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Roll your own cloud

2016-02-01T21:57:05Z

IM, chat, Hangouts

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2015-11-30T05:15:09Z

IM, chat, Hangouts

2015-11-30T05:14:46Z

IM, chat, Hangouts

2015-11-30T05:08:12Z

IM, chat, Hangouts

2015-06-12T00:10:26Z

Root your phone and install a ROM

2015-05-18T23:54:26Z

Roll your own cloud

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 == Root your phone and install a ROM ==
-Install CyanogenMod. Here's what I did on my [[Galaxy Note 3]], but you can almost certainly find a similar procedure for your phone on the internet. [https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=how+to+root+android+phone Start here].
+Install LineageOS. Here's what I did on my [[Galaxy Note 3]], but you can almost certainly find a similar procedure for your phone on the internet. [https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=how+to+root+android+phone Start here].
 == Search, App stores ==

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 == Calendar and contacts sync ==
-# Owncloud will sync your calendars and contacts using CalDAV and CardDAV. If you ''only'' want this calendar/contact DAV sync, you can instead install the lightweight [http://baikal-server.com/ Baïkal] PHP application on your webserver, point Apache at it, strap on an SSL certificate and you're good to go.
+# NextCloud will sync your calendars and contacts using CalDAV and CardDAV. If you ''only'' want this calendar/contact DAV sync, you can instead install the lightweight [http://baikal-server.com/ Baïkal] PHP application on your webserver, point Apache at it, strap on an SSL certificate and you're good to go.
-# Export your contacts from Google/Facebook/wherever, and import them into Owncloud/Baïkal.
+# Export your contacts from Google/Facebook/wherever, and import them into NextCloud/Baïkal.
-# On your phone, install [https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=at.bitfire.davdroid DAVdroid] and add accounts with your CalDAV and CardDAV URLs. Now your contacts and calendars will sync on your phone. Sorted.
+# On your phone, install [https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=at.bitfire.davdroid DAVx⁵] and add accounts with your CalDAV and CardDAV URLs. Now your contacts and calendars will sync on your phone. Sorted.
 == More about calendars ==

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 * [http://manual.seafile.com/ Seafile] is very robust, fast, and lightweight on resources. It can handle large volumes of traffic and file data without crapping out. It lacks a shiny web interface though. [https://f-droid.org/wiki/page/com.seafile.seadroid2 (app)]
-* [https://owncloud.org/ OwnCloud] at version 8 has finally gained some stability, decent command-line server admin tools, and solved some speed problems (and some frankly rather dumb design decisions). It has add-ons for photo galleries, calendar and contacts sync, playing music and video, and more. [https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=com.owncloud.android (app)]
+* [https://nextcloud.com/ NextCloud] at version 12 has gained much stability, decent command-line server admin tools, and solved speed and security problems that plagued OwnCloud (and some frankly rather dumb design decisions). It has add-ons for photo galleries, calendar and contacts sync, playing music and video, video WebRTC and XMPP chat, LibreOffice Online integration, and more. [https://f-droid.org/packages/com.nextcloud.client/ (app)]
 == Calendar and contacts sync ==

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 == IM, chat, Hangouts ==
-On the server, install the [[Prosody]] XMPP server and create yourself an account. On your phone, install the seriously excellent [https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=eu.siacs.conversations Conversations] XMPP client app - free on F-Droid, $3 on the play store.
+On the server, install the [[Prosody]] XMPP server and create yourself an account. On your phone, install the seriously excellent [https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=eu.siacs.conversations Conversations] XMPP client app - free on F-Droid, or a $3 donation on the play store.
 Given the sudden recent resurgence and proliferation of a billion incompatible chat clients, both proprietary and various shades of open, the developer of Conversations has proposed [http://conversations.im/omemo/ OMEMO], an encrypted multi-user group chat protocol (using [http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0163.html XEP-0163 PEP] and Axolotl Ratchet) that is end-to-end(s)-, future- and forward-secure. It is currently supported by the Conversations XMPP app, and the [http://conversations.im/xeps/multi-end.html proposed standard] so new it doesn't (yet) have an XEP designation.

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 # Export your contacts from Google/Facebook/wherever, and import them into Owncloud/Baïkal.
 # On your phone, install [https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=at.bitfire.davdroid DAVdroid] and add accounts with your CalDAV and CardDAV URLs. Now your contacts and calendars will sync on your phone. Sorted.
 == Email ==

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 On the server, install the [[Prosody]] XMPP server and create yourself an account. On your phone, install the seriously excellent [https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=eu.siacs.conversations Conversations] XMPP client app - free on F-Droid, $3 on the play store.
-Given the sudden recent resurgence and proliferation of a billion incompatible chat clients, both proprietary and various shades of open, the developer of Conversations has proposed [http://conversations.im/omemo/ OMEMO], an encrypted multi-user group chat protocol using [http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0163.html XEP-0163 PEP] and Axolotl Ratchet) that is end-to-end(s)-, future- and forward-secure. It is currently supported by the Conversations XMPP app, and the [http://conversations.im/xeps/multi-end.html proposed standard] so new it doesn't (yet) have an XEP designation.
+Given the sudden recent resurgence and proliferation of a billion incompatible chat clients, both proprietary and various shades of open, the developer of Conversations has proposed [http://conversations.im/omemo/ OMEMO], an encrypted multi-user group chat protocol (using [http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0163.html XEP-0163 PEP] and Axolotl Ratchet) that is end-to-end(s)-, future- and forward-secure. It is currently supported by the Conversations XMPP app, and the [http://conversations.im/xeps/multi-end.html proposed standard] so new it doesn't (yet) have an XEP designation.
 == Roll your own cloud ==

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	On the server, install the [[Prosody]] XMPP server and create yourself an account. On your phone, install the seriously excellent [https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=eu.siacs.conversations Conversations] XMPP client app - free on F-Droid, $3 on the play store.		On the server, install the [[Prosody]] XMPP server and create yourself an account. On your phone, install the seriously excellent [https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=eu.siacs.conversations Conversations] XMPP client app - free on F-Droid, $3 on the play store.
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		+	Given the sudden recent resurgence and proliferation of a billion incompatible chat clients, both proprietary and various shades of open, the developer of Conversations has proposed [http://conversations.im/omemo/ OMEMO], a multi-user group chat encryption protocol that is both end-to-end(s) and forward-secure. It is currently supported by the Conversations XMPP app, and the [http://conversations.im/xeps/multi-end.html proposed standard] so new it doesn't (yet) have an XEP designation.

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