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Terminator. Insync: Google Drive Client For Linux (Beta 2 Released, DEB And RPM Packages Available For Download) Insync is a Google Drive client for Mac, Windows and mobile devices that recently got support for Linux (beta).

Insync: Google Drive Client For Linux (Beta 2 Released, DEB And RPM Packages Available For Download)

Besides full sync support for Google's cloud storage service, Google Drive, which includes Google documents (unlike Grive) that it downloads as .doc, .xls, .ppt, etc., Insync for Linux also comes with Nautilus integration, tray / Ubuntu AppIndicator support that displays recent changes, errors and the sync status and support for multiple accounts. Insync Beta 2 for Linux was released today, bringing .deb and .rpm packages, so the installation should be a lot easier now.

Besides this, beta 2 also brings various fixes and improvements: New cool list of Linux must-have programs. Update: A new, up-to-date collection is available.

New cool list of Linux must-have programs

Please take a look! It's been approximately two years since I've written the first article, A (cool) list of Linux tools. The article proved quite popular with my audience, as it allowed Linux users, new converts in particular, a quick taste of some of the more useful programs available for Linux platforms, across a range of categories.

Since, a lot has changed. Two years is a long time.