[Answered] Any open source host solution for private users?

2 years ago by MonkderVierte to c/linux

Situation: we live in europe, there's PRISM and Privacy Shield and all that, to which selfhosting is the solution. Now, my sister, mostly on Apple, got concerned with all the hacks and privacy violations over the years. She's a tech noob, so i can't really recommend her prism-break.org

There's a bunch of hosted solutions geared towards small to medium business, like Univention Corporate Server, NethServer, etc.

Are there similiar bundles for private use, basically Apple cloud alternative? With services like cloud storage, cloud office, media share, maybe chat, videocall?

Or should i let her wait until i got my box up, VPN her over? I'm only semi-professional tho.

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vzq 77 points 2 years ago

This is my most heartfelt advice: do not do hosting for family members. You will get no end of trouble.

Find her a commercial service she can trust. Or throw up your hands and go “big tech, what can you do”. But do not, under any circumstance, run her IT.

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deerdelighted 3 points 2 years ago

I don't know. I run a Nextcloud instance for myself and I let my gf tag along. Why do you think people shouldn't help their families out?

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vzq 15 points 2 years ago

I definitely think they should help their families out. Helping them select an alternative service is helping out.

Being on the hook for endless tech support while getting blamed for everything is not helping out. It’s also not healthy for your relationship with your sibling, and it’s not a good use of family holiday time.

A partner is different. You already share a lot of infra, and since you presumably spend a lot more time together it’s not likely to impact your relationship as much unless you go full Pat & Mat do IT.

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refalo 0 points 2 years ago

I think this sums it up nicely.

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Markaos 2 points 2 years ago

The comment you replied to is a direct reply to the comment you linked - I don't think it was intentional, but if it was, then I'd like to say it's not a very helpful reply as OP already read it.

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