I think this forum is a tired joke. You don’t get any real help here. You can find many amounts on Google. But very many are simply unanswered. That brings you nothing to register and ask. Nobody helps their inexperienced beginners who need help. That has been shocing me since I am strong here. As …

It surprises me that my criticism is received so positively. And it is absolutely clear to me that it happens in the leisure of the members. I am very in many open source community forums. And most of them have at least 2-3 members who passionately help where they can. Because you have a passion fo…

[image] sunny: If you are looking for a problem, you quickly end up in dead threads here in the forum. And often with similar problems and questions that have new users. It’s just a shame. For some specific problems, it can take some time because for many private installation some use cases a…

It’s not a problem of the forums IMO. Nextcloud is complicated and requires kowledge of its underlying technologies, if you choose to set it up bare metal. There are tons of how-tos on the internet, all with the same problem: They (best case) get you up and running, but done in a way that makes sens…

Yes, that’s how I feel. If I get new impulses and have a little bit of basic knowledge, a lot comes on its own. I don’t think a normal Nextcloud user does not necessarily want to change. I was able to adapt my cloud very well so far with the interface. I have the feeling it is relatively easy after…

Hmm, i think people are helpful enough, i also teach ‘don’t give a man a fish teach him how to fish’. If everything were just cp and forget? That would make people lazy. I started with Nextcloud a few days ago and got it pretty much up and running thanks to this forum and their members. Just now …

[image] Kraligor: Nextcloud is complicated and requires kowledge of its underlying technologies, if you choose to set it up bare metal If you take away too many obstacles and make the initial setup super smooth, you’ll learn the stuff later but the hard way (nothing works any more, where is m…

Even more experienced users get frustrated lol, I’ve been working with computers for over 30 years give or take, hobby becomes work… Started on DOS, Windows 3.x ->95 etc… Played around with Linux when redhat came on 7 disks (CD’s for the younger kids). And for the most part nextcloud bare metal …

I agree many just want a “self-hosted cloud” but people without deep technical knowledge tend to underestimate efforts and skills required to run (some) system, handle backups, updates etc. It doesn’t really matter which path you choose even with AiO many many “admins” are completely lost once somet…

Fully agree. And again, I’m blaming clickbaity articles for the wrong attitude many users start off with. AIO requires less knowledge (or rather, knowledge of fewer underlying services), but if something does go wrong, it can still be a major issue for someone without knowledge and without interest …

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tflidd December 27, 2024, 9:18pm 10

If you take away too many obstacles and make the initial setup super smooth, you’ll learn the stuff later but the hard way (nothing works any more, where is my data?).
There is a nice writeup on a few topics, you should go through: