# Can't find File Provider in Fedora Client

**URL:** <https://help.nextcloud.com/t/cant-find-file-provider-in-fedora-client/249869>\
**Category:** 📱 Desktop & mobile clients\
**Created:** [September 24, 2026, 6:58am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/cant-find-file-provider-in-fedora-client/249869 "2026-09-24T06:58:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![DaBe1812](https://help.nextcloud.com/letter_avatar/dabe1812/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@DaBe1812](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/DaBe1812)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2026, 6:58am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/cant-find-file-provider-in-fedora-client/249869/1 "2026-09-24T06:58:06Z")

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Hi,

since yesterday I used nextcloud on my laptop as an external drive. Yesterday was the first time I needed I file when I was far from home for editing purpose.

So yesterday I installed the client on my fedora with rpm package. reading the documentation there should be an option to only sync files that I want to use. I thought about it like in the windows app, where I could see all filenames but I could chose which file or folder I want to have physically on my machine.

Now I can only see the folders which are synched and all those files are stored locally on my machine. But I want the scheme like in windows where I can say that I only want some folders or files on my laptop, but I can see all files that nextcloud knows.

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**Author:** ![mgallien](https://help.nextcloud.com/letter_avatar/mgallien/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@mgallien](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/mgallien)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2026, 10:03am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/cant-find-file-provider-in-fedora-client/249869/2 "2026-09-24T10:03:49Z")

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Hello

File Provider is only the implementation on macOS for on-demand files.

What you would want is [VFS on Linux · Issue #3668 · nextcloud/desktop · GitHub](https://github.com/nextcloud/desktop/issues/3668)

It will be part of the next release. This is an early preview and will not be as much reliable as it is on Windows.

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**Author:** ![DaBe1812](https://help.nextcloud.com/letter_avatar/dabe1812/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@DaBe1812](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/DaBe1812)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2026, 12:54pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/cant-find-file-provider-in-fedora-client/249869/3 "2026-09-24T12:54:28Z")

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Hi,

thanks for the link. Sounds good so far. Didn’t think it is such a complicated feature. Thought you would have some sort of meta, creating empty files und pulling it’s content, when needed.

I’m really excited to see the feature. But I couldn’t find if it is next minor or major release?