If I clicked on the Settings entry, the Megasync window would open, but wouldn’t allow me to interact.Įventually, I figured out how to bring up the login screen, by clicking the Megasync system tray icon and selecting Show Status ( Figure A).įigure A The Megasync system tray icon menu.Īt that point, the login window appeared, where I could enter my Megasync.nz account credentials. Instead, the only thing that appeared was the notification tray icon. When you first launch the Megasync client (which can be found in your desktop menu), it should open a login screen. The Megasync.nz desktop client is installed and ready to go.
Next, we’ll install the Nautilus integration with: That installation will most likely error out. Let’s first install the desktop client with: Once those have both downloaded, open a terminal window and change into the Downloads directory with:
Once you have your Mega.nz account created, head over to the download page and download the desktop app and the Nautilus sync app (saving them to your ~/Downloads directory). If you use a different distribution, you’ll need to alter the installation instructions accordingly. I’ll be demonstrating on Pop!_OS 21.04 (which is based on Ubuntu 21.04). Once you’ve done that, you’ll need a working Linux desktop. To use the Megasync client, you’ll first need to sign up for a free account. SEE: Research: Video conferencing tools and cloud-based solutions dominate digital workspaces VPN and VDI less popular with SMBs (TechRepublic Premium) What you’ll need I’m going to walk you through installing the Megasync GUI on Linux, as well as integrating it with the Nautilus file browser. MEGAchat: audio/video calls using MEGA’s end-to-end encrypted chat.MEGAdrop allows you to create a folder anyone can upload files to.Password-protected or expirable share links.Cross-platform clients for Linux, macOS, Windows, iOS and Android.Go-to resources for safe, secure cloud storage (TechRepublic Premium) The vanilla approach: How open source helps deliver multicloud successīecome a Microsoft Azure administrator online and start a great career And like Dropbox, Mega.nz has a Linux desktop client that is not only open source, it’s just as easy to use as any client in the cloud space.Ĭloud security: How your public cloud environment may be vulnerable to data breach *in the meantime, I discovered that I could install 16gb RAM instead of the 8gb officially prescribed by is a cloud service from New Zealand that offers a 20GB free account and includes all the bells and whistles you’ve become accustomed to with similar providers. This is is already sort of working* but I admit to being a tad concerned as to how many more brain cells might be needed to get LL to the same utility point that I had Ubuntu.Īnyway, thanks again.
I was looking for a lighter distro that I could easily install (with spare room) on my onboard mSSD in order to be able to run separate physical drives for my dual-boot setup plus storage drive. Re Megasync: I've been using it (alongside Dropbox) for several years and find the 50gb free capacity makes it a practical default option for cloud storage, whereas I only use DB when one of my contacts doesn't use Mega.Īs I've only previously used Ubuntu 16.04 that's my benchmark and tbh I found it pretty "Idiot Ready" and have had zero probs in 4000+ hours. I have no idea how I got the impression that I needed the 18.04 compatible version and I'll be trying the 20.04 one soonest.īringing the system up to date of course makes perfect sense and I'll make that my first step. I did warn you that I was pretty stupid and I'm pleased you've been able to ascertain that I was telling the truth. Thanks Moltke and Richard P - All gifts gratefully received!