Can any nextcloud user suggest why to use nextcloud instead of a network drive for a small office where everything is done offline and within LAN ?
Mapped network drive is painlessly easy. Open file manager, click any file and you are there. There isnt much for "collaboration" when you can just talk face to face.
I really want to use nextcloud for managing files but I could not find a satisfactory answer.
Oh, I have a daily file backup meaning I can get any copy of a file from last year so that is covered.
I've used FreeNas for some years in out startup and now NextCloud for some years at home.
FreeNas feels much more stable. If you only work in an office I'd use network drives they are less hassle than syncing (though mixed environments with osx and smb are a pain) If you need the files with you, use NextCloud.
Oh.. yeah. A bunch of laptops have Linux on them and it gets tiring sometimes to having to overwrite each file when saving. Though fuse is supposed to fix that on plasma at least.
I kinda havent switched because of that reason only. I dont need data outside of the lan network and for outside I use zerotier so I always have that network drive.
Good to have options. Maybe one day I might switch everyone but that would be a lot of trouble
I really want to use nextcloud for managing files but I could not find a satisfactory answer.
Oh, I have a daily file backup meaning I can get any copy of a file from last year so that is covered.