OwnCloud Server 9.0 Officially Released (softpedia.com)

prisoninmate writes: OwnCloud Server 9.0 is without any doubt the biggest release of the world's leading file sharing and sync solution, which is used by over 8 million users around the globe. It promises to bring the collaboration and federation features to new levels thanks to the addition of new, innovative tools, as well as to improve the software's scalability. One of ownCloud 9.0's new features is code signing, which promises to offer users with a safer home for all their data by verifying the integrity of their ownCloud installations during upgrades or when installing apps, which also need to follow the new code signing specifications. The community edition of ownCloud Server 9.0 is available for download right now via Softpedia as a source package that you can deploy on your Linux kernal-based server, or straight from the project's website as binary packages for various GNU/Linux operating systems. OwnCloud Server 9.0 Enterprise Edition will be released in April 2016.

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Or you could post the direct links.

[Anonymous Coward]

Ironic, since the news mentions code signings and you're pointing us to Softpedia.

News: https://owncloud.org/nine/
Download: https://owncloud.org/install

Is this an ad?

[JustAnotherOldGuy]

Is this an ad? Because it sure reads like an ad.

Re:Does it scale better now?

[110010001000]

Did you not read the summary? It is world leading. Without any doubt.

Why link to softpedia?

[dbc]

Why do all the link point to the scumbags at softpedia, instead of to owncloud.org?

Don't forget about SeaFile

[Hadlock]

SeaFile is OwnCloud (which are both basically DropBox), except, Sea is a play-on for C programming language (and some Python). So it's way fast. OwnCloud is written in PHP and you get what you pay for in performance as a result.
 
 

1. https://www.seafile.com/en/home/
2. https://github.com/haiwen/seafile
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seafile

Re:Don't forget about SeaFile

[jabuzz]

I abandoned Owncloud shortly after installing when I discovered like all free software of this type I have evaluated it had no fucking idea about operating on your normal home directory without purchasing the "enterprise" version and then some horrible kludges.

The whole think is clearly written by a bunch of web jocks who have no fucking idea about Unix development and want to reinvent the bloody wheel.

I have a user model and file system that I trust to get the permissions things right. I don't trust some crappy PHP code to do it correctly, and I don't fucking want to have all my files in Owncloud separate from my normal home directory because what's the fucking point in that and then stored under the Apache user in /var. It's a total fucking joke.

Slashdot's New Owner Was Supposed to Improve It

[Bruce Perens]

Remember, hey it was just last month, how Slashdot's new owner said they'd listen to us, and get rid of the problems that had cropped up with Dice, etc.?

Well, listen guys. This doesn't have a red bar or any indication that it's paid, but it's obviously a press release, it points to people we don't trust for file downloads rather than the people who make the software that is being discussed, and it contains obvious falsehoods (like OwnCloud's acceptance next to things like DropBox).

So, this is just an isolated problem that slipped through the cracks, right?

Re: Slashdot's New Owner Was Supposed to Improve I

[Bruce Perens]

Whoever it is must learn not to send us to Softpedia, and it's ilk, but to the developers. That's critical. The rest is learning to filter the story out of the promotion.