Hi everyone!
I’ve recently moved my workflow fully into KDE Plasma and I’m really enjoying how smooth everything feels. I’m now trying to streamline how I work across my laptop and desktop, especially for my personal coding and writing projects.
I’d like to keep my project folders synced using cloud storage so that edits made on one device instantly appear on the other. I mainly use Dolphin, Kate, and sometimes KWrite, and I want to make sure everything stays organized and consistent.
For those of you who use cloud-based syncing:
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Do you integrate it directly with your home directory or keep a dedicated synced folder?
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Any recommendations for making this seamless within KDE’s file management workflow?
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Does file indexing work smoothly with synced folders?
I’d love to hear how the community sets this up.
Thanks in advance for your tips!
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I know it’s been a while but I stumbled upon this and see that you did not get an answer!
Personally, I use Nextcloud, hosted by Hetzner’s Storage Share service (you can also host Nextcloud yourself if you are willing to manage it). I sync to a ~/Nextcloud folder. I don’t notice any issues with file indexing. I also have daily backups set up within KDE System Settings, which get saved to the ~/Nextcloud directory too, so they are synced.
My advice would be not to try and sync your entire home directory, or if you do you will want to exclude a lot of stuff there that you may not be interested in syncing but that can get very large in size, like ~/.cache, local Flatpak and Snap installs, virtual machines and containers (which can be huge and change frequently). This is not an exhaustive list though.
For that reason, it is better to pick what to include rather than what to exclude. The easiest way, and default way for Nextcloud, is a separate ~/Nextcloud folder. If you are using the standard folders like Documents, Pictures, etc, exclusively, you could consider just syncing them instead.