Got it. they have those options. On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 5:28 PM trent shipley wrote: > No Stephen, > > I'm saying I don't like administering this kind of thing. I'm willing to > pay a service like $125.00 per year for a terabyte of storage, like I for > for Google Drive, but if I do I want the risk management of my > data--including business risk of bankruptcy, protection against data > corruption and loss, protection against accidental or malicious access to > my private information or data, and uptime to be comparable to Google's. > > Trent > > On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 3:08 PM Stephen Partington > wrote: > >> nextcloud has a desktop client for most OS's Win, OX, and Linux of >> multiple varieties. but it otherwise runs as a website application. If >> you do not want to run a Linus box it runs well in docker or a vm, and they >> have ready-to-run images for you. I run it nicely as part of my unlimited >> hosting, but without a memory cache of any sort, it has moments of >> sluggishness. and The sync tool runs much like Google Drive sync or MS >> Onedrive you point it at one or moe directories. Once a change happens >> there it is replicated up and to other client machines. >> >> https://nextcloud.com/instant-trial/ >> https://nextcloud.com/install/#install-clients >> >> >> >> >> On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 2:49 PM trent shipley via PLUG-discuss < >> plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: >> >>> I enjoy programming a lot and dislike sysadmin (one reason I don't use a >>> Linux desktop more. It's like owning a classic car. You're always >>> tinkering with it. The other is "why won't Word ****### run on this!") >>> >>> With that in mind are there any large, stable, reputable companies >>> running nextcloud services for consumers. Can nextcloud services be >>> integrated into GUI file browsers on the three OSes? (Maybe with something >>> like FUSE or son-of-FUSE?) Some nice things about Google Drive and >>> OneDrive is they are unlikely to abruptly go out of business taking my data >>> with them and they are likely to keep my data more reliably and securely >>> than I could (of course, they may use it for big data research, targeted >>> marketing, and State can get access to it with just a subpoena, not a >>> search warrant.) >>> >>> Trent >>> >>> On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 12:14 PM Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss < >>> plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: >>> >>>> +1 for nextcloud. I run a nextcloud instance at work and it is >>>> immensely powerful and remarkably straightforward to run. Nginx for me has >>>> been easier that apache (nextcloud has pushed me to learn and implement >>>> Nginx because of this) but it runs very well this way. >>>> >>>> If you decide to go this route use a memcache. Any of the 3 they >>>> suggest. It will be a huge performance boost. >>>> >>>> On Thu, Nov 17, 2022, 2:10 PM Nathan O'Brennan via PLUG-discuss < >>>> plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> I have been running a hosted instance (digital ocean) with Nextcloud >>>>> for years and it works perfectly for this almost exact scenario. >>>>> >>>>> It has problems with some hidden files such as .htaccess at times, but >>>>> otherwise works fantastic. I have abandoned all other cloud platforms for >>>>> it. Email, Calendar, files, and password management, and I have access >>>>> everywhere, including my phone and tablet. >>>>> >>>>> There are free services out there that provide limited storage to a >>>>> Nextcloud storage. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Thursday, November 17, 2022 10:56:49 AM CST trent shipley via >>>>> PLUG-discuss wrote: >>>>> >>>>> > In this order I use Windows, Apple Mac, and Linux Mint. >>>>> >>>>> > >>>>> >>>>> > Sometimes I'm working in LibreOffice, or Java, or Python, etc. and I >>>>> get >>>>> >>>>> > stuck rotating between all three OSes. I mostly store my stuff or >>>>> Google >>>>> >>>>> > Drive, but some on OneDrive. I can access both fine on Windows. >>>>> Accessing >>>>> >>>>> > OneDrive from my iMac works OK. I've had the iMac unable to find >>>>> files on >>>>> >>>>> > OneDrive and I couldn't figure out why. I haven't experimented with >>>>> Google >>>>> >>>>> > Drive on Mint, but that's supposed to run OK. There doesn't seem to >>>>> be a >>>>> >>>>> > sophisticated integration of Linux Mint and OneDrive. >>>>> >>>>> > >>>>> >>>>> > LibreOffice and scripting languages work fine when placed on cloud >>>>> drives. >>>>> >>>>> > I couldn't compile Java source files if they lived on Google Drive >>>>> and I >>>>> >>>>> > haven't tried OneDrive yet. >>>>> >>>>> > >>>>> >>>>> > So my buried lead is "what consumer grade cloud storage >>>>> inter-operates best >>>>> >>>>> > with all three OSes?" Linux always seems to be the laggard, so the >>>>> >>>>> > strategy might be to find services which work well with Linux *then* >>>>> see >>>>> >>>>> > how that pool of solutions work with whatever Apple is calling OSX >>>>> now and >>>>> >>>>> > with Windows. >>>>> >>>>> > >>>>> >>>>> > Sorry for the hybrid desktop world question which is not focus on >>>>> FOSS or >>>>> >>>>> > Linux. >>>>> >>>>> > >>>>> >>>>> > >>>>> >>>>> > Trent >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>>> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >> >> >> -- >> A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from >> rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. >> >> Stephen >> >> -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen