After an update broke my Nextcloud installation (again), I've decided to try out ownCloud's OCIS on my #nixos home server. It's a relatively new product that was rewritten entirely in Go, and has no database or storage dependencies.

First impressions: snappy and robust, but pretty barebones. It only offers basic file storage/sharing functionality, with no extensions for mail, contacts, calendar, etc. like Nextcloud does.

This might be a plus for you if you found that Nextcloud has been getting a bit 'bloated' with all the extra functionality. Personally, I already have other services for non-file-sharing stuff (e.g. Radicale for CalDAV/CardDAV), so it's fine by me.

Setting up Oauth2 login with Keycloak was a bit of a pain though, and I had to basically import the test realm from their GitHub repo, and replicate the settings one by one to my own realm. Once set up however, it now works like a charm.

Only time will tell if this is gonna be my preferred solution for sharing files with friends/family/etc., but for now, it looks promising.

https://github.com/notthebee/nix-config/blob/main/homelab/services/ocis/default.nix

if you've ever messed up a dimension or a hole position on something you're building, don't be too hard on yourself.

at least you're not the Cisco design engineer who caused an entire product line recall by placing the mode button (which resets the switch if held) directly above an RJ45 port.

Besser als die Venezianer, kann man es nicht auf den Punkt bringen: "If you can rent venice for your wedding you can pay more tax". #BezosHochzeit

Bildquelle:⬇️ https://www.n-tv.de/leute/Jeff-Bezos-muss-seine-Mega-Hochzeit-umplanen-article25857024.html

We're absolutely thrilled to announce a new era of high-speed syncing for the open source ecosystem!

DAVx⁵ 4.5 will ship with full Push support (instant sync) for your Contacts, Events & Tasks!

We've worked on this for almost 3yrs from the first line of writing a draft for a (hopefully new) standard, to the work on a @nextcloud extension until the final DAVx5 implementation.

Videos:

Shorts version: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fWhaLgcrcvI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TWb5U6pPYg

Full announcement:

https://github.com/bitfireAT/davx5-ose/releases/tag/v4.5-ose