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Now, onto my list: 1. Search - Searx (self-hosted) meta-search engine https://searx.github.io/searx/ 2. Browser - Firefox Let's keep the web open,
by Yetanfou 6y ago
Now, onto my list:
1. Search - Searx (self-hosted)
meta-search engine
https://searx.github.io/searx/
2. Browser - Firefox
Let's keep the web open, don't support the rendering engine monoculture
3. Mail - Exim (self-hosted)
Keep your own data in your own hands, where they belong
4. Cloud drive - Nextcloud (self-hosted)
Keep your own data in your own hands, where they belong
5. Desktop OS - Debian "unstable"
Install once, upgrade "forever"
6. Mobile OS - LineageOS
Google-free, no "gapps", still supports nearly all Android "apps"
7. Maps - OSM hosted on Nextcloud (self-hosted)
Why tell external companies where you are and where you are going?
8. Phone - Nextcloud Talk (self-hosted)
Why tell external companies who you communicate with?
9. Docs - Libreoffice & Libreoffice Online (self-hosted)
Keep your own data in your own hands, where they belong
10. Spreadsheets - Libreoffice & Libreoffice Online (self-hosted)
Keep your own data in your own hands, where they belong
11. Photos - experimenting with Pixelfed (self-hosted), before that I used Trovebox (self-hosted)
Keep your own data in your own hands, where they belong
12. Calendar - Nextcloud (self-hosted)
Keep your own data in your own hands, where they belong
13. Passwords - homebuilt password generator + my head
Generates complex passwords based on a master password, a seed and some target-related data (domain, address, etc)
14. Videos - Peertube (self-hosted)
Keep your own data in your own hands, where they belong
15. Authentication - ... (using Kerberos locally)
16. Blogging - not doing that
17. Meetings - Jitsi Meet
Why tell external companies who you communicate with?
18. Ads - be gone you foul creature, repent!
19. Flights - ...
20. Web Analytics - ...
21. Payments - ...
22. Music - Airsonic (self-hosted), MPD (self-hosted), experimented with Funkwhale (self-hosted)
Keep your own data in your own hands, where they belong
23. App store - F-Droid, Aurora Store
You might notice the main defining characteristic of my "Google alternatives" is that they tend to be self-hosted. This keeps others from mining your data, protects you from censorship and gives you far more flexibility,