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I want to selfhost a messaging service for my family. It should be secure and have voice calling option, ideally. Thank you.

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[–] TrinityTek 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Another Nextcloud user here. If you setup a Nextcloud server you will see many benefits, with the Talk app being just one of them. Install OnlyOffice and you can even collaboratively edit documents in the web browser similar to Google Docs or o365. I really can't recommend Nextcloud enough. Anyone who is into self hosting should at least give it a try.

[–] phrogpilot73 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The only downside to the OnlyOffice document server is that if you can't edit documents through the Nextcloud app (or mobile browser) on your phone with the community edition. However, you can set up your Nextcloud instance in the OnlyOffice documents app on your phone, and edit that way.

[–] TrinityTek 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's a great tip! I had no idea that you could do that with the OnlyOffice app now. I tried a few years ago and you could only connect to their hosted services. This is a game changer! I had been doing all my editing on the desktop.

[–] phrogpilot73 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yup. In the clouds section of the app, you have options for OnlyOffice cloud, OwnCloud, Nextcloud, kdrive, some crappy well known proprietary ones, and any WebDAV storage. Once I figured that out, I was pretty happy.

[–] TrinityTek 1 points 1 year ago

Yes! I tried it as soon as I saw your comment. It works great! Back when I last tried it there was only one option to enter the address of one of their hosted servers. This is great news. Thanks for the tip!

[–] jws_shadotak 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've tried setting it up three times now but I keep getting permission errors before I can even get into it. Is there a good guide to it somewhere?

[–] TrinityTek 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Try this tutorial if you are on x86 architecture:

https://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-install-nextcloud-on-debian-11/

Are you comfortable installing Linux and using the terminal?

[–] jws_shadotak 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Edit: nvm this somehow responded to the wrong post.