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Re: Nextcloud: Open-Source Cloud Apps

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Post by izacus » Sun, Sep 22, 2024, 10:21 AM UTC

obnauticus wrote: post #20

I originally wanted to do this but the CVE history is a bit too colorful for something I’d want to trust as a “cloud replacement”: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvekey.cgi?keyword=nextcloud A common misconception IMO is that running and owning your own infrastructure is somehow more secure. To that I lol, and I’m confident that the thousands of AWS/GCP/Azure/iCloud security engineers are all doing a more thorough job…

Those cloud specialists aren't configuring your ACLs and firewalls - the most common source of severe security problems in the cloud.

Re: Nextcloud: Open-Source Cloud Apps

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Post by vr46 » Sun, Sep 22, 2024, 10:23 AM UTC

a022311 wrote: post #47

Honestly, I feel that Nextcloud is full of bloat, the performance is quite disappointing and it's very unstable. I only use it for file storage, because I can't find a better alternative out there. My advice: never upload directories that may have many small files (and certainly not git repos). For photos, don't even think about it. Use Immich or PhotoPrism.

What issues did you find with the file storage? I’m using it backed by S3 and it hasn’t given me any issues at all so far, be nice to know what to watch out for.

Re: Nextcloud: Open-Source Cloud Apps

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Post by touggourt » Sun, Sep 22, 2024, 10:24 AM UTC

MrDisposable wrote: post #41

A newbie question: How does Nextcloud compare to Dropbox and Syncthing? Can it serve as a replacement / alternative to them?

I don't know which one is better, but considering file hosting, sync and web access, Nextcloud works very well. Regarding usability, as NC doesn't works like Dropbox it is a matter of taste, I prefer NC over Dropbox.

Re: Nextcloud: Open-Source Cloud Apps

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Post by touggourt » Sun, Sep 22, 2024, 10:27 AM UTC

antman wrote: post #25

Lets not forget iPhone vendor lock in that specifically slows down or entirely closes background connections for all other vendors except Apple. So syncing files with Nextcloud or any other app except Apple cloud is an exercise in undocumented futility. You can put it as a front application and wait (if corporate hasn’t forced a screen turning off timeout)

One of my employees use Nextcloud on its iPhone and it works fast and well.

Re: Nextcloud: Open-Source Cloud Apps

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Post by CretinDesAlpes » Sun, Sep 22, 2024, 10:29 AM UTC

polycaster wrote: post #12

gostsamo wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No comment on anything else, but the tone of the page is so schoolyard. For a company that targets enterprise and government clients, petty jabs at the weather app look unprofessional.

The "Comparison" section of the Product Ownership also seems rather ridiculous, where NextCloud is just a questionable "fork" while ownCloud glouriously carries the torch of product ownership. Especially since it's placed directly below the "License" section. Apparently, someone didn't quite understand the idea behind the GPL.

Especially since ownCloud was started originally by Frank Karlitschek who left to fork and create Nextcloud!

Re: Nextcloud: Open-Source Cloud Apps

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Post by clort » Sun, Sep 22, 2024, 10:31 AM UTC

zerof1l wrote: post #18

I've been using Nextcloud for some years now. Overall it's an ok replacement for Google Cloud. But for some time now their focus has been on developing features for business collaboration as opposed to personal & family ones. For example, their photo library is quite limited. There's Memories app for Nextcluod, but it isn't much better. I'm in the process of migrating to Immich. Nextcluod notes app on Android has bee…

whats up with Nextcloud Notes, in your opinion?

(I've been using it for 3 years never noticed any broke...)

Re: Nextcloud: Open-Source Cloud Apps

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Post by Ringz » Sun, Sep 22, 2024, 10:33 AM UTC

nolok wrote: post #23

sureglymop wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Interesting.. I use Immich and have been thinking of migrating to Nextcloud Memories. May have to reevaluate.

YMMV but any issue you have with Immich that may lead you to migrate to NCM you will find again there,IMHO. Update are easier but lots of other stuff are very much work in progress, even when it works well. My criteria is "when I want to show my vacation to X on the TV at a dinner 6 to 12 months after setup is it reliable or does it always need some tweak or whatever and ruin the moment". I dont know the apple ecosys…

I would like to switch to Immich, but it is still unclear to me whether my existing directory structure will be preserved or not. In the beginning, Immich used his own structure, which is a no go for any photographer.

Re: Nextcloud: Open-Source Cloud Apps

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Post by touggourt » Sun, Sep 22, 2024, 10:41 AM UTC

PikachuEXE wrote: post #37

In case some people don't know using NextCloud + floccus = great bookmark sync (I self hosting it but setup one on a cheap cloud VM is also fine) Not using NextCloud for anything else yet though

Thanks! I didn't know about that.

There is some under documented good little tools that can sync between devices, browsers and Nextcloud :

- Qownnotes for notes, selecting text from web pages and bookmarking (I'm curently testing it).

- Someone told me that Zotero can do that too.

- Vdirsyncer for synchronizing calendars and addressbook between NC and uncompatible apps (Odoo mainly).

Re: Nextcloud: Open-Source Cloud Apps

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Post by gchaincl » Sun, Sep 22, 2024, 10:41 AM UTC

The idea of using a private cloud sounded wonderful, ran an instance of Next Cloud using encrypted storage, it didn't take long when my files disappeared due to a bug on the encryption and los my files for ever. Never went back to it

Re: Nextcloud: Open-Source Cloud Apps

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Post by greatgib » Sun, Sep 22, 2024, 10:43 AM UTC

I like very much Next loud (the idea, the project, some part of the design like storing files flat easily backup able) but my major issue is with the file synchronisation with the Android.

It totally does not work. If you try to send or synchronize just a few files it is mostly ok. But when trying to upload more than a few dozen files, things starts to not work well, like transfer being stuck, or the transfer completing ok but then only a portion of files were transferred.

That instability is the main reason preventing me to use it daily as in the end I will just use it on the computer where the main value would be on mobile.