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Replace Google Drive, OneDrive or iCloud with these better alternatives!

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01:44 Nextcloud: self hosted and open source
03:53 Syncthing: just FOSS file sync
05:17 Proton Drive: if you already use Proton mail
06:46 Cozy Cloud: French Connection
08:13 pCloud: competitive prices with encryption
09:28 MEGA: massive encrypted storage
10:54 Zoho: all in one workspace
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Nextcloud file storage is pretty powerful. It handles folders, you can favorite files and folders to get back to them easily, you can tag anything you like, you can share anything either with selected people, or with a public link, you can even add comments to any file, and it supports versioning as well to restore older versions if you want.
On top of that, you can also mount that storage as webdav, in any good file manager. On Linux, with GNOME and KDE, this happens automatically when you configure a nextcloud account in the online accounts settings.
And of course, you have a desktop client that lets you sync files either from a Nextcloud folder, or even from outside that folder, to make sure your files are where you want them.
Syncthing isn't exactly cloud storage, it doesn't store files on a cloud server, it just syncs them from one computer to the other, in real time. So you setup syncthing on your laptop and your desktop, and it will send files back and forth between both devices, without any intermediary in between.
If you're already a ProtonMail customer, you might just want to look at Proton Drive.
It's an end to end encrypted solution, hosted in Switzerland, with relatively strong privacy laws, that don't really matter since everything is encrypted anyways, it's not like someone could look at what you stored, since files are encrypted on your device before being sent to the cloud.
It's also open source, and it obviously integrates well with the other Proton tools, like Mail or Calendar. Even though it's encrypted, you can still share files with others without file size limits, as well as password protect files, define expiration dates for links, and more.
Another open source alternative is Cozy Cloud. It's available for Android, iOS, Linux, macOS and Windows, and it gives you 5GB for free, with additional tiers at 50Gigs for 2 euros 99 per month, and 1TB for 9 euros 98. Still more expensive than Google, but also more private.
It also has auto import features from your phone camera roll to your drive, and can also automatically import certain documents from more than 100 providers, like your bills, health refunds, bank statements, and more, if you want.
pCloud is an option I used extensively in the past for all my cloud storage. It's not open source, but it has optional encryption features if you want to make sure that you're the only one that can look at your stuff. They're on the affordable side, with 500Gigs costing you 50 euros per year, or about 4 euros per month, and 2 terabytes for 100 euros a year, or a bit more than 8 euros per month.
If what you need is massive storage space and you don't want to self host, then I think Mega is your only option. Their base plans are more expensive than others, at 5 euros per month for 400 Gigs, but they can go up to 16Tb for 30 euros per month, which is a LOT of storage for not that much money, considering. The 2TB plan is on par with other options, at 10 euros per month.
And I can't conclude this video without mentioning Zoho. If you don't really care all that much about privacy or open source, but you still want to ditch big tech, then Zoho is probably your best bet. they have replacements for EVERYTHING google does, and a lot more on top of that, and prices are relatively inexpensive.

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@TheLinuxEXP Жыл бұрын

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@meqativ Жыл бұрын

me when pinned comment

@ssssanzo Жыл бұрын

C'est quoi le coût de Linode avec NextCloud? Disons pour 200Go?

@WolvenSpectre Жыл бұрын

Just to let you know Filmora mostly backed down. People who have lifetime licences will be honoured, if they paid for the upgrade they can choose a refund or a discounted FX package, and if they don't choose by a certain deadline they will just get the discounted FX package. Unfortunately they are looking at legal action against some of those who were spreading the word.

@prgnify Жыл бұрын

Since you included Cozy and Proton, you could have also mentioned Infomaniak - Fairly local to switzerland, and the free account is only available to people who have a phone number originating from some specific regions - but it also has a lot of good options and services like webmail and kmeet (for video meetings)

@bageba8 Жыл бұрын

Just spun up a server for moodle (with your code) via linnode a few days ago, works great!

@DryPaperHammerBro Жыл бұрын

Someone had fun with the text pop ups in this vid 😂😂😂

@NorbiPeti Жыл бұрын

I installed Nextcloud after your video about it and I absolutely love it. I never really gave in to other cloud providers apart from sharing files with others, so the jump to having my pictures auto-sync to Nextcloud and then to my PC (on Linux) is amazing to me - combined with the calendar and task management. I don't need Google in my life (apart from KZfaq). I'm stilll getting used to the syncing part to have all my important files.

@Bixmy Жыл бұрын

Fr nextcloud is sick

@AdamWarner Жыл бұрын

I'm a paid Proton user, but at the moment I wouldn't recommend Proton Drive. Currently, it doesn't have any desktop OS integration, so there is no way to access the files without downloading and uploading them via the web browser. Clients have been announced for Windows and macOS, but they have been quiet on the Linux front. It's a shame as it's a service I'd really like to use.

@thejameswilson Жыл бұрын

Protondrive would be sick if it had a desktop app so you could sync folders. I think this is coming, but I think they will focus on Windows/Mac first. It'll probably be years before we get the linux client :(

@ashleyrose. Жыл бұрын

That’s why I use Mega

@altrogeruvah Жыл бұрын

Oh man, you have no idea how many people are requesting a Linux desktop client for Proton Drive on social media! But they always dismiss the conversation with plain corporate responses. It's so sad.

@ashleyrose. Жыл бұрын

@@altrogeruvah it’s insane

@ashleyrose. Жыл бұрын

@@mainStream-user yeah

@samuelolagunju9263 Жыл бұрын

You can use ElectronMail as an unofficial client for that!

@agamersdiary1622 Жыл бұрын

My main concern is that setting up a nextcloud instance myself becomes insecure if I make a mistake

@esnok76 Жыл бұрын

The Nextcloud website has a page where you can enter your URL and it checks your setup.

@Relics Жыл бұрын

Just keep it on your local network and then setup a VPN to your network 👍

@daniels-mo9ol Жыл бұрын

Don't, nextcloud is the buggiest of all open source products. It basically works for a solo user but anything above that is a mess. Especially if you need a colabora server.

@daniels-mo9ol Жыл бұрын

@@terrydaktyllus1320 no, I'm literally the guy who has to clean up the mess for big enterprises.

@daniels-mo9ol Жыл бұрын

@@terrydaktyllus1320 have you ever tried NextCloud in a 8000+ user environment? No? Then just move along little kid.

@enkiimuto1041 Жыл бұрын

4:31 - Minor correction on not having a copy with syncthing. It does have configurations for file versioning.

@RogerioPereiradaSilva77 Жыл бұрын

True. It is not turned on by default but it can be set easily within the web configuration tool and it is very flexible for all sort of odd use cases people might have out there. It is really good! I have it on my NAS and it is just like having my own Dropbox!

@garolstipock Жыл бұрын

@@RogerioPereiradaSilva77 I have tried syncthing off and on over the past 3 - 4 years, and I still find it wonky. I just ponied up and paid for ResilioSync. It just works without issue. Every now and then, some things are worth paying for.

@rklauco Жыл бұрын

Great video. NextCloud user here - since you pointed it out first time long time ago, I tried it and got hooked up. Self hosted at home, works like a charm with VPN connection from anywhere. And now with the recognize function in photos...

@altrogeruvah Жыл бұрын

I have a Dropbox Plus account for many years, 10€/month for 2TB and I'm very satisfied with it. I'm a music producer for commercial media, so I carry all my audio sample libraries, client work, session files etc. on all my devices, hence the need for bigger storage sizes. However, I would have liked to switch to Proton Drive at some point and benefit from the Proton line of products as well, but 500GB is too little for me unfortunately.

@syarifairlangga4608 Жыл бұрын

So how if you work in rural area? Is the cloud still usable??

@SalmanKhan9545 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for comment good to see positive review i just bought 2tb subscription

@zhenya2055 Жыл бұрын

I love Synching!!! It's absolutely amazing and I've been using it with my android and PCs. I also set it up for my wife and it's been working flawlessly for many years to sync her documents folders and pictures. I have it syncing to my Synology and my computers. Pretty nice personal cloud setup.

@RandyHanley Жыл бұрын

I agree! I'm using it on my synology too and love it!

@kote315 Жыл бұрын

If you are wondering what is stored by people who need a lot of server space. I use nextcloud and I have about 1 TB of data there. - 25 GB of photos (plus a few videos that I don't want to put in the videos folder) - about 100 MB of documents - almost 400 GB of music. Copies from my father's CDs, plus my [completely legally obtained] music, mostly in lossless formats - about 1 GB of wallpapers, a collection of paintings and other beautiful pictures - about 1 GB of materials related to electronics (books, schematic diagrams, datasheets, service manuals, etc.) - 170 GB of home video, mostly in DV format. I don't want to convert this to avoid quality loss - 300 GB of music videos and concerts that I like. There are some rare clips in the highest quality I could find Also on the same server (but not in the nextcloud) are stored backups from the parents' computers, recordings from surveillance cameras and videos from my KZfaq channel, just in case.

@hammer86_ Жыл бұрын

The Mega free plan gives you 20 GB, which I believe is the most. It also has native Linux clients for CLI and Desktop. I use the CLI client to backup some stuff from my file server.

@martinvandenbroek2532 Жыл бұрын

Their Linux desktop client is great too. Been using the paid plan for a couple of years on several distros without any troubles.

@jaywalker6464 Жыл бұрын

For new user, old user got 50.

@davidson1464 8 ай бұрын

I have 25GB of space and some users have 50GB, 20GB it's not the limit

@hammer86_ 8 ай бұрын

@@davidson1464 The current plan is 20. You can get more if you sign up for "Achievements", like installing the mobile app, but that extra space is only good for 1 year.

@user-ec7oe1bl8y Жыл бұрын

Damn his whole life is 60GB. Just one video I took hiking the other week in 4K was 9GB.

@panzrok8701 Жыл бұрын

The BEST solution is Synchthing or Resilio Sync(more powerful but not free) in combination with a NAS and a Raspberry PI. The Raspberry PI runs all the time and syncs all the data that has to be updated in real time and the NAS is the cold storage you turn on just once a month or if you need something to automatically back up everything with it.

@jimcabezola3051 Жыл бұрын

Thanks to you, I truly enjoyed the process of learning about WHICH Linux distro to use on my mid-2011 Mac Mini. I stopped being afraid of TRYING all kinds of different distros; that’s the way I learned. I liked FORCING Elementary OS to host my LibreOffice, lol! I hope you have a happy 2023; I look forward to enjoying 2023 watching your interesting and fun videos! BTW…I self-host my “cloud”; that’s a challenge, lol!

@demanuDJ Жыл бұрын

for me the most important was syncing files so I'm using syncthing, I was using nextcloud but its so slow that It was too annyoying. Syncthing is way much faster but of course its only for syncing files. As long as I'm using my own self hosted server I'm using it as my main syncthing server for storing files. Works great

@realhumanist71 Жыл бұрын

I've used Nextcloud on my own server and I didn't notice any issues with speed. In large part, I think it just depends on the server specs and network bandwidth you have available. Syncthing isn't actually hosted so its performance depends on the computers syncing.

@greyed Жыл бұрын

@@realhumanist71 One thing that makes Syncthing better than a server based solution is that it is peer-to-peer with the benefits that come with it. IE, I have a folder that I share on my main rig, my laptop, my work laptop, and a low-powered server on my local network that is always on. I drop a new file into that folder on my laptop and it has to sync it to the other machines once. Because they are peer-to-peer they share any segment of that file they have with the other machines. With a server-based solution the local machine syncs to the server, and the server syncs to each client machine resulting in the file being transferred multiple times. With that in mind it is easy to see how if one has several computers they are keeping in sync that Syncthing can be faster than a server-based solution like Nextcloud. On the other hand, if one is only syncing between 1-2 machines, the difference might not be as noticeable.

@MysticMylesZ 10 ай бұрын

NextCloud: 2:30 Can you share a particular tag with selected people? 3:43 Libre Office? Joplin? Others?

@notkyloren Жыл бұрын

If you own a NAS or a Raspberry Pi or something that is always-on, you can use it as a SyncThing server. So you get the best of both worlds, and don't need to keep all of your clients turned on.

@RogerioPereiradaSilva77 Жыл бұрын

That's exactly what I do!

@panzrok8701 Жыл бұрын

I also do that but I use Resilio Sync instead of Synchthing because it has more features like selective sync and you see all synced devices and folders on all devices.

@ascrassin Жыл бұрын

Personally I use mega free plan and I don't have problem with it I often juggle with dif platform and hardware, so its sync is a must, and it's relatively easy to set up. (I also don't have the option to self-host and don't have much money, so the hosting and free plan work for me)

@NetraAmorosi Жыл бұрын

Same, and I started my account back when the free plan was 50GB, which they're still honoring.

@laletemanolete Жыл бұрын

I got 50 GB for free like 4 years ago and they are keeping it, so that's cool.

@IGqy Жыл бұрын

I would love to see a walk through of how you set up you instance on linode and especially which of their products to pick when setting up that server. Mine is currently on a raspberry pi with 2tb of ssd and is working really well. But for ease of use and peace of mind I would like to transfer that to linode at some point.

@Ollvid Жыл бұрын

I would also be interested in this. Took a quick look at potential cost, but I have no idea what product to use..

@javabeanz8549 Жыл бұрын

I might be incorrect, but I thought Linode and Digital Ocean both had "one click" installs of Next Cloud. And I believe both have written tutorials on setting it up in their documentation. Edit : I just did a couple searches, and yes both have tutorials and their "marketplace" apps include NextCloud

@IGqy Жыл бұрын

@@javabeanz8549 Admittedly it has been some time since I looked it up, and I got confused somwhat by the different options and somewhat unclear prices. Could be it has become more clear since then, but that was my main reason for wanting to see it from someone who has already deployed a server there. But thanks for the heads up 🙂

@javabeanz8549 Жыл бұрын

@@IGqy I have not used NextCloud, but I have deployed servers on both Linode and Digital Ocean, been working for them for years. I have not deployed a new server on Linode recently, but I have on Digital Ocean, and the prices there were quite clear. As you select your options, the monthly and hourly costs are updated on the page as you configure your new server.

@IGqy Жыл бұрын

@@javabeanz8549 I will have to take a look at it again 🤔

@thekthe12345 Жыл бұрын

I'm using pCloud for a couple of years now. After trying for a year I've bought a lifetime 500GB and works fine. Speed could be better and MacOS client i much worse than Dropbox (you have to restart system each time client is updated which is insane) but price is much better (or at least was when I've bought it) than competitors. Linux client could be better than just a binary file (like some flatpack or deb) - but I guess I can live with that as long as it works.

@pacifi5t Жыл бұрын

I use syncthing for syncing my Obsidian files. And since my PC & laptop are rarely online at the same time, I installed it on my phone. It works great

@Deinorius Жыл бұрын

Interesting way to go. The only downside would be the limited storage of the phone so you would only use it for as many files you need and have storage for.

@regretandtears 8 ай бұрын

@@Deinorius Yeah but,,, how big will Obsidian files even be?

@Deinorius 8 ай бұрын

@@regretandtears I meant it in a general way, not just Obsidian. Should have been more specific.

@lelwani Жыл бұрын

my cloud storage is a RAID array of WD Reds with an occasional offsite backup.

@burnin8orable Жыл бұрын

I personally don't use cloud storage for daily use. I use it purely for backup/disaster recovery. I have a nextcloud instance, but I don't connect it to the public internet for security reasons, so it's not truly a cloud server, just a home network server.

@B4H0 Жыл бұрын

Hey Nico I have to thank you a lot. You convinced me to use Fedora as a OS switching from Windows. So thank you. Fedora is the new Ubuntu

@agamersdiary1622 Жыл бұрын

Why

@reynold.lariza Жыл бұрын

Yeah, why?

@B4H0 Жыл бұрын

I mean his Video that was titled that. Watch that Video it sums up my Decision

@ArniesTech Жыл бұрын

Great solutions here, Nick. I am running MEGA at the moment 💪☺️

@enkiimuto1041 Жыл бұрын

KZfaq will probably not notify me your answer but... is it good? When it was released, it was AMAZING, but once my free trial with 50GBs expired, it just... froze. And I don't mean on the sense dropbox does, I mean, even after I cleared my folder on the desktop, it refused to sync back with the service to tell me I did exactly what they did me to do if I ran out of space lol It was really unfortunate.

@HandballerBL Жыл бұрын

I'm also using Cozy Cloud on Android and Linux Mint since several years. I feel better if my data is stored within the EU than in the US.

@MH_VOID Жыл бұрын

why should it matter? Aren't you encrypting it all anyways? Personally I tar up and then encrypt (with gpg) my files, then rsync them to cloud storage

@serpantinthewild Жыл бұрын

@@MH_VOID I encrypt files in 7z format with AES 256-bit encryption with a long and strong password before uploading to cloud, is it safe?

@lastnamefirstname2390 Жыл бұрын

Great video! I'll definitely check all of these out. Currently setting up a plex server since Netflix canceled password sharing.

@Insightfill Жыл бұрын

I rely on SyncThing to keep my photos synced from my phone to my Debian desktop. When I take a picture, it ends up at home. If I delete it from my phone - I have it set to stay on the server. Easy, permanent backup.

@Lomogoto Жыл бұрын

Syncthing changed my life Never going back to a cloud service again

9 ай бұрын

self-hosting? how much work is that, keep it up to date and secure? You’re not worried of getting hacked? Must have darn good security skills..

@NewfieAsianKid 11 ай бұрын

I use KZfaq as my own Google Drive. How I do it is upload my vids and set it to private and if I want the file, I convert the url to MP4 and download so that way I have unlimited storage.

@vashlex 2 ай бұрын

I have a managed NextCloud instance. Everything for backup is encrypted and synced by rclone to a separate user account. The daily business account syncs only the newest filed before I delete them or put them into the backup location

@chcomes Жыл бұрын

Many people (and you!) need several TB, if you do photography and videos. I have 14TB rn, growing.

@murruhuy8085 Жыл бұрын

Just a heads up, tuxedo computers dont ship to Australia

@skelebro9999 Жыл бұрын

As someone who uses MEGA. It is pretty good. Clean and fast even.

@ariasyqolani Жыл бұрын

And i can confirm it is true

@aaronplays_ Жыл бұрын

Yeah, it still doesn't feel quite right for me, as it provides a massive storage compared to other companies. What does Mega do, that other companies can't, to provide this massive storage? But still, it really is a good service for storing files that are not sensitive. I mostly store my game save files and some wallpapers, and for that purpose, it's going fantastic. Just be careful about your local laws as a lot of people use Mega's storage size for piracy, so your regional government may not allow it.

@skelebro9999 Жыл бұрын

@@aaronplays_ True. Well, Nick said that it has a kind of a shady past but nowadays I rarely hear anything bad about them. I have a lot of important files like college documents, marksheet and a lot of other stuff so it's better for me to store them in the cloud rather than on a pendrive. Not to mention the fact that I did many important files a month ago.

@skelebro9999 Жыл бұрын

@@terrydaktyllus1320 idk man. i'm just too lazy.

@ariasyqolani Жыл бұрын

@@terrydaktyllus1320 idk man I'm just too poor

@tyrkukulkan Жыл бұрын

200GB is nowhere near enough for a photographer or videographer. RAW images and footage takes up an absolutely insane amount of space. Offline backups are best but if you want cloud then at least 1TB is needed.

@Slugbunny Жыл бұрын

My cloudy needs are really simple, so I just bought a Synology NAS... 12 years ago? It's been solid and they still support it (although this version of the OS will be the last one I can have, which is fair enough). They have nice and simple apps, and the server works fine as a traditional file server as well.

@Electrodexify Жыл бұрын

Why was Synology Drive left out? It is by far the most user friendly self-hosted solution than all the other self-hosted storage software listed here. Synology Drive like Google Drive, integrates well with all Synology Apps and feels like a complete suite of applications.

@rolltidehero Жыл бұрын

Does it require a NAS or can you backup all disk drives?

@GarNelson1 Жыл бұрын

I agree. I kept waiting for a Synology mention. It does have a startup cost since you need to buy the Synology NAS hardware to run the Synology DSM software. However, it is easy to set up, they've been around for a very long time, and the data is 100% under your own control (your data + your hardware.)

@servalous Жыл бұрын

I use proton mail for my private domain and email address. When sending a mail with password "protection" you can answer on it password proteced. Which many other services for MS and etc dont do.

@doublinx2 Жыл бұрын

Pleeeeeeeease don't recommend people move to Proton Drive just yet, it's really really rough at the moment and just a web interface and two mobile apps; there's no desktop sync program, let alone a selective cloud file sync function (only download files you want or on-demand) or API for integration in other apps yet. They _do_ have most of that on the roadmap, but it's still not here and Proton is a bit in the slow side of iterating. That being said, _when_ they get those features fleshed out, it will be a solid option for ex-Drive users.

@b3ans4eva Жыл бұрын

Lots of MEGA namedropping. I was one of those early adopters with the 50GB free plan & at one point one of the local ISPs teamed up with them to give you 200GB as long as you were a customer. I don’t use it as much as I used to; it’s a simple way to get photos off your phone in a pinch, but that’s the extent of its usage nowadays.

@GameInOne Жыл бұрын

I just need something to store bunch of research related pdfs 😊 Google drive one drive are all fulls

@MIInDsEthiopia Жыл бұрын

i just use syncthing to get files to a bulky TB harddisk

@TheLinuxEXP Жыл бұрын

Sync thing is great!

@orijin8681 Жыл бұрын

i made my mega account back when It offered 50gb free storage and still retains it till this. though i rarely use it due to bad internet in my country im really glad it still contains my entire Archive of Tom and Jerry Episodes

@k.b.tidwell Жыл бұрын

I also made a Mega account back then. It's been so long since they downgraded the storage max that I sometimes wonder if I dreamed it because unfortunately I have forgotten the old credentials I used.

@shreeplays Жыл бұрын

Loved your desktop on the next cloud segment Would love to see a video on how you got that Thanks

@Dezo365 Жыл бұрын

I use self hosted next cloud.

@the_john19 Жыл бұрын

I don't know but since iCloud got E2EE I kinda lost interest in other alternatives, though I do understand that this would only work as a full Apple User. My emails/calendar are elsewhere, so everything else is E2EE. Especially iCloud Photos.. you get all the smart features (face grouping, categories, etc.) while it's still E2EE...

@adrianbarkus9968 11 күн бұрын

Fantastic Video, thanks for making it!

@dschirpke 6 ай бұрын

I ran nextcloud on a raspberry pi 4 for years. I now run it on a old laptop running as a server.

@DrakarRain Жыл бұрын

Hello, with Drive suite I have - Real good email - Excellent online office suite - Automatic sync of Google Drive with my android devices and online/offline sync with my windows computer - 100gb of spaces for less than 2€/month (that is what I need, more is not useful for me) - Automatic sync of all my photos on Google Photo, sharing the space - Simple share of each thing with my friends, if needed - Shared calendar Do you have any alternative that has all this options with the same price? Because one of the big reasons why I can't use linux as my main system is this one. And obviously I don't want spend 10 times more to have the same or worst service. Thank you

@kotgc7987 7 ай бұрын

13:08 what is a VPS and how is this worked into a home server? A home server needs a permanent ISP connection. A home server needs reliable hardware. A home computer often needs reinstall, typically losing all files (timeshift et al is a mess around). I like your home VPS suggestions, however I would need reliable hardware and an Internet connection I can totally disconnect (like a mobile phone hotspot).

@Knards 10 ай бұрын

Proton drive now has a desktop app. I got rid of everything and just use that

@mrbabo2794 Жыл бұрын

Where is Filen Cloud in the list?

@running4fun74 Жыл бұрын

Synology?

@riseandshinemrfriman5925 Жыл бұрын

4:23 SyncThing not having file sharing with others? In a narrow sense that's not true. You can add a SyncThing instance that's running on a friend's computer and then sync files from one of your shared folders to your friends' folder, or vice versa. Did it before. Works as one would expect. You just need to forward ports. edit: ...unless you mean public file sharing like a google drive type of thing. That's not possible iirc.

@TheLonelyMoon Жыл бұрын

I personally use IceDrive. It doesn't have integrated document editor, speed can be slow at times, ui can be somewhat janky, but it has client side encryption, a desktop client, very competitive price (150gb for 20 dollars/year or 99 lifetime), it does everything I need as a digital artist. carries over pictures, project files, cheap, that's all I need. I don't need 500gb or tb's of storage, or many of the integrations. icedrive is more than good enough for me while being affordable

@dexterman6361 Жыл бұрын

Does nextcloud have a good E2E implementation? That plugin hasn't been in development for a long time. I'd self or pay for it if E2E works well! Thanks for the video!

@Pablo_El_Mago Жыл бұрын

Hi Nick! how about an up to date video with a detailed step by step to set up nextcloud+onlyoffice?

@Scranny Жыл бұрын

My amateur setup: old laptop running Nextcloud locally, then every midnight restic script encrypts a local copy of /var/snap/nextcloud, then rclone script uploads the encrypted restic folder to my Backblaze bucket. I still use Google Photos for images. I also have not yet configured my Nextcloud for external access. Thoughts?

@clementinbr Жыл бұрын

Synchthing est absolument génial une fois configuré, histoire d’éviter des pertes de données accidentelles. J’utilise ça depuis des mois pour synchroniser mes cours principalement entre le portable et la tour une fois chez moi, je n’ai enfin plus besoin de ces clés usb que j’oubliais une fois sur 3

@MBetata Жыл бұрын

Great video! However, I'd like to note that Apple's iCloud Drive is now End-to-End Encrypted, as long as you activate Advanced Data Protection in your iCloud settings. This made me change my mind about moving away from Apple.

@fransheitkamp Жыл бұрын

For Mega there is also a free option offering 20GBytes storage.

@MysticMylesZ 10 ай бұрын

Syncthing: 5:15 does it have to be all files, or can it be one folder?

@drrenard1277 Жыл бұрын

I love syncthing/syncthing-fork and is great way of syncing files around. Also I just call Mac OS, Darwin. Nextcloud is my main privately hosted cloud storage with S3 being my bulk storage as I keep a little under 250Tb and no one else has that much storage as a cloud storage provider that I know of. I am curious of something, is there anything open source that works like how google wave worked?

@javabeanz8549 Жыл бұрын

Wave went to Apache, which ended up retiring it in 2018. The code might still be out there.

@drrenard1277 Жыл бұрын

@@javabeanz8549 Ooo thanks. I'll take another search

@massgrave_ Ай бұрын

250 TB in S3? What's the cost per month? If you don't mind sharing

@OldieBugger Жыл бұрын

Is Cloud Storage really unavoidable? I myself have never found any use for it. Ok, you might call me old-fashioned, but that's all right. I prefer it to being called simply "old", which would be pretty correct also.

@lemonline3719 Жыл бұрын

When I was a student and content creator: absolutely. I could not risk losing my entire thesis or content saved on my PC if it got stolen or died on me.

@jd31068 Жыл бұрын

Lots of good options here, thanks for the overview.

@richardmonroe4208 Жыл бұрын

Several years ago pCloud offered a lifetime license which I took advantage of (500GB). Best decision I could have made.

@mentalmarvin Жыл бұрын

Me too. had lifetime a few years, no complaints. Tho I keep extra backups at home

@richardmonroe4208 Жыл бұрын

@@mentalmarvin We are of kindred spirits and believe in the old backup rule: If it's important - back it up, if it's very important - back it up twice, and if it's very, very, important - back it up three times with the third located off-site.

@mentalmarvin Жыл бұрын

@@richardmonroe4208 No loss of data, no endless tears With three backups strong, we have no fears

@murraydawson8407 Жыл бұрын

Agreed - pCloud lifetime is awesome!

@lemonline3719 Жыл бұрын

They still have lifetime deals. I have the 2TB one, and I'm totally happy with it

@DawidChorabik Жыл бұрын

How about Synology as a solution?

@TheLinuxEXP Жыл бұрын

Stay tuned, video about this next week :)

@RetrotudeJohan 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for clarifying zoho doesn't support TempleOS! That earned you a subscriber.

@sumeetp89 Жыл бұрын

Could you possibly do a tutorial as to how to install docker portainer and nextcloud by any chance? Thank you if you do and even if you don’t thank you for this video. It’s really nice and Informative

@scottbanner6412 Жыл бұрын

Ice drive can be a good option I think

@mattybbg6850 Жыл бұрын

That Cozy joke made me laugh, as I sit here drinking my English champagne...

@starfoggs Жыл бұрын

Recommendation of syncthing must be muscle memory. One asks for cloud storage solutions supporting file versioning and native iOS clients with sharing options and there is ALWAYS that one guy recommending syncthing.

@MyReviews_karkan Жыл бұрын

I have a Synology server with 8 TB of storage, can I use it on nextcloud? If so, do I need to pay to use nextcloud in this case?

@fbritorufino Жыл бұрын

Syncthing seems pretty amazing, didn't know it, thanks!

@jokullulfarsson Жыл бұрын

Jottacloud - photo, file storage, sync and backup, office support

@blueflameppn 6 ай бұрын

Fantastic video as always, I'm taking notes. And btw, when it comes to "what the hell do you need more than 200 GiB for?", some of us are more than rural simpletons who store only images and videos 😀 🤣We have programs, codes, books, papers, software, CAD designs, structural analyses, repo backups, backups of backups, OS images, heavy software images and backups, saved games, movies and music, images, videos and documents of parents, grandparents, nieces and nephews, uncles and granduncles, etc., tons and tons of data sampled at many kHz in a few huge datasets, tons of 2D, 3D and 4D image data, tons and tons of text and prompt datasets, huge neural networks, an entire education worth of lecture videos and presentations, projects and their data, reports, analyses, results, codes, designs, etc., and of course, obviously, needless to say, most importantly, pr0n 😀. So yeah, I need quite a few TiB to feel comfy. And I'm not even a particularly active or complicated person.

@オリヤ Жыл бұрын

Thank you nick! I chose NextCloud

@teknixstuff 8 ай бұрын

I never really got this syncing stuff. Doesn't it just make more sense to make a symlink to \\PC1\c$\Users\Somebody\Documents (or whatever it might be)? My main usage of cloud storage is to host large files (stuff that github pages can't do). Dropbox seems perfect for this considering that (due to the storage limit only properly affecting sync) it's essentially free unlimited storage/hosting!

@chemicburn Жыл бұрын

Thank you!! very thorough review. PS.Didn’t know about Tuxedo also awesome alternative.

@DMitsukirules Жыл бұрын

I've been heavily looking into this the past few days not being happy with google drive third party apps on Linux, so you get a like from me... But man do i dislike those rounded window corners! To each their own though :) *Edit* One of the things that bothers me about this is they don't actually look anti-ailised. What DE is this? KDE?

@JaviEscal Жыл бұрын

I just setup a self hosted next cloud, I just can't figure out the out of network connection

@MichaelZwahlen 5 ай бұрын

@TheLinuxEXP Thanks Nick for all your inspiration in the world of Linux. 'Cause I'm forced to use OneDrive for education Cloud-storage, I'm searching for a Client to get access to the cloud-files. What can you recommend that for?

@YannMetalhead 11 ай бұрын

Good video! Synchthing is great, is the one I'm using and I love it.

Жыл бұрын

I use Mega and Filen

@nicdm81 Жыл бұрын

Just wondering how much it would cost to host nextcloud on linode.

@RameshKumar-rt8xb 8 ай бұрын

Why linode? Host it somewhere else and get s3 linked to it

@Crackalacking_Z Жыл бұрын

Well, I'm not french, but I love french things, like this channel

@vaibhavsoni2437 Жыл бұрын

If you host Nextcloud on Linode, won't you have to trust Linode with your data then?

@RameshKumar-rt8xb 8 ай бұрын

You can have your choice of data storage. You shouldn’t add hard drive as storage options it may cost a lot.. you could rather chose block storage from other providers and then link it next cloud

@KN-ck2kd Жыл бұрын

question: can proton drive be configured to integrate with my laptop file explorer the same way Nextcloud can? I have a Windows machine and am looking to replace OneDrive. I suspect what I want is (currently) not possible but I am still very new to this

@alpharesearch2 Жыл бұрын

@The Linux Experiment: what do you think about Cryptomator for encryption of files on big platforms like Google Drive or Microsoft OneDrive?

@devans83 Жыл бұрын

I'm in the process if building a homelab server... what are the best sync options??

@nalaka3488 Жыл бұрын

7:03 that’s true. I live in Canada. The people the French hate the most are the ‘other’ French

@ytfeelslikenorthkorea 7 ай бұрын

Well... aws s3. Not free but at least you have a hint of privacy.

@Jakp3 Жыл бұрын

I am using cloud for years and it's really stable and fast. Loved it

@gwine9087 Жыл бұрын

The major advantage of using the "big 3" is that you can be pretty sure that they will be around in a few years.

@g-r-a-e-m-e- Жыл бұрын

That's the crucial point. Some company giving you lifetime storage is useless if they fold.

@simonfrei4298 Жыл бұрын

How is the myth of strong privacy laws in Switzerland so pervasive. Sure, it likely comes from the days of the banking secret, and the surviving traditioning of hiding all the dirt we can as long as no-one calls us out, but this is about money. There's no strong consumer privacy laws in Switzerland. We are miles (kilometers?) behind e.g. EUs privacy laws - though many Swiss companies obviously adhere to those, because just the Swiss market is a bit small.

@RichardShortland-Neal 3 ай бұрын

Proton Drive is still not a viable option for Linux users as there is still no sign of a Linux desktop client unless you want to try a work around which isn’t ideal.