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> What I need in my stack is a focused Google Docs alternative Try Etherpad (https://etherpad.org/ https://etherpad.org/) > I ended up going with Seafile for

> What I need in my stack is a focused Google Docs alternative Try Etherpad (https://etherpad.org/ https://etherpad.org/) > I ended up going with Seafile for file backups and have been very happy with it I went through probably dozens of solutions and ended up with Syncthing for synchronization of data (it requires understanding how it works but once you do (usually an eureka kind of moment) this is a very powerful system. For me using synchronization software (Seafile, Syncthing, ...) to do backups is dangerous. Borg is a very good solution (or Restik, or Kopia)

touggourt 2y ago
>> What I need in my stack is a focused Google Docs alternative > Try Etherpad (https://etherpad.org/ https://etherpad.org/) He should better use OnlyOffice, Collabora or Cryptpad office suite. The Cryptpad server is the only one which is not a nightmare to install and setup.
- BrandoElFollito 2y ago
  Etherpad took me a few minutes to install on docker. Not sure why you do not like it
  - touggourt 2y ago
    I like Etherpad very much, but it is very lite as a Google docs alternative. Collabora, Only Office or the Cryptpad suite are better, but from the 3, the cryptpad server is the easiest to install.
dspillett 2y ago
> For me using synchronization software (Seafile, Syncthing, ...) to do backups is dangerous. Yep. Just synchronisation on its own for backup is at best better than nothing, a first step. It fails to protect from at least three very common occurrences you need backups for: accidental deletion, incorrect update, or corruption - the broken data is quickly synced everywhere. Adding snapshots and regular integrity checks is essential.
lolinder 2y ago
I guess to be clear, I do both—the central Seafile server is backed up by Borg. Seafile has file version history, so it's more than pure syncing and has so far been sufficient for backups, but I also run it on site so it's not safe in that sense and the data matters enough to be worth redundancy.
- BrandoElFollito 2y ago
  Ah ok, same as me. I gather data from other places with Seafile to a ToBackup older (with a subfolder per system) and this gets backed up together with the main server key data.

touggourt 2y ago

>> What I need in my stack is a focused Google Docs alternative > Try Etherpad (https://etherpad.org/ https://etherpad.org/) He should better use OnlyOffice, Collabora or Cryptpad office suite. The Cryptpad server is the only one which is not a nightmare to install and setup.

BrandoElFollito 2y ago
Etherpad took me a few minutes to install on docker. Not sure why you do not like it
- touggourt 2y ago
  I like Etherpad very much, but it is very lite as a Google docs alternative. Collabora, Only Office or the Cryptpad suite are better, but from the 3, the cryptpad server is the easiest to install.

dspillett 2y ago

> For me using synchronization software (Seafile, Syncthing, ...) to do backups is dangerous. Yep. Just synchronisation on its own for backup is at best better than nothing, a first step. It fails to protect from at least three very common occurrences you need backups for: accidental deletion, incorrect update, or corruption - the broken data is quickly synced everywhere. Adding snapshots and regular integrity checks is essential.

lolinder 2y ago

I guess to be clear, I do both—the central Seafile server is backed up by Borg. Seafile has file version history, so it's more than pure syncing and has so far been sufficient for backups, but I also run it on site so it's not safe in that sense and the data matters enough to be worth redundancy.

BrandoElFollito 2y ago
Ah ok, same as me. I gather data from other places with Seafile to a ToBackup older (with a subfolder per system) and this gets backed up together with the main server key data.