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[Answered] Any open source host solution for private users? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Situation: we live in europe, there's PRISM and Privacy Shield and all that, to which selfhosting is the solution. Now, my sister, mostly on Apple, got concerned with all the hacks and privacy violations over the years. She's a tech noob, so i can't really recommend her prism-break.org

There's a bunch of hosted solutions geared towards small to medium business, like Univention Corporate Server, NethServer, etc.

Are there similiar bundles for private use, basically Apple cloud alternative? With services like cloud storage, cloud office, media share, maybe chat, videocall?

Or should i let her wait until i got my box up, VPN her over? I'm only semi-professional tho.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (3 children)

NextCloud

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

It takes time and skill to maintain. Totally worth it but don't jump in without expecting some hurtles.

Side note: make sure you backup the database as well as the files. I've scene a lot of people lose data because they didn't backup the database.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I guess you don't want e2ee

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Technically it does support it. However, why would you bother.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It breaks a lot of things when you turn it on. It doesn't really work. It is off by default for a reason

NextCloud doesn't support e2ee

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Nextcloud does support e2ee but it is useless as it is web based. It isn't really needed anyway as it is self hosted.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What makes you think your next cloud instance isinvulnerable to being hacked??

Of course client-side encryption is a must

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

It isn't invulnerable

[–] TCB13 -2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Expect bugs because NC is a pile of crap. She will get very annoyed, not even other payed cloud services come close to the level of integration Apple provides.