This blog is your guide to everything you need to know about the Nextcloud Community Conference 2024 happening in Berlin, Germany.

Our goal is to help you feel prepared, relaxed and excited for an incredible week!

Community Conference and Contributor Week schedule

What to expect?

At Nextcloud Community Conference, get ready for a fun weekend of coding, design, discussions, talks, and fun! Connect with the global Nextcloud Contributor Community and be part of shaping the future of Nextcloud.

During the Contributor Week you’ll be able to sit and code with like-minded individuals – developers, coders, entrepreneurs and designers – for the whole week. You’ll also have plenty of spaces to enjoy a meal or snack, take time for yourself, and unwind.

What’s on the agenda?

• Nextcloud Hub 9 will be released on September 14th at 10:00 AM CEST during the opening keynote and on a live premiere event on YouTube
• Inspiring keynotes by Dr. Constanze Kurz & Dr. Björn Lundell
• Engaging panel sessions: ‘Building a safer digital world’ & ‘How to contribute’
• Hands-on lightning talks on data privacy, open source & Nextcloud related topics
• Knowledge-sharing workshops by long-time Nextcloud contributors and the team
• Networking & coding time,
• Famous Saturday party  (Plus, enjoy great drinks and pizza!)

What to bring?

• Lanyards: In light of sustainability, we would ask attendees who have come before to bring their lanyard. If you haven’t been before, don’t worry, we will have lanyards and badges for you to wear.
• Nextcloud T-shirt: If you have a Nextcloud T-shirt, please bring and wear it! If not, then there will be T-shirts available!
• Headphones: There will be free time and areas to work in, so be sure to bring your own ear buds or headphones if that’s your thing to get in the zone.
• Laptop (+ charger): You will need to bring your own laptop if you want to use one, as we will not have ones for rent or borrowing.

Our event venue

Our venue MotionLab.Berlin is unique to say the least. The large industrial space of 1.500 sqm is full of inviting areas to work like spacious open spaces as well as many small nooks and corners to retreat to – including a renovated bus!

Regarding the hygience and safety, MotionLab.Berlin has all the mandatory protocols for upholding a safe environment, including first aid kits around the building and an in-house staff that keeps things running smoothly.

We thank you for your cooperation in being mindful of others to maintain a healthy and safe event.

We hope you enjoy this space and use it to your full advantage!

Arrival information and instructions

To get to our venue MotionLab.Berlin, the most convenient way is to take public transport with the bus or S-Bahn. The closest S-Bahn station is Treptower Park. The easiest way to enter is via Jordanstrasse, 3rd entrance. To your left, you will find Hall 20 – MotionLab.Berlin.

We recommend to put in the following address into a Maps app on your mobile device:

MotionLab.Berlin in Treptow
Bouchéstrasse 12, Halle 20
12435 Berlin

Upon your arrival, there will be some signs to help guide you.

There is free street parking available but it can fill up. Bikes, scooters, etc. can be parked on the commercial yard, The Bouché-Höfe.

Admission

Once you’ve entered the building, you will be greeted at our registration desk where you will check in, receive a badge and lanyard (if you didn’t bring your own lanyard from the last Conference), and have the opportunity to be able to ask any questions you might have.

Code of conduct

The Code of Conduct presents a summary of the shared values and “common sense” thinking in our community. The basic social ingredients that hold our project together include:

• Be considerate
• Be respectful
• Be collaborative
• Be pragmatic
• Support others in the community
• Get support from others in the community
• Our community

Read our code of conduct here.

Sustainability

Nextcloud is committed to sustainable, responsible practices and ensuring empathy in a (digital) society. As we host a major in-person event, we are aware of our social responsibility and environmental impact. Therefore, we will recycle all we can and try to avoid waste.

As for your contribution, we ask you to bring your old lanyard and/or Nextloud T-shirt from a previous event to help our cause. We hope to make the #NextcloudConf24 a sustainable and friendly environment for all so we can continue these events in the future responsibly.

Food & drinks

Every day of the conference there will be access to free water (regular and sparkling), soft drinks, tea, and coffee. The fridges will be re-stocked regularly so there won’t be any shortages!

In addition, a complimentary lunch is provided during the two days of the conference including vegetarian, vegan, lactose-free, and gluten-free options. By registering for the event, you already filled out your dietary preferences. On Saturday for the party, we will provide pizza which will also have vegetarian, vegan, lactose-free, and gluten-free options.

Breakfast, snacks and dinners (excluding Saturday night) are on the attendee.

Accessibility & inclusion

We are committed to #NextcloudConf24 being an accessible event to everyone who wants to participate.

The entire conference will be held in English, however there’s a good chance you will meet other people attending who speak your native language as we attract many international visitors.

The venue is completely barrier-free, wheelchair accessible and accessible for persons with disabilities. A quiet space will also be available where people can have a quiet moment if needed.

Photos and privacy

As every year, we will be taking photos and videos throughout the event purely for our marketing purposes i.e. photos for our website and a compilation video of the event. If you don’t want your photo taken or don’t want to be in a video, please let us know during your registration time.

At the Nextcloud Conference, we want everyone to feel part of the community and rest assured they are safe and feel heard. It’s a great time for unity and togetherness as we have fun, share ideas, learn and grow. If at any time you get stuck, have any questions, or just need a mentor, please don’t hesitate to reach out to our team via email, Twitter, or through other attendees.

Connect with us

Be sure to use the hashtag #NextcloudConf24 and connect with us on Mastodon, LinkedIn, Instagram and ex-Twitter, or join our forum to spread the word and share your experience!

Won’t be able to make it to Berlin?

We’re happy to share that we’ll be offering a livestream option for our Nextcloud Community Conference, so you can join in from anywhere in the world. If you have already registered for the event, you’ll receive the livestream link before the event via email.

#NextcloudConf24 survey

After the #NextcloudConf24, we will provide an optional survey for you to provide feedback about the conference and share your event experience with us. The survey will be available already during the event and we’ll send it afterward in our newsletter!

See you there!

We can’t wait to welcoming you in Berlin and work together towards Building a safer digital world!

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About the update

Update 29.0.6 includes a number of important improvements in Nextcloud Hub 8, for example a critical fix to tackle setup issues on slow hardware and a stability improvement for Nextcloud Text. You can find the full changelog on our website.

Make the most of your platform with Nextcloud Hub 8

Even more automated and optimized all around, Nextcloud Hub 8 is here to give you back control over your time. Upgrade today to unlock multiple new features in your favourite platform:

• Nextcloud Assistant: Chat summaries, Nextcloud Mail reply suggestions, answers based on your data, and more!
• Interactive previews for files, folders, boards and events
• Federated chat and message editing in Talk
• Mini-apps based on Tables
• Public Collectives sharing, previews and QR-codes
• Manage your team resources like a pro with Nextcloud Teams
• Forms: automatically sync with a spreadsheet
• And much more

Get Nextcloud Hub 8

Download and install Nextcloud Hub 8 here!

Get Hub 8

Always keep your server up to date!

Nextcloud’s minor releases primarily focus on addressing security vulnerabilities and functionality bugs, avoiding major system overhauls that could jeopardize user data. Keeping your server up to date is vital, and our approach to testing and validation ensures that upgrading to minor releases is generally smooth and reliable.

For mission-critical Nextcloud systems in enterprise settings, consider switching to Nextcloud Enterprise. The tier provides you with ultimate deployment confidence: direct access to the Nextcloud engineering team, full assistance throughout deployment and integration, and peace of mind for system administrators. If you’re responsible for maintaining Nextcloud in your setting, this option may be the ideal solution for you.

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“It was logic: If we want to learn more about open source, then we need to meet Nextcloud.”

– Manuel Liesenfeld, Head of Head of Public Sector Division at Bechtle AG

With the recent accelerating pace of innovation, public sector institutions throughout Europe have come to prioritize digital sovereignty as a primary driver in designing resilient IT systems.

Manuel Liesenfeld, Head of Head of Public Sector Division at Bechtle AG, discusses the current innovations in the European public sector and the obligation of public buyers to deliver resilient and sovereign digital solutions that put citizens first.

We explore how Bechtle – Germany’s largest IT system house – and Nextcloud’s recent partnership in offering digitally sovereign collaboration services for the European public sector is an important step in building resilient IT systems that prioritize security and data protection.

Manuel and Brent discuss many other topics, including:

• The importance of digital sovereignty in the public sector
• The benefits and advantages of open source solutions for public sector customers
• How Bechtle and Nextcloud are together committed to helping public sector customers succeed with open source technologies
• How Nextcloud is helping Bechtle’s focus on providing on-prem opportunities for AI, resilience, and data sovereignty.
• Advice on the most critical aspects of digital transitions for organizations, especially those in the public sector
• How Bechtle and Nextcloud’s sovereign AI approach address the challenges of AI adoption when working with private data

Episode Links

• Manuel Liesenfeld – LinkedIn
• Nextcloud Hub 9 launch event
• Nextcloud Community Conference 2024
• Nextcloud Enterprise Day 2024 – November 6 in Frankfurt
• Bechtle and Nextcloud offer digitally sovereign collaboration services for the public sector
• Digital Sovereignty Solutions in Europe | Bechtle
• Nextcloud Enterprise for the public sector
• Public Money, Public Code
• Nextcloud Office Hours: An inside look at Nextcloud Hub 9 release

The post Bechtle and Nextcloud: Navigating Digital Transitions in the Public Sector appeared first on Nextcloud.

About the updates

The updates include a number of important bug fixes and performance optimization, as well as other improvements in all supported Nextcloud versions. You can find the full changelog on our website.

Updates are available for:

• Nextcloud Hub 7 (version 28.0.9)
• Nextcloud Hub 8 (version 29.0.5)

Make the most of your platform with Nextcloud Hub 8

Even more automated and optimized all around, Nextcloud Hub 8 is here to give you back control over your time. Upgrade today to unlock multiple new features in your favourite platform:

• Nextcloud Assistant: Chat summaries, Nextcloud Mail reply suggestions, answers based on your data, and more!
• Interactive previews for files, folders, boards and events
• Federated chat and message editing in Talk
• Mini-apps based on Tables
• Public Collectives sharing, previews and QR-codes
• Manage your team resources like a pro with Nextcloud Teams
• Forms: automatically sync with a spreadsheet
• And much more

Get Nextcloud Hub 8

Download and install Nextcloud Hub 8 here!

Get Hub 8

Always keep your server up to date!

Nextcloud’s minor releases primarily focus on addressing security vulnerabilities and functionality bugs, avoiding major system overhauls that could jeopardize user data. Keeping your server up to date is vital, and our approach to testing and validation ensures that upgrading to minor releases is generally smooth and reliable.

For mission-critical Nextcloud systems in enterprise settings, consider switching to Nextcloud Enterprise. The tier provides you with ultimate deployment confidence: direct access to the Nextcloud engineering team, full assistance throughout deployment and integration, and peace of mind for system administrators. If you’re responsible for maintaining Nextcloud in your setting, this option may be the ideal solution for you.

The post August maintenance updates for Nextcloud Hub 7 and 8 appeared first on Nextcloud.

A need for enterprise support for Roundcube

Since Roundcube joined us, Nextcloud began to receive requests from large hosting companies for support. While Roundcube is lightweight and relatively easy to run, businesses prefer that their business critical applications are backed by a serious SLA. There has never been an official Enterprise support offering for Roundcube, but Nextcloud has extensive experience servicing large organisations.

So, today, we are excited to introduce the first official offering of enterprise support for Roundcube! It is tailored specifically for mail providers running large instances with thousands to millions of end users. We also offer our services to help businesses, universities and the public sector, but our offering makes the most sense for larger installations.

Our goal is to help organisations that want to deploy Roundcube – lowering the barrier to entry and helping Roundcube grow. And, of course, the improvements, bug fixes and funds that come out of this will go back into Roundcube, making it a better product for everybody!

Find more about how and why Roundcube joined Nextcloud in this interview with the founders of Roundcube and Nextcloud!

Partners: Open-Xchange, Stalwart and Mailvelope

We are NOT doing this alone, on the contrary. We’ve assembled a top-team of industry veterans and up-and-coming talent, working with mail server solutions Dovecot Pro and Stalwart, as well as the privacy experts at Mailvelope. Together, we’ve created a complete offering of enterprise support for Roundcube for companies looking to host an amazing email solution.

Reliable email with Dovecot Pro

Dovecot Pro by Open-Xchange is a full-service email platform that delivers dynamic scalability, high performance, efficient utilisation of hardware, and outstanding support to the world’s largest Telcos, ISP’s, and Hosters.
Learn more here.

Secure your emails with Mailvelope

Offer customers easy End-to-End encrypted email OpenPGP-based based using Mailvelope. Mailvelope integrates closely with Roundcube, offering a security differentiation to other platforms.
Learn more here.

Serving mail, quickly with Stalwart

Stalwart Mail Server is a secure, fast, robust and scalable on premises email server with IMAP, JMAP and SMTP support. It offers key features, from message authentication standards and transport security to advanced Spam and Phishing detection technology. It offers multiple storage technologies, web based administration and industry-leading security.
Learn more here.

Pick a mail server, choose if you’d like to add PGP encryption, and you’ll be online in no time. Interested? Contact us through the form on our web page!

Background on the support for Roundcube

“The user feedback clearly indicated demand for enterprise support,” said Frank Karlitschek, Founder & CEO at Nextcloud. “The first official enterprise support offering since Roundcube’s initial launch in 2008 delivers on this need and will make Roundcube more accessible to large organisations, encouraging broader adoption of Roundcube and directing resources toward its development.” 

Hosting companies around the world such as HostGator, Media Temple, Gandi, OVH and others use Roundcube. In addition, Roundcube is used by many well known universities such as Harvard University to provide email services to students and staff. We believe that these and other organisations will greatly benefit from enterprise support for Roundcube.

Frank Hoberg, founder at Open-Xchange, said: “Our partnership with Nextcloud brings together two major players in open-source based software to deliver an enterprise-grade email backend support option to the wider Roundcube community. Based on Dovecot Pro, this delivers an email backend with range of advanced features, including its exclusive high availability architecture, extended search, and document previews, along with the highest level of support for mission-critical email they demand.”

Mauro De Gennaro, president of Stalwart Labs LLC said: “We are excited to collaborate with Nextcloud on delivering a reliable and modern enterprise email platform to hosting providers across the globe.”

Thomas Oberndoerfer, founder of Mailvelope said: “We are excited to partner with Nextcloud to integrate our OpenPGP-based end-to-end encryption with Roundcube. This collaboration ensures that users can enjoy secure and private email communications seamlessly within their browser.”

Future releases of Roundcube will be able to work with the new JMAP standard supported by Stalwart, modernising and streamlining email management. Roundcube Enterprise is designed for mail providers, complementing the dedicated Nextcloud Mail solution integrated in Nextcloud Hub, which has a focus on providing collaboration services within enterprises.

Organisations interested in the enterprise support offering can learn more and get in contact on our dedicated Roundcube page.

Leave your thoughts below, we’d love to read them!

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For the IT team at Deutsche Lebens-Rettungs-Gesellschaft (DLRG) or the German Life Saving Association, it was crucial to provide its users the best possible experience to get their life-saving work done. Combining the benefits of open-source software and the security, expandability and simplicity of Nextcloud, their team found the perfect solution.

About The German Life Saving Association

The German Life Saving Association, DLRG is the world’s largest voluntary organization for water rescue with over 600,000 members. Since its founding in 1913, the DLRG has made it its mission to prevent people from drowning. The main tasks of the organization include swimming and lifesaving training, raising awareness about dangers in and around bodies of water, as well as water rescue services.

In approximately 2,000 clubs, volunteers contribute over eight million hours of voluntary work each year for the people of Germany. More than 49,000 members annually ensure the safety of bathers and water sports enthusiasts at around 2,700 bodies of water.

Collaboration across boundaries with Nextcloud

DLRG desired a central location to store documents and files that could be easily accessed anytime, anywhere and by anyone with permissions. Their goal to set up file exchange across organizational boundaries was met with Nextcloud, where no IT intermediary has to be involved, streamlining efficiency and productivity.

For these reasons and more Nextcloud Enterprise was the ideal solution:

• Open source software that they could operate and integrate into their own infrastructure
• Have a central location accessible from anywhere
• Data protection-compliant file storage
• Ability to exchange files across organizational boundaries (no intermediary user) with group folders
• Guaranteed security with regular updates
• Customization with various add-ons
• Compliance with GDPR
• Nextcloud Groupware: Calendar
• Nextcloud Forms
• Work on mobile devices
• Strong community base
• Long-term, lifelong solution

Implementing Nextcloud Hub

DLRG’s Nextcloud instance is directly on their own servers, making it extremely date secure. It is operated on virtual Linux machines and delivered via several virtual web servers. Up to 20,000 users have access to one or more folders!

A solution that fits user needs

Implementing the Nextcloud Content Collaboration Platform was the key to give users the much needed flexibility and autonomy in their work.

Members say they love the simplicity of central file management in Nextcloud Files and easy access and sharing with Group Folders. In addition, being able to collaborate on a shared document in Nextcloud Office, even from their mobile phone, is extremely valued. Nextcloud Calendar is also used widely for planning and scheduling.

Lifelong data security

Since the introduction of Nextcloud at DLRG, data protection has significantly improved. As previously files were stored decentrally with various commercial providers, today members can store their data on the association’s own servers in compliance with the GDPR.

With the ability to perform regular software updates, DLRG can rely on Nextcloud and can guarantee security for its users and the people outside their organization.

One aspect they are currently working on updating is the expansion of storage capacity and in the near future, the further development of automations is planned.

Love this story?

Nextcloud is used by many organizations, putting the control of data back into the hands of the people, helping to make a difference around the world.

Discover another inspiring success story!

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With the release of Nextcloud Hub 8, Nextcloud Talk enables federated chats, extending the range of cross-instance features available in Nextcloud Hub. In this article, learn how to connect users across different Nextcloud instances to organize collaboration between distant teams.

Nextcloud Talk is a chat and videoconferencing platform that enhances the flexibility of your daily work. With app integrations available through Smart Picker, supported interactive widgets from multiple Nextcloud Hub apps, AI-powered features, and more, Nextcloud Talk enables rich communication while prioritizing your privacy. Federated chatting adds even more flexibility, providing an additional bridge between Nextcloud instances for faster and safer communication.

What is federated chat

The federated chat feature is ased on the Open Cloud Mesh (OCM) open standard developed at CERN with the help of Nextcloud and other open source projects. Similar to federated sharing, it uses federated user IDs to enable cross-instance data exchange. To understand how federation works in Nextcloud, you can watch our recent webinar.

The federated chat feature lets you create group chats between the users from federated Nextcloud Talk instances to enable written chat communication among the teams. Although video calls are not supported at the moment, plenty of features are available in federated chats, including user mentions, markdown commands to format message texts, chat polls, and more.

Federated chats can bring customers, partners or colleagues from their instance to your own for easier communication, ensuring that you maintain maximum privacy and keep the data within your perimeter. It is ideal for temporary projects and shared tasks, complimenting other federated features in Nextcloud like file sharing and federated user groups created via Nextcloud Teams.

How to create a federated chat

To create a group chat with federated users, you need to obtain their Federated Cloud IDs. The Federated Cloud ID consists of a user name and an instance address and looks like person@cloud.example.com. You can retrieve it in Settings > Sharing > Federated Cloud.

To add a federated user to a chat, simply put their Federated Cloud ID in the search field of the Participants tab of your chat. Click add, and user will receive an invitation to the chat via notification.

Other updates in Nextcloud Talk

Other updates in Nextcloud Talk released with Nextcloud Hub 8 include:

• Message editing
• Draggable speaker video
• Improved call UI
• Flavored markdown support
• Unified Search in individual Talk room
• Accepting individual users when the lobby is enabled
• Caching unsent messages in the browser
• Improved highlight for “Stop screenshare”

Regain control over your time with Nextcloud Hub 8

Federated chatting is one of the most noteworthy features in the new Nextcloud Talk. Nextcloud Hub 8 offers even more updates that help you work even more efficiently and comfortably, saving a lot of time for you. From new AI tools in Nextcloud Assistant to new apps and serious performance improvements throughout the platform, there are many reasons to upgrade to the latest Nextcloud Hub.

New to Nextcloud? There’s no better time to try it out! Get control over your data today with the most secure open-source collaboration platform.

Get Nextcloud Hub 8

Download and install Nextcloud Hub 8 here!

Get Hub 8

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July 19 saw a CrowdStrike update taking down countless Microsoft systems, disrupting flights, surgeries, banking and more all over the world. The incredible impact this single outage had shows the importance of digital resilience, especially in the public sector. This can only credibly be achieved by decentralization and diversity in infrastructure and technology.

Incredible impact of CrowdStrike-Microsoft outage

While German satirical news site Der Postillion noted that fax machines were not impacted so the German public sector was fine, the effects could be felt everywhere.

Many politicians have already come out with statements about digital resiliency. In the Netherlands the minister of Justice noted there should be plans to deal with the fall-out of events like this. “Concentrating production can concentrate risk, so that a single natural disaster or disruption has cascading effects,” US Federal Trade Commission chair Lina Khan wrote in a series of posts on X.

Existing and upcoming legislation

There is a number of legislative initatives to protect the resilience of infrastructure. Examples include DORA, the Digital Operational Resilience Act, for the financial sector, coming 2025, and the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) for consumer technology. The Directive on Security of Network and Information Systems, NIS, specifically targets the protection and resilience of critical infrastructure and digital services, mandating security measures and incident reporting.

In the US, the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) mandates federal agencies to implement an information security program, including measures to mitigate the impact of IT outages. Additionally, there’s a National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Framework that provides guidelines for improving critical infrastructure cybersecurity.

But none of the regulations seem to effectively tackle risks related to the centralization of IT. This means that the digital sovereignty and resilience of the public sector, as well as hospitals, banks and other critical infrastructure, continues to be critically endangered. A mono-culture of services delivered by just a handful of big tech firms threatens the continuity of service in case of mistakes, cyber-attacks and political conflicts.

Solutions

While this was just a mistake, a sustained cyber attack would have far more devastating consequences, and that is not to speak of attacks on physical infrastructure. Underseas cables are incredibly vulnerable, and in 2021 Russia also showed that satellites can be downed by rockets.

The key to digital resilience is decentralization and heterogeneity. In the end, every IT system will go down at some point. An over-reliance on a single service is thus inevitably a risk. Even if that vendor is ‘too big too fail’ and has tons of redundancy and data centers.

Decentralize and federate

The public sector in particular should be following a focused strategy to differentiate their IT infrastructure, reducing the reliance on a small number of big tech giants. 

First, a strong multi-vendor, multi-platform strategy can do wonders against cyber threats. But beyond that, the solutions themselves should be less centralized.

The cloud itself is a particular risk – globally connected datacenters might have a bigger capacity to absorb denial of service attacks, but they are simultaneously more vulnerable to mistakes and more advanced cyber attacks. Technologies that are fundamentally distributed and federated, rather than relying on a single point of failure, offer a big advantage.

With on-premises solutions, the most critical platforms can even be entirely air gapped, disconnected from the internet, either all the time or in response to attacks. This can ensure their availability even in the worst case scenario.

Open Source brings resilience

Open source solutions are not only more robust in the face of constant security threats. They also provide more transparency in their functioning. When there are issues, engineers can dive deeper than in black-box solutions, to the point where they simply read the code or even modify it to add extra information to hunt down problems. Patches from vendors like Crowdstrike, if they were open source, could be scrutinised before deployment.

Perhaps most importantly, access to their source and more widely distributed knowledge of their code base means open source products can be patched and fixed during emergencies even without vendor help.

There are solutions to the risks and economic damage caused by our dependence on just a few big tech vendors. It’s time for decisions now.

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So many Nextclouders – from enterprise and education to activists and families – decide to self-host their privacy-focused IT infrastructure. What exactly motivates us to self-host? Is this inherently an increased data security risk? What of the grit needed to host your own digital infrastructure? The answers to these questions may surprise you!

Lea Gröber, PhD student in Usable Security @ CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security, shares insight from two recent studies exploring motivations in self-hosting and Nextclouders specifically.

We explore the topic of Usable Security and how, in terms of security, the human aspect of your digital infrastructure may be the most important, and yet the least understood. Afterall, “Users are not the enemy.”

Lea and Brent touch on a wide gamut of related topics throughout, including:

• CISPA’s study featuring 1000 Nextcloud instances in understanding self-hoster motivations
• Technological self-determination as a modern fundamental right
• Self-hosting as a socially embedded activity, and a democratic act
• The many multi-layered trust relationships involved in self-hosting
• Are self-hosters more privacy-aware than the general population? (spoiler: no!)

Episode Links

• Vote for Nextcloud in the CloudComputing-Insider Award 2024 – Nextcloud
• Lea Gröber | CISPA
• Lea Gröber | LinkedIn
• To Cloud or not to Cloud: A Qualitative Study on Self-Hosters’ Motivation, Operation, and Security Mindset | CISPA
• To Cloud or not to Cloud: A Qualitative Study on Self-Hosters’ Motivation, Operation, and Security Mindset | USENIX
• Towards Privacy and Security in Private Clouds: A Representative Survey on the Prevalence of Private Hosting and Administrator Characteristics | USENIX
• USENIX Security ’24 | USENIX
• Usable security – Wikipedia
• Usable Security: A Human-Centric Approach | NIST
• Home Assistant
• MagentaCLOUD + T-Systems: Building a 2.2M User Nextcloud – Nextcloud
• Users Are Not the Enemy – Anne Adams and Matina Angela Sasse

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About the updates

The updates include a number of important and miscellaneous fixes, performance optimization, dependency updates, and other improvements in all supported Nextcloud versions. You can find the full changelog on our website.

Updates are available for:

• Nextcloud Hub 7 (version 28.0.8)
• Nextcloud Hub 8 (version 29.0.4)

Make the most of your platform with Nextcloud Hub 8

Even more automated and optimized all around, Nextcloud Hub 8 is here to give you back control over your time. Upgrade today to unlock multiple new features in your favourite platform:

• Nextcloud Assistant: Chat summaries, Nextcloud Mail reply suggestions, answers based on your data, and more!
• Interactive previews for files, folders, boards and events
• Federated chat and message editing in Talk
• Mini-apps based on Tables
• Public Collectives sharing, previews and QR-codes
• Manage your team resources like a pro with Nextcloud Teams
• Forms: automatically sync with a spreadsheet
• And much more

Get Nextcloud Hub 8

Download and install Nextcloud Hub 8 here!

Get Hub 8

Always keep your server up to date!

Nextcloud’s minor releases primarily focus on addressing security vulnerabilities and functionality bugs, avoiding major system overhauls that could jeopardize user data. Keeping your server up to date is vital, and our approach to testing and validation ensures that upgrading to minor releases is generally smooth and reliable.

For mission-critical Nextcloud systems in enterprise settings, consider switching to Nextcloud Enterprise. The tier provides you with ultimate deployment confidence: direct access to the Nextcloud engineering team, full assistance throughout deployment and integration, and peace of mind for system administrators. If you’re responsible for maintaining Nextcloud in your setting, this option may be the ideal solution for you.

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