As a person that uses Owncloud and watches the mailing list I would like to note this:
The developers are very good at responding to bug reports. If you have a specific reproducible issue, report it! They will fix it and the problems will go away. I think this is one problem that people have had - yes there are issues, so report them to the Github bug tracker and help test for them to get fixed. Mike On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 9:20 AM, Jakub Moscicki <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Laszlo et all, > > I think it is very useful to exchange experiences and I would like to > learn from yours... > > Would you mind sharing how many users do you have and what is the scale of > the use (files, file sizes, daily transfers)? Are all your users in one > site or are they distributed? > > What kind of configuration are you running server-side? And do you > possibly know if you have many client platforms on your system? > > I am very puzzled because it appears that different people have radically > different experiences - such as shown in this email thread - and I wonder > where this comes from. Maybe there is some server side configuration that > works better then others… or maybe different scale or set of client > platforms... > > Many thanks, > > kuba > > -- > > On Jun 5, 2013, at 4:06 PM, Tornóci László > <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > On 06/05/2013 03:44 PM, Christian Dähn wrote: > >> Hi, > >> I'm CIO, too and have the same problems: I like OC and it's concept > >> but can't use it in production environments, yet... > >> > >> Currently I'm stucked to the 4.x release and follow this mailinglist > >> to findout, if the big problems with the sync clients are fixed and > >> the long term awaited encryption is available... > >> > >> Sadly my OC server is not used for over an half year now by our > >> users, because of serious bugs of the client (thousands of conflict > files, > >> no sync and hughe traffic because of endless loops inside the client)... > >> > >> I would love to see these major problems solved and sometimes I'm > >> a little bit frustrated when I see, that devs spend their time make the > >> user interface more fancy etc. > >> > >> ciao, > >> Chris > > > > My experience is different. By the time I started to offer my users > "production service" version 5 became available. Yes, there are some really > frustrating problems, like you cannot tell the program which addressbook to > put a new contact to (makes the use of multiple addressbooks and sharing of > them impossible). > > > > But in my experience the developers are quite helpful, and usually they > respond to issues reported on github fast. They do a lot more than just > making the interface more fancy. > > > > I've been following the development of OC for about half a year now, and > I am quite impressed by the pace of improvement. > > > > Yours: Laszlo > > > >> > >> > On 5. Juni 2013 at 15:32 Dan O'Brien <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > > >> > > >> > I think your sentiments are felt by many who had hopes of independent > >> > cloud storage in ownCloud. I agree, it is too buggy to actually use > and > >> > be productive with on any kind of scale. With each release it gets > >> > marginally better, but it needs some sort of major overhaul in terms > of > >> > sharing and the sync client among other issues. > >> > > >> > I like the concept as well, and I do think it will get there at some > >> > point and the developers are doing very nice work, but I think > messages > >> > like these are important for newcomers to see to save them some time. > >> > It is just not reliable as it is today, owncloud needs people to bug > >> > test and provide feedback, my experience has told me as well it is not > >> > ready to replace your dropbox or gdrive or whatever, unless you are > >> > prepared to deal with issues on a very regular basis. Newcomers need > to > >> > know that. > >> > > >> > -Dan > >> > > >> > > >> > On 6/4/2013 5:27 AM, Thomas ROBERT wrote: > >> > > Hello everyone, > >> > > > >> > > I'm using owncloud for a few month now and I would like to give you > my > >> > > feedback about it. So this message is mostly for the developers of > >> > > ownCloud. > >> > > > >> > > Just to give you some context, I'm the "CIO" of an association and > we > >> > > need a storage system. > >> > > The specifications of our system is: > >> > > - storage of the files on the cloud > >> > > - we have different folders, one for each of our activity (~ 3 Go, > >> > > mostly odp and pdf but also sometimes bigger files) > >> > > - 1 computer sync with all the files (synced with the master user) > >> > > - users that can have access to some of the folders of the master > user > >> > > (sharing configuration chosen by this master user) and that need to > be > >> > > able to sync them of their personal computer > >> > > > >> > > We first use Dropbox with its sharing option and client sync. A few > >> > > month ago, I chose to switch from Dropbox to ownCloud because it > >> > > seemed to have nice advantages (keeping files on my own server, > having > >> > > the storage space I want, better managing of user accounts, calendar > >> > > function, etc.). > >> > > > >> > > Currently I must say that the sharing and deleting function of > >> > > owncloud is quite problematic regarding my intense usage of it, and > >> > > far away from those of Dropbox and Google Drive. > >> > > ownCloud is based on a very nice concept but still have - I think - > >> > > some very big issues to fix before being ready for a powerful use. > I'm > >> > > having for example big difficulties with the client software (don't > >> > > sync, ...), with versionning and the deletion of shared files etc. > >> > > > >> > > I also feel like the development of ownCloud is either slow or > focused > >> > > on things I don't see or use. When I propose a vital function > >> > > according to me, it seems that in your system it's impossible to be > >> > > done. Ex : https://github.com/owncloud/core/issues/3058 > >> > > Maybe it's just because ownCloud is developed for another kind of > >> > > usage than mine. Maybe my usage is a bit particular. But if you > think > >> > > modifying ownCloud to fit my usage is worth it, maybe you should > >> > > reconsider how some big feature like sharing or deleting works > because > >> > > it seems to me that you are stuck with the way it currently works. > >> > > > >> > > Again, I love the concept of ownCloud, but I'm using it for quite a > >> > > while now and I'm now thinking of switching again for Google Drive > >> > > because of all the problems I'm having with ownCloud. And I'm quite > >> > > sad about it. > >> > > > >> > > I just wanted to give you guys my feedback of this software that I > do > >> > > love in the concept, even if I'm having problems with it. > >> > > > >> > > Have a nice day. > >> > > Bye. > >> > > Thomas ROBERT > >> > > _______________________________________________ > >> > > Owncloud mailing list > >> > > [email protected] > >> > > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/owncloud > >> > > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > Owncloud mailing list > >> > [email protected] > >> > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/owncloud > >> Mit den besten Grüßen, > >> Christian Dähn > >> Consultant > >> > >> // ASinteg GmbH > >> // Hagenower Strasse 73, 19061 Schwerin > >> // Registergericht Schwerin HRB 9035, Geschäftsführer: Sandro Seltitz > >> // Telefon +49 (0)385 30 200 500, Fax +49 (0)385 30 200 509 > >> // Internet http://www.asinteg.de > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Owncloud mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/owncloud > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Owncloud mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/owncloud > > _______________________________________________ > Owncloud mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/owncloud >
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