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Share your alternative stack ... 321GO!
- Online discussion: Lemmy
- Private messaging: Signal
- Music: Direct purchase/download
- OS: Any linux flavour
- Mobile OS: Unfortunately needs a little more time...
Android is fine, just not the default versions. Using lineage or graphene os is barely a difference from stock os, but significantly more private.
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.
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.
VLC for FLACs
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
Greater than?
I think he's using it as an arrow. Like "are you using X? ➡️ Use Y instead"
lol, maybe -> would've come across better
definitely not greater than
Your greater than symbols being the wrong way around made this far more confusing than it needed to be
I think they were just going for "arrows"
Yeah they need the dash. ->
Revolt is a great discord alternative. It's pretty much the same exact thing except open source and the nitro perks are free.
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!
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