Collaboration Tools ?

[asearle]

Hi Everyone,

I know that this is a bit off-topic (not directly Ubuntu-related) but I am looking for an on-line collatoration portal or tool (like Google-office but definitely NOT Google-office) where we (a small group of researchers using both Linux and Windows systems) can share information and documents.

This could either be a generic tool (on-line editing) or something like Sharepoint (but not Microsoft) or, even better, something based on Open/Libre-Office.

Many thanks for any tips that you can give me.

Yours,
Alan Searle
Cologne Germany

[Frogs Hair]

There is 2GB storage limitation on the free version of Team Drive .

http://www.teamdrive.com/addons.html

[tgalati4]

You could set up owncloud on a server that you own and set up a web address so that several folks can interact with it. You could set up a simple Ubuntu server with LibreOffice and run ssh clients with X-forwarding. Windows users would need to install X-Windows clients. Performance is not great, but may be acceptable.

You would need to define collaboration in detail, because there are a lot of aspects that need addressing. Some tools work better than others.

Other tools to consider:

Evernote pro account (gives you shared access)
GoogleDocs (which can be painful to use)
Email documents back and forth
git/bazaar/svn version tracker
trac/redmine--trouble-ticket system
http://getontracks.org
BaseCamp and other cloud-based collaboration services
Any service from: https://bitnami.com/stacks It's helpful because you can read about the service and see screenshots.

Your actual collaboration effort will probably result in using 2 or 3 tools because no one tool will satisfy all of your needs--unless you write it. Then you will name it YACT--Yet Another Collaboration Tool or NACT--Not Another Collaboration Tool.

OneNote is a nice notetaker, but I don't think it does Web-based collaboration.

Search for "collaboration" in this website. http://www.43folders.com/
There's a few podcasts concerning collaboration in writing books (I can't find them at the moment). http://www.degconsulting.net/resources
Several podcasts that deal with personal productivity, but are related to collaboration: http://www.gtdvsg.com/podcasts/2013/...em-or-two.html

That will keep you busy for a few weeks.

[asearle]

Many thanks for these suggestions and the detail of the explanation.

I will give Team-Drive a go as that may be enough for what we have in mind. But it is good to have other options in reserve.

I'll give feedback once I we have something running.

Once again: Many thanks.

Yours,
Alan Searle
Cologne, Germany

[asearle]

Hi Everyone,

The recommendation to use TeamDrive and Open/Libre- Office for our collaboration tasks sounds perfect so now I am investigating the install.

The install file has the following format ...

Install-TeamDrive-3.2.1.809_TMDR.run

... but my Ubuntu (14.04) doesn't seem to know what to do with this file.

I clicked on posible files and PyPar2 was suggested. This apparently ran through an install process and created a string of .par2 files (python I think) but I am still not sure what to do with these.

Any tips on how to handle/install with a .run file?

Many thanks,
Alan Searle
Cologne

[Habitual]

open a terminal and run

sudo sh /path/to/Install-TeamDrive-3.2.1.809_TMDR.run

[Brian_Wenzky]

Hi you may evaluate LogicalDOC - http://www.logicaldoc.com
It is integrated with LibreOffice through a very solid support to the CMIS protocol.
This allows you to automate the versioning and coordinate your team.

Apart of this, LogicalDOC also offers workflows and email alerts.