Comment OWNCLOUD (Score 1) 146
it's been said a couple times by now i'm sure.. but i use an instance of owncloud to host/backup/share my
contacts - via CardDav
calendar - via CalDav
pictures/files - via webDav
browser history/bookmarks/addons/prefs - via mozilla_sync (an own cloud app)
i host it on my own hardware, it's basically php+apache (could be nginx or whatever, i happen to be using apache) postgres (could be mysql, whatever else)..
i sync it with thunderbird/lightning (but it'll sync with anything really)
I can't understand why most people aren't doing it.
i don't rely on google, motocast, or any third party for hosting/storing/sharing my data. it's mine own. on my own cloud.
and hell, that's only about a quarter of the functionailty.. owncloud also replaces dropbox, sharepoint, and is slowly replacing googledocs
you can also link owncloud to dropbox/ubuntuone/otherclouddiskprovider and transfer all your junk outta their servers int your servers. you can even link it to other ownCloud instances.
and if you REALLY wanna get fancy, you can even use openswift (the OpenStack storage backend) as your storage underneath..
and since the whole thing's GPL'd i don't feel like a corporate shill for pimping it so hard.
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