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title: Nextcloud Service;
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layout: page
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Luon Cloud is our cloud service which is a Nextcloud instance that is hosted
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at: [cloud.luon.net](https://cloud.luon.net). Every Luon user can log in using
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their account username and password without requesting an account explicitly.
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The web interface of Nextcloud is used to access/visualize all the data you put
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in the cloud service, but there are many clients that can work on top of this
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on your PC or mobile phone.
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For more information about Nextcloud, see:
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[nextcloud.com](https://nextcloud.com).
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## Sharing
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It is a core feature of Nextcloud to either share things within the instance
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(i.e. with other Luon users), with other instances (i.e. with other Nextcloud
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users) or publicly via a special link so that only those whom you give the
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link, can access it.
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If you want to share within the instance with another Luon user, this user has
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to have logged into the instance at least once before, otherwise they will not
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exist (yet).
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When people on other Nextcloud instances want to share
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files/calendars/contact/etc. with you, they can use your cloud ID which is of
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the form `user@cloud.luon.net`.
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## Clients
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GNOME has native support for Nextcloud via GNOME Online accounts. You can find
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it in the settings. It will automatically hook up a remote location
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`user@cloud.luon.net` in Nautilus and add your calendars and contacts to
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Evolution. Also GNOME Calendar, Documents and Notes are aware of NextCloud.
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The Nextcloud desktop client can also be installed, it will physically sync (a
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subset) of a local folder (`~/Nextcloud` by default) with Nextcloud. There is
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integration in Nautilus for it as well, so you can share/create links/etc.
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without going to the Nextcloud web interface.
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With respect to mobile: There are similar clients for Android and iOS: for
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syncing files, performing automated backup uploads of the pictures you take, as
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well as apps that integrate with Nextcloud Notes or Talk. See also the
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[clients page at nexcloud.com](https://nextcloud.com/install/#install-clients).
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Sailfish OS also has recently received account integration with Nextcloud.
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## Apps
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In Nextcloud, functionality is split up in apps of which the most common ones
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are discussed below.
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### Files
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The main application for managing your files in the cloud. It can be access
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via WebDAV via the URL `https://cloud.luon.net/remote.php/dav/files/user/`.
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We are currently not enforcing any quotes on the amount of data your store
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here. We might in the future, so we ask you to not store hundreds of gigabytes.
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For more information, see: [nextcloud.com/files](https://nextcloud.com/files/).
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### Activity
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This app shows a timeline of all the items that got added/changed/removed in
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all the other apps. This is only available via the web interface or native
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Nextcloud client.
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### Gallery
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A photo gallery view on your folders with pictures. It will create (nested)
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albums with thumbnails of all your pictures. The sharing option is often used
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to provide other people a link to a certain photo album of some event.
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### Talk
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This app can be used to have a short chat or audio/video conference. This can
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also be set up as a scheduled event or used to discuss a certain file. It
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currently supports up to 4 participants in case of an audio/video conference
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and it can even be shared via a public link to invite users that are not on the
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Luon Cloud.
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For more information, see: [nextcloud.com/talk](https://nextcloud.com/talk/).
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### Groupware: Calendar/Contacts/Mails
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These apps can be used to maintain any number of calendars and contacts. It
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also has a mail client (still in a development phase, not as full-features as
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our [Luon Webmail](https://webmail.luon.net). Note that you can share
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calendars not only with each other, but also publicly!
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For more information, see:
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[nextcloud.com/groupware](https://nextcloud.com/groupware/).
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### Office
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Our Nextcloud instance includes an installation of Collabora Online which means
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that it is possible to edit (also collaboratively) office documents within your
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browser using a web version of Libre Office! This ensures that Luon Cloud is
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not only useful for text/markdown documents but also fully fledged
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spreadsheets/presentations/documents.
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### Other
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There are some other apps installed:
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* **Deck**: Kanban style boards app for organizing your actions/To Do
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items/etc.
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* **Maps**: alternative app for Google Maps, Bing Maps, etc.; no routing
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available just yet (*alpha version!*)
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* **Notes**: note taking app that uses note text files under the hood that are
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also accessible via Files
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* **Passwords**: password management app; particularly useful in combination
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with a specific client for it
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* **Polls**: polling app for polls either within the instance or for public
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polls, for example to pick a date with a group of people for a certain
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event
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* **Social**: microblogging app that accesses the
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[Fediverse](https://fediverse.party/) using the
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[ActivityPub](https://www.w3.org/TR/activitypub/) protocol (similar to
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[Mastodon](https://joinmastodon.org/), etc.) (*beta version!*)
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* **Tasks**: task management app; tasks are accessible by clients that use the
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calendars and supports these items (e.g. Evolution)
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