[mdlug] my own cloud

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Hmm .. let me see what I can noodle up on a presentation.. Depending on how
deep and covered people may want, may be a multi parter.
What would people be interested in?

Thanks

Pat

On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 5:06 PM, gib at juno.com <gib at juno.com> wrote:

> I tink personal cloud would be a great topic for a presentation.,
>
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> From: Gmail-otakurider <otakurider at gmail.com>
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> Subject: [mdlug] my own cloud
> Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2011 11:22:14 -0400
>
> Hi all ..
>
> With my time off I have been playing around with some apps that allow
> you to have a cloud type systems that you control. The key requirements
> are docs, file storage, E-mail and group information exchange. I am
> doing this because so many people are so enamored with having there
> information web accessible, they at times seem to forget the down side.
> That is you no longer have controls over what is done with it and who
> can see it. What happens if the company you use closes its doors, your
> data is out of your control or if a three letter government group
> desired your information? Will you even know about it?
>
>
> So far here is a few programs I have found that are easy to install and
> seem to be powerful enough to run in a home or business. Most of them I
> had running in under 30 min's and they are all open source.
>
>
> The two key ones are. Yes there are others but theses were the quickest
> and easiest to install.
>
>
> FengOffice Community - www.fengoffice.com - used to be called OpenGoo
>
>
> It has Notes, Email, Calendaring, Contact lists, Documents, Tasks, Time
> management and Reporting tools. You can set up shared work-spaces as
> needed. I did not test the email section but the rest seems to function
> quite nicely. The screen layout has the look of exchange, good bad that
> is up to you.
>
>
> OwnCloud - www.owncloud.org
>
>
> File storage centrally, encrypted, on hardware controlled by you, with
> automatic backup & versioning. Uses web interface or webdev to access
> the files. You can backup the OwnCloud files to another drive or server.
>
>
>
> It needs to be noted you need to have LAMP installed and working before
> hand but other then that to get the basic system working that was it.
>
>
>
> Not sure how they run on a cluster so if anyone is willing to set one up
> or lend me the hardware and bandwidth I will give it a try.
>
>
>
> More to follow if group is intrested.
>
>
> Pat
>
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