3w ago

Software alternatives

Cross-post from /c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk https://lemmy.world/post/26364778

Credit to https://www.reddit.com/user/lukakopajtic/

There might be some changes that could improve it further:

~~Remove Brave~~
~~Maybe add Signal; It's easier than Element, but it's also centralized~~
Stop suggesting Linux Mint specifically
Recommend Hosted Nextcloud
~~Add GrapheneOS~~
Maybe add Delta chat
~~Maybe remove Bluesky~~
~~Remove Stremio and add Jellfyin (even though it's selfhosted and not a direct equivalent)~~
~~Add ente because Immich is selfhosted~~
~~Add aurora~~
~~Add SearxNG~~
Add SimpleX
Add lichess
Add pCloud

Any other suggestions?

Temporary improved version:

From	To	Compromise
X, Threads	Mastodon	Bluesky
Instagram	Pixelfed
YouTube	PeerTube	ReVanced (just blocks adds)
Reddit	Lemmy
Netlix, Disney+	🔨 Jellyfin
Google Meet, Zoom	Jitsi Meet
Google Docs	Etherpad
Google Search	🔨 SearxNG	Kagi, Ecosia
Google Drive	Nextcloud	pCloud, filen, Proton Drive
Google Photos, iCloud	Immich	Ente
Google Chrome	Librewolf, Firefox	Ungoogled-chromium
All messaging apps	Element (matrix)	Signal
Google Home, Amazon Alexa	Home Assistant
Play Store	F-droid, Aurora
Google Android, iOS	LineageOS, GrapheneOS
Windows, MacOS	Linux Mint

🔨 = Self-Hosted only (requires running a server)

Buy European @feddit.uk

qaz @lemmy.world

2mo ago

Software alternatives

7 comments

This works :)

How should I cross-post a page from another community properly?

Which app are you using? Some apps have a cross post button. If you're using the website (lemmy.ca), there should be a crosspost icon (two squares)

You can also do it manually fairly easily. Copy and paste the post body into your new post, and paste in a link to the original post. You can then use the quote formatting to make it identical to what you'd get by using the button.

I'll reply to this comment with the contents that come up when I hit cross post on that original post

The formatted text:

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/26364778

Credit to https://www.reddit.com/user/lukakopajtic/
There might be some changes that could improve it further:
~~Remove Brave~~
~~Maybe add Signal; It's easier than Element, but it's also centralized~~
Stop suggesting Linux Mint specifically
Recommend Hosted Nextcloud
~~Add GrapheneOS~~
Maybe add Delta chat
~~Maybe remove Bluesky~~
~~Remove Stremio and add Jellfyin (even though it's selfhosted and not a direct equivalent)~~
~~Add ente because Immich is selfhosted~~
~~Add aurora~~
~~Add SearxNG~~
Add SimpleX
Add lichess
Add pCloud
Any other suggestions?
Temporary improved version:
From To Compromise

X, Threads Mastodon Bluesky
Instagram Pixelfed
YouTube PeerTube ReVanced (just blocks adds)
Reddit Lemmy
Netlix, Disney+ 🔨 Jellyfin
Google Meet, Zoom Jitsi Meet
Google Docs Etherpad
Google Search 🔨 SearxNG Kagi, Ecosia
Google Drive Nextcloud pCloud, filen, Proton Drive
Google Photos, iCloud Immich Ente
Google Chrome Librewolf, Firefox Ungoogled-chromium
All messaging apps Element (matrix) Signal
Google Home, Amazon Alexa Home Assistant
Play Store F-droid, Aurora
Google Android, iOS LineageOS, GrapheneOS
Windows, MacOS Linux Mint
🔨 = Self-Hosted only (requires running a server)

If you’re using the website (lemmy.ca), there should be a crosspost icon (two squares)
I see why I was stuck here. I was using https://lemmy.world/post/26364778 and I can't see the two squares button.
If I go to the cached version, https://lemmy.ca/post/40107104 I can see the crosspost button and it seems to work.
I copied the source code to my post, but it didn't show the count of comments in feddit.uk
I'd plan to repost it with crosspost, and then delete this post. Is this a good idea?
Thank you
- I wrote up a detailed explanation to respond to each question, but in short, making a new post would be simplest. If you want to play around with it, you can try editing this post further since it is possible to make it identical to what you'd get by pressing the button.
  I see why I was stuck here. I was using https://lemmy.world/post/26364778 and I can't see the two squares button.
  Yes, each instance is a separate "website", managed by a separate team. Login details aren't shared between instances with Lemmy.
  This article has a diagram of how it works:
  https://fedecan.ca/en/guide/lemmy/for-users/detailed-overview#where-are-the-communities
  One confusing aspect is that the post ID (the numbers after /post/) is also different, since each instance manages the number separately. So on lemmy.ca, the original post has an ID of 40107104, while lemmy.world assigned a different ID to the post. There are discussions about changing that in a future version of Lemmy, but for now you will need to know the correct URL for the post.
  If you don't have the local post link, you can find it by copy pasting the original link (https://lemmy.world/post/26364778) into the search on lemmy.ca
  I copied the source code to my post, but it didn't show the count of comments in feddit.uk
  This is also normal. A crosspost behaves like a regular new post, and there isn't any hidden information, only the contents that you can edit.
  Some apps and interfaces try to identify crossposts, but they do this by comparing the text in the title/link/post body.
  Here is a test post I made using the crosspost button, to compare what it looks like:
  Your post: https://lemmy.ca/post/42908711/
  My crosspost: https://lemmy.ca/post/42945464
  As you can see, my post also doesn't show any additional information on the official web interface.
  Meanwhile if you look at the same posts on the Photon theme/interface:
  Your post: https://photon.lemmy.ca/post/42908711
  My crosspost: https://photon.lemmy.ca/post42945464
  My crosspost shows the extra information, while your post currently does not. I think it's because the original post had an image link while your post doesn't. Easiest would be to make a new post by using the crosspost button. If you want, you can also crosspost it (to !test@lemmy.ca for example) and then press edit to see what is different.
  Let me know if anything is unclear, I'm happy to clarify further! I'll see about making an explanation article about this, since other people might be wondering about it as well.
  
  Thank you so much for your explanation. I think I found the reason.
  Lemmy is using the URL as the unique key to determine cross-post or not. When clicking the cross-post button, the shared URL is
  https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/d4dbfc4f-d927-4879-9eed-0c8be63f0fc9.webp
  However, when I created this post manually, I used the link to the discussion
  https://lemmy.world/post/26364778
  Now I edited my post with the webp link, and lemmy.ca is considering my post to be crossposted from the feddit.uk post, and also crossposted of !test@lemmy.ca
  As the readers of this post can access the original post now, I think there is no need to create a new post.
  Thanks again!
  
  No problem, happy it worked out!
  I'll delete the test post now

The raw text that you'd paste in:

    
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/26364778

> Credit to https://www.reddit.com/user/lukakopajtic/
> 
> There might be some changes that could improve it further:
> - ~~Remove Brave~~
> - ~~Maybe add Signal; It's easier than Element, but it's also centralized~~
> - Stop suggesting Linux Mint specifically
> - Recommend Hosted Nextcloud
> - ~~Add GrapheneOS~~
> - Maybe add Delta chat
> - ~~Maybe remove Bluesky~~
> - ~~Remove Stremio and add Jellfyin (even though it's selfhosted and not a direct equivalent)~~
> - ~~Add ente because Immich is selfhosted~~
> - ~~Add aurora~~
> - ~~Add SearxNG~~
> - Add SimpleX
> - Add lichess
> - Add pCloud
> 
> Any other suggestions?
> 
> Temporary improved version:
> 
> | From | To | Compromise |
> | - | - | - |
> | X, Threads | Mastodon | Bluesky |
> | Instagram | Pixelfed | |
> | YouTube | PeerTube | ReVanced (just blocks adds) |
> | Reddit | Lemmy | |
> | Netlix, Disney+ | 🔨 Jellyfin | |
> | Google Meet, Zoom | Jitsi Meet | |
> | Google Docs | Etherpad | |
> | Google Search | 🔨 SearxNG | Kagi, Ecosia |
> | Google Drive | Nextcloud | pCloud, filen, Proton Drive |
> | Google Photos, iCloud | Immich | Ente |
> | Google Chrome | Librewolf, Firefox | Ungoogled-chromium |
> | All messaging apps | Element (matrix) | Signal |
> | Google Home, Amazon Alexa | Home Assistant | |
> | Play Store | F-droid, Aurora | |
> | Google Android, iOS | LineageOS, GrapheneOS | |
> | Windows, MacOS | Linux Mint | |
> 
> 🔨 = Self-Hosted only (requires running a server)

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