I’m thinking of installing NextCloud on a home (debian stretch) server but am unclear from the website whether it is a good match for what I want; I’d appreciate any advice before I start heading off in the wrong direction!
I’m looking for a system which will, in order of priority:
provide me with webmail (I have a local imap server), preferably with a mobile client or mobile-optimized view (I currently use Roundcube which really isn’t ideal for mobile)
Provide a shared calendar
Provide a bookmark server
Let me back up music, books and photos
I think most of this is done by NextCloud Groupware, but can’t work out from the website whether that is a separate commercial product? Or whether I need to install the NextCloud base system and then add additional applications? Or are my requirements just not a very good fit for NextCloud?
hey graham…
i’m trying to answer your questions as good as i possibly could…
webmail? you could install a rainloop-app. which is supporting views for mobile clients as well. but it’s just to check your emails and answer them. not to manage your accounts…
shared calendars? yes
bookmark server? no and yes. a very basic bookmark-app is available. but so far w/o support of directories and such. and i’m afraid… no “server” at all. but they are working on it.
backup? well… of course you could upload your data to your (local) NC-instance but NC isn’t a whatsoever “backup”-thingy.