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I never imagined the original post would go so viral and be seen by +6M people. But I guess it shows thereโ€™s real momentum โ€” and the perfect time to finally escape big techโ€™s grip.

I went through hundreds of reposts of the image and took in feedback from community comments. Iโ€™ve replaced USA-centralized apps like Brave and Bluesky with more open alternatives, and added self-hosting indicators.

As many of you recommended, Iโ€™ve also created an online version with descriptions that we can constantly update and improve.

Drop a comment if you have suggestions for a better alternative, improved description, or a feature for the site. Let's break free together!

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Any European email provider who provides free tier and allows more than one personal account, just like Gmail? No problem for me if the amount of free storage is low.

[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

IMO Gmail -> Thunderbird is a bit flawed since you'd still need a service provider. It could be Thunderbird + Posteo / others (please no ProtonMail).

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ever tried Tutanota or Disroot ?

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

No, I haven't tried Tutanota because I can't use a client I want. I decided PGP encryption is something I can do client side anyway on the rare case I want it.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What is wrong with Protonmail?

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Nice, but highlighting a particular Linux distro might not be great. I see the point in minimizing amount of choices, but many people may not like default Mint experience.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

It's debatable, there's no perfect answer. As a dev I am always on arch and never tried once mint. Every opinions I read the last 5 years says that mint is solid and very friendly to windows users. I can live with such a recommendation in a cheat sheet for unaware people.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Also controversial. Just leave Linux, and it would be useful to have a page outlining major newbie distros

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Zorin, LinuxMint & PopOS are newbie-distros

Or would you rather have OpenSUSE ?

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

All are fine. Also, Manjaro if you're feeling adventurous.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I agree. At least suggest both Mint and Ubuntu. I recently started using Linux just a couple of weeks ago. Started with Mint and I hated it! Then I moved on to Ubuntu and itโ€™s way better for my taste.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

For me it was Manjaro that helped me switch over, and now I'm on Fedora. Didn't like Mint either.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Its a bit odd to suggest Nextcloud for Google Drive but then leave it off the replacement list for photos and Docs. Use the Memories App in Nextcloud ans add Collabora and you have those features in Nextcloud too. News app = Google Reader, RePod+AntennaPod = Google Podcasts, Nextcloud Talk instead of Google Meet and Zoom. (just add cloud hosted stun/tun server for performance video chat when hosting from home.)

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