Loomio
Wed 1 Oct 2014 3:27AM

What other applications shall we need?

PAF Petros At FreeLab Public Seen by 6

Friendica - at least for some time - will not provide all functionalities we may need. So I made an initial list of additional applications/services we may need to be happy. They - of course - will have to be implemented gradually.
1. Mailserver with a maillist manager. Mailpile compatible. https://www.mailpile.is/
2. Wordpress network. A multiuser, multidomain installation of a respectable CMS and blogging system. https://wordpress.org
3. Media Goblin. http://mediagoblin.org/ multimedia publication: your videos, sounds, pictures etc. etc.
4. Owncloud. https://owncloud.org/features/ Share and synchronize everything.
5. XMPP server for instant messaging, voice and video communication.
6. DNS server
7. VPN (for users only) with access to mesh networks like I2P or Hyperboria

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Michał Różański Wed 1 Oct 2014 9:32PM

Don't forget about webserwer :)
Me and my friends use lighttpd on our vps and it work fine

For xmpp server i propose ejabbberd (but erlang can be scary)

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czesiek Fri 3 Oct 2014 10:08AM

For my part, I recommend nginx (web server) and prosody (jabber server). I chose them a while ago for a big project and they work flawlessly and without downtime for about a year now. Prosody is in Lua and it JustWorks™. Configuring SSL and LDAP on it was a pleasure. And having a little experience with lighttpd I've found the configuraion of nginx to be much more intuitive and sane. Just sayin'.

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Petros At FreeLab Fri 3 Oct 2014 10:48AM

I think we also - and even now - have a need for some collaborative software, beginning with mindmappimg. Why now? Because we need to make a structure including
1. Usability (various functions, from the enduser perspective)
2. Services (the underying technical functionalities)
3. Applications (actual code, performing all above).
An example will be:
1. Instant communication usability.
2. XMPP/Jabber protocol (service).
3. Prosody server.
To keep it consistent I suggest we use (and collaboratively develop) a concentric model, as I tried to sketch at the picture attached. Now, any suggestion what hosted app could we use like NOW? I am starting my research, but your input can be quicker and better informed.

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Marcin Fri 3 Oct 2014 10:59AM

um, e-mail?

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Petros At FreeLab Fri 3 Oct 2014 11:02AM

um e-mail what?

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Petros At FreeLab Fri 3 Oct 2014 11:04AM

This looks easy enough and sensible as well. What do you think?
http://www.spiderscribe.net/app/?dd3b49f11b18e18ba84074b85055cff3

This is fine - free for personal use. I just do not know if it is possible to coedit the public map. Anybody care to try? Just sign up and try to edit the map linked above.

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Marcin Fri 3 Oct 2014 11:05AM

If we're talking about bootstrapping the Outsite (site on an outside of
the jail), to collaborate on Outsite, i would start with e-mail running
on it. Or maybe i've got you wrong?

MR

Michał Różański Fri 3 Oct 2014 11:05AM

Redmine? http://www.redmine.org/

MR

Michał Różański Fri 3 Oct 2014 11:32AM

If someone like read this is comparison of XMPP servers: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_XMPP_server_software

At the moment my top favorites is ejabberd and Prosody

I thinks we must set up xmpp server for works with friendica (or other social service) and for works xmpp desktop clients too