I dont have an own server yet, nor know any other nice private servers.
I only know having shared folders among users of the same server. Federation would probably be that, controlled by permissions, for multiple servers.
Haha wanna cry a bit here. My Uni loves Microsoft BS, they actually have a License for all of use for all products, as well as chain us to stupid DRM software.
Now I asked them if they could offer OUR timetable not only as MS Exchange but plain old CalDAV, as Exchange is not supported by ANY FOSS software natively. Long story, end "use this weird app, it works trust me bro" and "no we wont support it".
I'm pretty sure BitTorrent is the protocol, and qBittorrent is a client which makes use of said protocol. The company responsible for the protocol does make their own client named BitTorrent though.
Same! Not to knock Mastdon, but I feel like I don’t get it in the same way I never got Twitter. Does that make sense? Somehow, microblogging doesn’t click for me.
Nextcloud as cloud storage (but app it's slow). I also use Lemmy because it is more like reddit than other social networks.
I don't like Mastodon because it has a lot of unusual features compared to traditional social networks.