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by derekp7 4953 days ago
Does anyone have a current best-of-breed list of web enabled applications (preferably open source) that you could run on your own server? Ideally, I'd like to put together a kit that is easy to install, either on your own server or on any hosted provider. Bonus points if the kit includes replication tools built in so that you can use multiple web hosts, and have your own redundant cloud.
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meaty 4953 days ago
Rdp into your windows file server and work there (I work over rdp for about 7 hours a day).

The web is shitty for serious productivity apps from experience.

Regarding open source, use openoffice instead.

Alternatively use Windows' offline files feature when you are away from the fileserver.

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mattwdelong 4953 days ago
Derek, this would be a cool project. If someone could work alongside a talented UX/Designer and bundle together some open source software with a nice UI, that would be quite useful. Roundcube seems to be taking a pretty good stab at this.
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