139 sats \ 9 replies \ @Bee_Aye 31 Aug \ on: Start9 Non Bitcoin Self Hosting Suggestions? tech
why are you reluctant to use nextcloud on start9? its your own cloud 🙂
here is how i use it. i have nextcloud set up on my start9. then, on my graphene phone, get nextcloud app ( easy to find on f droid ). follow the start9 instructions to connect to your nextcloud service on your start9 via the nextcloud app on your phone. then, in the settings on the app i have it set so that photos i take get sent to my nextcloud on start9 when i plug my phone in to charge, and the photos are then deleted off my phone. i do this all with the. local access so that it hapoens quickly once my phone logs into the local network at home. works even for larger files like videos i take of family.
i also have all my music stored on my nextcloud service on start9, which i can then sync to my phone.
just a couple examples there are many ways to leverage nextcloud on start9 ( and will be many more once clearnet support is rolled out). its probably the service i use the most on start9 ( perhaps vaultwarden i use more ).
Sorry I never explained my reluctance in using nextcloud. It's not about nextcloud in particular. It's the idea of using the cloud at all. Have you heard the saying "the cloud is just someone else's computer"? That's my point. You are giving away control of your data to a third party. It seems to defeat the whole idea of self sovereign computing.
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nextcloud is just the name of the app
you can (and should) run it on your own computer, not somebody elses
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I see. I haven't tried it yet. I guess I was fooled by the name.
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+1 on Nextcloud.
Think of it like Dropbox, OneDrive, etc. — but your Linux machine is the cloud instead of another company’s server.
I’m not an advanced user yet but I’ve got it installed and have started using it.
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Yes, a few hours ago I discovered that "the cloud" was my hard drive. Now I'm already using it to back up files on an old laptop.
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Thanks for the information. Your use sounds similar to what I did in the old days in the google ecosystem. Maybe I will go that route.
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I should probably store my obsidian notes over there. Been casually using Nextcloud for a year, no real complaints.
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