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Nextcloud Hub 8 is now available (nextcloud.com)
submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Honestly, I'm not really excited about the past couple of major Nextcloud releases.

Mainly because there's still one big issue for small-scale Nextcloud servers: performance.

Mainly the web UI is still too slow for me to properly use, which is why I don't use it at all (unless I have to update an app).

It's a bit disappointing that they're mainly focused on the large enterprise customers instead of small hobbyists like me, but it's still understandable; after all, their income is mainly from the enterprise customers, not from selfhosters.

I also don't really like how they've jumped on the AI hypetrain instead of improving performance. But once again, I guess this generates more income for them than focusing on other things like improving performance.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Every fucking Nextcloud post is covered with people shitting on this opensource project that is hugely popular and works well for a lot of use cases.

If you don't like and can't get it working right, then don't use it. But maybe keep your bitching to yourselves so the rest of us can discuss it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Doesn't help that every nextcloud official announcement promises the moon while delivering not even stardust.

Example: this blog post from two years ago: https://nextcloud.com/blog/plan-your-next-trip-with-nextcloud-maps-new-features/

None of the features written in that post are available, even today

It's something that it might be coming in a decade if someone is inspired by the mockups and codes it. When you install the maps plugin it shows a map of the world, and that's it.

If they need to announce a concept that only exists as a mockup, either publish the news on April 1st or write "concept of how maps might integrate with nextcloud 50"

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I am driving away from nextcloud more and more. I would be back when they get rid of php and really develop even one plugin (the so called "apps") which isn't just an alpha version.

I don't see any use case for this bloated all in one monster with crap performance. Someone needs his files in a browser and overall synced. Use syncthing and something like filebrowser or filestash. Photos? Immich. Documents? Paperless. Music, Movies, e-books? Jellyfin. Collaborative Docs? Onlyoffice, cryptpad. Notes? Joplin, trillium. etc.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Bloat and bad performance aside, you don't see a benefit in having a all-in-one solution that in a way acts as a drop in replacement for people wanting to switch away from the likes of Google/Apple? I certainly do.

Yes, having a dedicated app selected for each use case will likely give better results. But it also means more management. And many users don't actually need more than basic functionality.

But yes looking at the complaints, they should look at polishing existing features first.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (2 children)

It really is so slow it's not study worth using unfortunately.

Syncthing and some nice caldav and you're mostly good.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

While I do love Syncthing, it solves a different set of requirements.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

It works fine for me