TL;DR I am using Windows and I want help setting up all the conveniences I enjoyed back into Linux… specifically an alternative to OneDrive.
I am going to admit something that is strange and maybe evil… at the least it betrays a loss of integrity and deficit of dignitity.
For the past few months I have been using Microsoft Windows as my OS. It started with finally deciding to play with AI and turning on the features on my phone… which meant turning on Google Play Services… not necessary, but it is what I did.
Then I randomly bought some tiny Livaa PC to mess around with that came with Windows, so I got comfy with that.
As a student, I must use Microsoft Word because as much as Libre Office tries it just mangles the formatting. So, I discovered Office 365 and how it is easily accessible in the Edge Browser… plus Bing AI.
One day I just thought fuck it, I want to use all the music software, play all the games. I want to use my graphics card without needing to think. I want all the harware I bought to work. So I installed Windows. I use OneDrive. I ask Bing, and Bard, and Opera AI…
Well, I pay for Kagi because it is better.
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Anyways, I think I had my fun. I want to go back. I need to, it is potentially immoral not to.
Please help me transition back!
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I use Nextcloud with a CODE server to provide an office suite in a browser. I’ve had no problems with it and it does what I need.
There is also a OneDrive Client for linux.
Thank you for the reply! Nextcloud seems like the way to go, and it has a client for everything which is nice.
I need to learn how to host things. The pricing is reasonable though, but I am not a business, but I will see.
I like OneDrive, but I no doubt there is a FOSS solution. I just need to look into a hosting provider I guess.
Nextcloud is free unless you are a business choosing to pay for support or you pay a hosting provider. It costs nothing to run it on your own hardware. Also if you are interested in self hosting and would like to really put in the work to understand it the easiest place to start in my opinion is the docker examples, especially the docker-compose examples.
That said, make sure you have backups. Nextcloud is a massively complex application which does all the basic stuff pretty well, but you are the responsible person if it breaks. It’s far far from set-it-and-forget-it software.
Thank you for the advice. I know the data is my responsibility… so I need a better system.