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[-] PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@lemmy.ml 134 points 1 year ago
[-] nl_the_shadow@lemmy.world 32 points 1 year ago

Neither does NextCloud. Self hosted bookmarks have been great.

[-] Croquette@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

I see NextCloud being talked about everywhere. I checked their website but still can't figure out a use case for personnal use.

What do you use it for?

[-] Kushan@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

It's basically Google drive or Dropbox but hosted yourself on your own server. It's an effort to set up and maintain but means it's entirely in your control.

[-] discusseded@programming.dev 6 points 1 year ago

It's a file sync platform. Say you have files you want to access from your desktop, you install next cloud and place the files there. They sync up with the next cloud server, presumably your NAS.

Now let's say you want to access those files from another machine. It could be a laptop, an Android phone, your friends, whatever. You just need to install the client and login, and there your files are, ready to sync to the new device.

Great use case would be syncing your computers user folders, such as my documents, desktop, etc. If you have to wipe your computer and start over, at least those items are preserved and easy to restore.

Otherwise sharing files with other machines in general is the main use.

[-] vox@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

how is it different from using something like syncthing?

[-] AntEater@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago

It is much, much easier to setup than syncthing, uses a decent GUI interface that works well with Linux, Mac, Win, iOS & Android. Lots of additional features beyond file sync/sharing.

[-] epyon22@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Much more in depth UI similar to Google drive kind of UI. Has a bunch of plugins to do other things too. Bookmarks being one of them. I personally use both they have similar syncing functions but work differently. Syncthing is nice for data just being on multiple devices where nextcloud is nice to have a UI and web site to go to anywhere. Nextcloud get the spousal approval much easier too.

[-] Croquette@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

I've been looking for a FOSS replacement for One drive, it seems like this is it. It seems great, I will definitely install it on my homelab then.

Thanks for the detailed description.

[-] nl_the_shadow@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I use it as a backup location for pictures and videos I make with my phone and for bookmark storage. But you can use it to fully replace cloud services like OneDrive, GCloud or iCloud.

[-] fraxix@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Is nextcloud the same as syncthing?

[-] hackris@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Syncthing just... syncs things. Say you have a folder that you want to automatically get synced between devices, syncthing is exactly for this.

If you want something like Google Drive, you can run Nextcloud, which is like a self hosted Google Drive, but more powerful. You upload files, which get saved to the server, not just synced between devices. Then you can also sync them, sync calendars, news (RSS feeds), edit documents in it (assuming you install the correct extension), and a lot more things.

[-] boatswain@infosec.pub 2 points 1 year ago

That sounds pretty much just like SyncThing. Is the only difference that Nextcloud requires a server, rather than being decentralized?

[-] hackris@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Yep, it's centralized. However, it offers more functionality than just syncing stuff. If you only want to sync files, syncthing is the simpler, more lightweight solution :)

[-] filcuk@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 year ago

Nextcloud includes OpenOffice integration, like Google Docs, and loads of plugins, such as kanban project management, notes like Keep, galleries, etc. Very much unlike Syncthing, both are useful for slightly different things.

[-] boatswain@infosec.pub 1 points 1 year ago

Ah gotcha; so with NextCloud I could have multiple people editing an OpenOffice file simultaneously, like Google docs? That's interesting, though not a use case that generally applies to me.

[-] filcuk@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 year ago

Correct. I think it's unnecessarily complex to setup and maintain if you only need to store files.

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

Neither does Chrome

[-] Auzy@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Either does Chrome probably. This is probably fake

[-] RegularGoose@sh.itjust.works -5 points 1 year ago

For now. All it takes is a single change in leadership.

[-] Knusper@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

Nah, the CEO reports to the non-profit Mozilla Foundation, so just swapping the CEO will not impact their overall goals.

Besides, Firefox end-to-end-encrypts synced data. They'd have to rip out a ton of solid engineering to know what you bookmark.

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