From: Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Require feedback on an idea: move to a central server all my org file and edit from there?
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 22:14:43 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <877fixrbjg.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87r3h6xbnh.fsf@hornfels.zedat.fu-berlin.de
"Loris Bennett" <loris.bennett@fu-berlin.de> writes:
> Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net> writes:
>
>> "Loris Bennett" <loris.bennett@fu-berlin.de> writes:
>>
>>> Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net> writes:
>>>
>>>> Thierry Banel <tbanelwebmin@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?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-01-25 14:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-01-23 7:22 Require feedback on an idea: move to a central server all my org file and edit from there? Xebar Saram
2016-01-23 8:17 ` Marcin Borkowski
2016-01-23 13:10 ` Eric S Fraga
2016-01-23 14:58 ` John Kitchin
2016-01-23 18:28 ` Xebar Saram
2016-01-23 19:46 ` Peter Davis
2016-01-23 22:22 ` Thierry Banel
2016-01-24 3:00 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2016-01-25 8:08 ` Loris Bennett
2016-01-25 8:30 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2016-01-25 9:15 ` Loris Bennett
2016-01-25 14:14 ` Eric Abrahamsen [this message]
2016-01-25 14:51 ` Loris Bennett
2016-01-23 22:13 ` Marcin Borkowski
2016-01-26 15:21 ` Jorge A. Alfaro-Murillo
2016-01-24 3:14 ` Eric Brown
2016-01-25 15:42 ` My sync setup for Org-mode files and more: unison, git (was: Require feedback on an idea: move to a central server all my org file and edit from there?) Karl Voit
2016-02-02 17:08 ` Tim O'Callaghan
2016-02-07 6:52 ` Require feedback on an idea: move to a central server all my org file and edit from there? Carlos Sosa
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