"Loris Bennett" <loris.benn...@fu-berlin.de> writes: > Eric Abrahamsen <e...@ericabrahamsen.net> writes: > >> "Loris Bennett" <loris.benn...@fu-berlin.de> writes: >> >>> Eric Abrahamsen <e...@ericabrahamsen.net> writes: >>> >>>> Thierry Banel <tbanelweb...@free.fr> writes: >>>> >>>>> Syncthing is your own cloud. >>>>> Released under the Mozilla Public License. >>>> >>>> Almost, but not quite: you still need your own always-on server >>>> somewhere to make it work. I use the Syncthing app on my Android phone, >>>> so that the phone kind of works as a "ferry" for getting files back and >>>> forth between my laptop and desktop. It doesn't work reliably, though >>>> (and I don't always have my phone with me). >>>> >>>> I'm considering flashing a nice router to use as a home server, largely >>>> just to make Syncthing work without my having to think about it. >>> >>> If you are going to run a home server, would ownCloud be an option? >> >> I tried to put that on an Ubuntu server I've got hosted somewhere, and >> gosh did it try to install a lot of stuff. Nor would it start up after >> it was installed! It felt like a whole lot of bulk. > > I have ownCloud running on a decidedly unsuitable wheezy old netbook > (Eee PC 1000HA) under Ubuntu 15.10. The only thing I particularly > remember about the installation was having to fiddle around with > self-signed SSL certificates. > > I mainly sync the calendars between phone and my main laptop, plus a > small number of small files which I don't have in Git. I just switch on > the laptop when I think something needs syncing. I backup the ownCloud > directory on the nettop to a USB drive attached to the router using the > standard Ubuntu backup program (duplicity, I think). I actually think > that only having to backup a single machine is one of the main > advantages of ownCloud. > >> On the other hand, I've set up git repositories on that server (I don't >> put Syncthing there because I'm syncing many, many gigabytes of data), >> and a caldav thing with Radicale, and some HTML pages... Perhaps at some >> point will make sense to just install an omnibus package like >> OwnCloud. > > YMMV depending on what exactly you need to sync, but it works for me, > although I should probably move it to something like a Rasperry Pi, > which I could leave on.
It seems like if you're still having to boot a machine on purpose when you need the service, then that's the main obstacle! There are many, many services that are only practically useful when they're always on. Is your router+USB drive not always on?
