It is so convenient and free. ( discuss.tchncs.de )

CowsLookLikeMaps , 4 months ago

Share your alternative stack ... 321GO!

atmur , 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago)

Google -> DuckDuckGo, sometimes fall back to Startpage if DDG has bad results

Discord -> I use Discord, but incredibly rarely. Haven't bothered finding an alternative

Windows -> Linux, obviously

Whats App -> Signal

iCloud -> Selfhosted storage + Proton Drive

I don't want anything like TikTok, Instagram, or the rest of them, so I don't use those or their alternatives.

Edit: arrows

ZeroTwo , 4 months ago

Revolt is a great discord alternative. It's pretty much the same exact thing except open source and the nitro perks are free.

danc4498 , 4 months ago

Greater than?

atmur , 4 months ago

lol, maybe -> would've come across better

definitely not greater than

sillypuddy , 4 months ago

I think he's using it as an arrow. Like "are you using X? ➡️ Use Y instead"

AFallingAnvil , 4 months ago

Your greater than symbols being the wrong way around made this far more confusing than it needed to be

swab148 , 4 months ago

I think they were just going for "arrows"

riquisimo , 4 months ago

Yeah they need the dash.
->

Fluid , 4 months ago

• Online discussion: Lemmy
• Private messaging: Signal
• Music: Direct purchase/download
• OS: Any linux flavour
• Mobile OS: Unfortunately needs a little more time...

cyberpunk007 , 4 months ago

My exact choices. I want to love the open source phone options but... Corporations have embraced android and iPhone. I worry about road blocks with things like duo and apps that don't permit install on rooted things etc.

Zenchyi , 4 months ago

Android is fine, just not the default versions. Using lineage or graphene os is barely a difference from stock os, but significantly more private.

PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S , 4 months ago

Reddit --> Lemmy

Facebook --> fucking nothing lmao

YouTube --> FreeTube + Invidious [1]

Windows --> Debian [2] with KDE Plasma

Word --> LyX

Microsoft Office --> LibreOffice

Built-in phone music player --> Odyssey [3]

Firefox --> LibreWolf [4]

Adobe Reader --> Okular + Librera on Android

Default phone launcher --> KISS Launcher

[1] I prefer FreeTube on computers where I have it installed, but one of my family's jank 10-year-old work PCs can't handle it, so I'll typically watch videos in Invidious in LibreWolf on that computer.

[2] I can't recommend Debian for absolutely everyone since it prioritizes stability and predictability over new features and ease of use, but it's great for most of my use cases. I typically recommend Linux Mint for complete beginners.

[3] It handles extremely large music libraries (>100 GB of .mp3 files) without constantly taking forever to reload when I add a single new album.

[4] Firefox is pretty good and FOSS, but LibreWolf comes with better defaults and I'm a lazy fucker.

pewgar_seemsimandroid , 4 months ago

VLC for FLACs

evanstucker , 4 months ago

https://prism-break.org/

https://privacyguides.org/

Arch Linux instead of Windows or MacOS

GrapheneOS instead of stock Android or IOS

Mastodon instead of Twitter/X

Matrix instead of Slack

Lemmy instead of Reddit

Signal instead of phone, texting, and video chat

Jitsi instead of Zoom

Nextcloud instead of Google Contacts, Calendar, and Drive

Protonmail with custom domain instead of Gmail

Jellyfin instead of Spotify, but I still use Spotify... :(

Pixelfed instead of Instagram, but its still lacking content and useable mobile apps.

Haven't escaped YouTube yet, but meaning to browse Peertube more.

I've been a Linux-only gamer for years too, thanks to Proton, Vulcan, Lutris, etc. Still waiting for good VR though.

FOSS or GTFO!

PoolloverNathan , 4 months ago (edited 3 months ago)

OS: NixOS unstable (flaked)
WM, DE: KDE Plasma
Massaging: Varies
Don't really watch many videos / listen to music
Editor: Neovim
Programming language: Varies, mostly Nix + Rust
Browser: Firefox
Phone launcher: Niagara