Ready to move away from Big Tech?

[wildente@social.vivaldi.net]

@jon any recommendations for messengers? I guess Signal (non-profit, free & open source) would be recommended?

I admit that I stick to WhatsApp because most people I exchange messages with use it, and on the desktop I can just add it to Vivaldi as a web panel - this isn't possible with Signal as they don't have a web client.

[jon@social.vivaldi.net]

@WildEnte , sorry, no recommendation there. I prefer mail myself.

[themadhatter@mastodon.social]

@jon

Browser : Chromium/Firefox.
Mail client : Thunderbird
Mail service : self-hosted (Mailcow).
Office software : Collabora (selfhosted).
Video conference : OpenTalk (selfhosted)
Desktop OS : Linux.
Social : Mastodon and the Fediverse in general.
Messenger : Matrix/Element (selfhosted)
Projektmanagement : OpenProject (selfhosted)
Cloud : Nextcloud (selfhosted)
VPN : WireGuard (selfhosted)
Etc. Etc.
Everything selfhosted in data centers running on 100% decentralized produced renewables

[jon@social.vivaldi.net]

@themadhatter

Very impressive. Obviously I would have liked you to use Vivaldi, but I am impressed.

[doctacosa@social.vivaldi.net]

@jon I've been meaning to make a blog post listing what I use. I have a habit of never going for the big #1 option, so it could be interesting to list it all and maybe compare with others. I should get on that!

[jeffc1956@mastodon.social]

@jon who can you suggest as a search engine, besides google, bing, and duckduck? I too build a FOSS browser and I'm in the process of adding search engine choices.

[jon@social.vivaldi.net]

@JeffC1956

There are a number of good choices out there. Startpage, Ecosia and Qwant come to mind. Mojeek and Kagi as well.

[ayespy@social.vivaldi.net]

@jon @WildEnte I'm with you in that regard. Text on phone is fairly handy, but it can be hard to find and access old messages. It's almost like it has no memory. On phone, in-the minute, text is fine. On desktop, mail is infinitely preferable. In fact, if a client keeps texting me, I tell them to stop doing that, and email me instead.

[obiwan2208@social.vivaldi.net]

@jon
1. Vivaldi
2. Protonmail and Vivaldi. AquaMail in Android.
3. Protonmail and Vivaldi
4. MS Office (evaluating switch)
5. N/A
6. Desktop: W10 PRO / Laptop: Linux Mint
7. #VivaldiSocial , BlueSky and Reddit.

In addition,
My video platform is #Vimeo, although I keep in touch with YT videos via #FreeTube (no login required, Invidious servers).

My mobile has #GrapheneOS w/out GApps.
My 2nd mobile (testing purposes) has #LineageOS w/out GApps.

For Calendar I use #OneCalendar which handle CalDAV directly, #betterprivacy 'cause doesn't use phone calendar. And Contacts are synced via #DAVx5.
App updates are done via #Obtainium and #Aurora.

I erased my Google account on 7th January
I erased my Twitter accounts
I erased my Whatsapp account
I erased my Facebook account

As far you see my hand doesn't tremble with #BigTech, Cap'n

[clear2ooo@social.vivaldi.net]

@jon agreed about linux. although the ongoing talk about "systemd" and "wayland". and other things make me sick to the stomach. although i tried linux mint a short time ago. found out spirallinux cinnamon is still better.

[gorgecorps@pdx.social]

@jon search engine?

[jon@social.vivaldi.net]

@GorgeCorps

There are some good choices there: DuckDuckGo, Startpage, Ecosia and Qwant come to mind. Kagi and Mojeek as well.