Migrating from a proprietary cloud
At its core, the pub.solar cloud is an attempt to create a set of services that allow you to move your data away from Google, Facebook, Apple, or other proprietary providers. This page provides an overview of how you can change your software and habits to adapt to pub.solar.
File storage
Proprietary examples include Google Drive, iCloud, and Dropbox.
We use Nextcloud to do file hosting and synchronization.
Contacts & Calendar
Proprietary examples include Google Contacts, Google Calendar, and iCloud.
We use the contacts app in Nextcloud.
Chatting
Proprietary examples include Facebook Messenger, Whatsapp, and Telegram.
For chatting, we host Matrix.
Microblogging
Proprietary examples include Twitter, Threads, and tumblr.
We host a Mastodon instance for this.