Google Drive was announced in April this year. Unfortunately, for GNU/Linux users, there was no client for them. It was expected that Google would announce the Linux client soon, but it never happened. It's been 4-5 months and still there is no Linux client. Well, technically there is Google Drive client for Linux -- Google's own Linux based distributions -- Android and Chrome OS.
There were numerous speculations that Google might announce the Linux client during their IO 2012 summit but that also did not happen. There are a lot of 'campaigns' running on Google + asking Google to release the client.
When asked on 'Google's Product Forums for Google Drive' that when will Google Drive be announced for Linux, Teresa W, Docs & Drive Community Manager, of Google replied:
Hi everyone - Google Drive for Linux remains a priority for the team. Thanks for following up with us!
Teresa's response gives Linux users some hope that there is still a possibility of Google Drive for Linux. However, there is still no concrete release date or time frame.
Google has been quite active in supporting GNU/Linux so I an curious what is taking it so long for them to offer a client?
Source:
Swapnil Bhartiya
A free software fund-a-mental-ist and Charles Bukowski fan, Swapnil also writes fiction and tries to find cracks in a proprietary company's 'paper armours'. He is a big movie buff and prefers listening to music at such high volumes that he's gone partially deaf when it comes to identifying anything positive about proprietary companies. You can follow him on Twitter, Google+ & Facebook. You can write to him on editor at muktware dot com
