The Nextcloud Podcast

In this episode of the Nextcloud Podcast, our host Ingo meets Aline Blankertz, a German data economist and digital rights campaigner. Aline is an economist and Tech Economy Lead at Rebalance Now, where she works on strategies to counter concentrated power in digital markets. She combines years of experience in competition economics with a strong commitment to making markets democratically accounta...

This episode of the Nextcloud Podcast is an exciting contributor story. And just in time before holidays, we are talking about cooking... and code. Meet Christian Wolf, a long-term Nextcloud contributor and maintainer of the famous Cookbook app! During his early coding days, Christian was trying to learn more about web applications. Seeking an app to sharpen his skills with, he came across the Coo...

We meet Simon Lindner, software engineer at Nextcloud, the developer of Nextcloud AIO, to duscover the history and present of Nextcloud AIO, Simon's personal journey, and, of course, everything a meticulous admin wants to know about the easiest way to host Nextcloud.

We're joined by Anna and Michael "Monty" Widenius, the people behind the MariaDB Foundation, who are here to help us unpack the challenges of the open source business, vendor lock-in, and owning your data through their unique lens — and experience.

From Andy's approach to problem-solving and guiding others to his personal values that give him direction, this episode is a must-listen for anyone interested in the intersection of technology, community, and personal growth.

In this episode, we explore how open source solutions are revolutionizing the way governments work, from collaboration and knowledge sharing to digital sovereignty and artificial intelligence. Sven shares the factors that influenced their decision to adopt open source solutions, their implementation strategies along the way, and lessons learned from the adoption of open source in Munich.

Edward Snowden's disclosures in 2013 were not only revelatory but also catalyzed a necessary discussion around mass surveillance and yet Constanze argues we've since lost momentum in this critical conversation. She expresses concern that, as the public has become increasingly complacent, the intelligence services have grown even more powerful and influential. We reflect on the changing landscape o...

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...

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 H...

With a rich history throughout the Linux and open source world - from KDE to openSUSE, GNOME and more - Jos' insights into the power of community make it clear why the Nextcloud community is an essential aspect of our vision. With so many key community projects getting integrated and supported fully into Nextcloud, the open source lifestyle runs deep in Nextclouders' culture. If you're curious abo...

Today's episode features a fireside chat with Nextcloud CEO and founder Frank Karlitschek, where we learn of the values and ideals that motivated the very idea of Nextcloud - how it all began and evolved into the World's leading open source content collaboration platform.

One of the most impressive Nextcloud deployments is certainly Deutsche Telekom's MagentaCLOUD: currently serving 2.2 million active users storing 3.5 billion files, and totaling a massive 7.2 petabytes of data!

Julien Veyssier shares his unique journey from prolific Nextcloud community contributor through joining the Nextcloud team as Software Engineer. We learn how his PhoneTrack app saved a user's family in an emergency, how the Nextcloud ecosystem is a rich canvas for app development, the philosophical differences between Open Source and Free Software, and explore the current state of the artificial i...

Your new host, Brent Gervais, had the opportunity to sit down together with Max Schrems - privacy lawyer and pioneer in the European data privacy movement - to explore some thoughts and ideas that stemmed from Max's keynote given at the Nextcloud Conference 2023. We explore the newly adopted Transatlantic Data Privacy Framework, it's implications and why we all need to care and pay attention. We a...

In this episode, Marius sits down with Tobias Knöppler and James Sundquist to dive into the world of NextcloudPi, a community-driven project that brings Nextcloud to single board computers like the Raspberry Pi and other boards. They discuss the ins and outs of the project, its impact on the Nextcloud community, and more.

Collaboration in Design: How Nextcloud's Design Team and Community Work Together

Nextcloud had a busy year to say the least. From events like the Nextcloud Conference to the Nextcloud Hub 3 release and more, 2022 holds many milestones and experiences for our users. In this exciting new episode, Marius talked with Frank about a variety of Nextcloud topics.

In this 16th episode, our host Ingo talked with Daphne Muller, the Support lead at Nextcloud. Daphne shared with us the interesting story that led her to Nextcloud, her well-known Tedx talk on privacy and much more!

Max & Jonas share the idea behind the Collectives app and Marie explains what Prototype Fund is, how can you apply and get your innovative Open source project funded!

Galina explains what ONLYOFFICE is with all its capabilities and functionalities, and the important advantages of ONLYOFFICE with millions of users worldwide in various sectors, from SMEs to large enterprises.

Matthieu covers interesting topics of Desktop Client such as Sync Client, how it works, and the new features like Virtual files, Speedup sync, E2E encryption, and more.

Find more about UX Design in general and Nimisha's experience as a designer at Nextcloud!

Learn more about what hosting.de is, how and why they chose Nextcloud, and the simple and quick steps of getting started with Nextcloud, either as a home or business user.

In this 10th episode, our host Ingo talked with Michael Meeks, Open Source developer and General Manager of Collabora Productivity, leading Collabora Online and Office products, supporting customers, and consulting on development alongside his team.

In this 9th-episode, our host Ingo talked with Marco Nöchel, the CEO, and engineer Thorsten Krüger from HKN GmbH, which is the biggest multi-region German Openstack Cloud, and Nextcloud silver partner.