a KDE “spin” and I think Zorin uses it by default.

        Hope this is helpful :)

      • Uranium 🟩@sh.itjust.works
        11·
        2 days ago

        Was there any spyware/telemetry found in red star OS?

        I remember a good few years back finding a leaked image for it and having some fun with it ended up throwing it on an open Gdrive link, then a few years later someone leaked a more up to date version that tried to look like macOS.

        • AWildMimicAppears@lemmy.dbzer0.com
          13·
          2 days ago

          The last information i found is from 2015 (the one that looks like MacOS). There are no direct backdoors on the installation medium, although it is trivial to deliver one with software updates since the repositories are under state control. What has been found is a mechanism that attached the hardware id of the pc to any file that is opened, allowing to trace through which hands a file has gone. there was also an “anti-virus” that is a censoring mechanism, deleting files with predefined content.

          • jaybone@lemmy.world
            3·
            2 days ago

            Wouldn’t you need to modify the filesystem type to associate this type of tracking data with a file?

          • SeekPie@lemm.ee
            9·
            2 days ago

            Wasn’t there also a “kill-switch” that reported to the government when you tried to tinker with the OS too much or something?

  • Romkslrqusz@lemm.ee
    121·
    2 days ago

    I think OneDrive is just fine.

    I primarily use it for my Windows PCs, I have it installed on my Macs. Rarely need anything in there from Linux, but it’s nice to be able to pop in from a browser and grab something.

    I work in an IT Support role for a lot of users, and I think that OneDrive is the ideal backup for the average Windows user / basic consumer. It covers the folders that most people care about, offers versioning of files, and even ensures that I’m not needed when they transition to a new device even if their previous device does not turn on anymore.

    • MrAlternateTape@lemm.ee
      6·
      1 day ago

      Well, I do believe there are used for it. But it is very annoying when Microsoft keeps throwing it into my face time after time. I don’t want it, I don’t need it, and yet it will always automatically start after an update. For that bullshit alone I already hate it so much I will never use it.

      One of the many reasons I’m on Linux now.

      • Romkslrqusz@lemm.ee
        2·
        1 day ago

        I haven’t found that it comes back on its own after being uninstalled but I also deliberately have it on all my daily drivers, so it’s possible that’s happening with the annual feature updates.

        In notification settings, there are two options that use the “welcome experience” and “tips / tricks” language - disabling those does away with a lot of the fullscreen subscription solicitations.

        A lot of average users do benefit from being asked to opt in once or twice, but I agree there ought to be a more accessible “no thanks, never ask me again” option for power users.

        I also wish that stuff was scaled back or stripped out of the professional editions of Windows, LTSC editions don’t have it but the license requirements don’t make that a particularly accessible option.

        Linux is definitely the right move, it brings me great joy to see more and more folks discovering that as an option that is bot only viable, but also better. I hope to see Windows 10’s EOL become “the great Linuxing”

  • oo1@lemmings.worldEnglish
    10·
    1 day ago

    The only people not on the meme are the IT procurement people at my work

    share point, one drive, dynamics, office 365, teams.

    They’re all ganged up with their swords pointed at me just trying to do some work.

    Together they’ve managed unseated oracle as the arch nematode, even thogh none of them actually do anything that i need - apart from maybe filing cabinet.

    • MonkeMischief@lemmy.today
      41·
      2 days ago

      Just throwing it out there, even if you’re not running your own server or anything, if you happen to have two computers turned on at the same time occasionally, Syncthing is awesomely transparent and works VERY well. Crazy easy to set up too. (Like actually easy, not “network admin easy.”)

      I personally run it on a little server at home now so it’s always on, and there’s a single “point of truth” where everything references the server, but you can have a number of devices that all simply ask each other what needs updating when they detect each other online. It can automatically retain versions, and that kind of thing. :)

          • Anivia@feddit.org
            2·
            2 days ago

            Hetzner is ran on a bunch of duct taped together desktops PCs (not even joking here) by incompetent morons. The savings are not worth the headache of their terrible service. I say that as someone who has spent thousands on VPSs from them in the past for my company