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Open source alternative to Google and Microsoft cloud collaboration tools

Like the idea of having a cloud office suite, but not crazy about being locked into Microsoft Office 365 or Google Docs software-as-a-service (SaaS) ? Two open-source companies, ownCloud and Kolab Systems, are working on enabling an office suite for your own private cloud.

Kolab, like ownCloud, is using Collabora’s cloud version of the open-source LibreOfficeoffice suite, Collabora CloudSuite. The desktop version of LibreOffice is my favorite office suite.

A cloud office suite alternative to Microsoft and Google – CSC Blogs http://blogs.csc.com/2016/02/02/a-cloud-office-suite-alternative-to-microsoft-and-google/

Soon these tools will ready to go and we can finally have real control over out data.

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Tips for locking down your data and protecting your privacy on the Internet

Your online privacy is only as strong as the weakest link in the chain consisting of you, your ISP, and the places you visit on the Internet.

Source: Tips for locking down data and protecting privacy | Opensource.com

The article recommends you run your own server in your house to have the best control over your data. With a server you can control email and run your own secure storage cloud. Not a bad idea.

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Docassemble is an expert system for guided interviews and doc assembly

docassemble is a free, open-source expert system for guided interviews and document assembly. It provides a web site that conducts “interviews” with users. Based on the information gathered, the interviews can present users with documents in PDF and RTF format, which users can download or e-mail to themselves.

Docassemble – http://docs.docassemble.org/

Built in Python. Open source, on Github at https://github.com/jhpyle/docassemble

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The 2015 Open Source Yearbook from Opensource.com

The 2015 Open Source Yearbook is a community-contributed collection of the year’s top open source projects, people, tools, and stories. New articles are added as they are published here.

— 2015 Open Source Yearbook https://opensource.com/yearbook/2015

The yearbook highlights the best of open source in 2015 including hardware, software, and resources that made 2015 a great year for open source. There are 22 entries covering everything from the raspberry pi to Drupal to free ebooks.