From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Loris Bennett" 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 10:15:46 +0100 Message-ID: <87r3h6xbnh.fsf@hornfels.zedat.fu-berlin.de> References: <87twm4786t.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> <1453578405.4043222.500591658.212F5A7B@webmail.messagingengine.com> <56A3FD3D.60707@free.fr> <878u3fn0kk.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <87vb6ixer4.fsf@hornfels.zedat.fu-berlin.de> <87si1mrrgz.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:44318) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aNdFm-0001fE-HV for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Jan 2016 04:16:07 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aNdFh-0003Zr-Em for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Jan 2016 04:16:06 -0500 Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:59946) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aNdFh-0003Zn-8B for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Jan 2016 04:16:01 -0500 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1aNdFf-0005Gg-SC for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Jan 2016 10:15:59 +0100 Received: from hornfels.zedat.fu-berlin.de ([160.45.11.110]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 25 Jan 2016 10:15:59 +0100 Received: from loris.bennett by hornfels.zedat.fu-berlin.de with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 25 Jan 2016 10:15:59 +0100 List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Eric Abrahamsen writes: > "Loris Bennett" writes: > >> Eric Abrahamsen writes: >> >>> Thierry Banel 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. Cheers, Loris -- This signature is currently under construction.