• pantherina@feddit.orgEnglish
    2·
    2 days ago

    Some really weird suggestions.

    Free Software does not have a country of origin.

    • NixOS, uBlue, AerynOS poorly all rely on Github (Microsoft), but are far better distros than Ubuntu or Mint
    • Librewolf is better than Waterfox and way more common
    • Ecosia uses Bing, Kagi uses Yandex and is shady. Metager, SearX, Swisscows and more are actually good
    • Android, iOS -> GrapheneOS. No iodeOS, they are insecure and not comparable. Same for Fairphone and /e/OS. GrapheneOS is free software but also mainly in the US
    • MischievousGT@feddit.orgEnglish
      1·
      17 hours ago

      Can you ellaborate the Linux Distros? I’m considering switching from Windows to Linux and currently informing myself about the different distros. Why are they better than Mint and Ubuntu or what is wrong with them?

    • Hichiro@jlai.luEnglish
      1·
      1 day ago

      sometime it’s better, for example signal is more popular as an alternative and value more privacy. But if you want to go a step further then you can go use less popular tools.

      I didn’t switch yet because I don’t own replace messenger and whatsapp by 3-4 new product…

  • Shtef@feddit.orgEnglish
    3·
    2 days ago

    I think federated vs cetralised should be a classification for social media platforms

  • pyre@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    3 days ago

    the legend is incomplete. what’s red? what’s the globe icon? how come some products marked not majority EU owned have the EU flag?

    • Rowan Thorpe@lemmy.mlEnglish
      2·
      3 days ago

      I will try to answer these, and hope someone corrects any potential innaccuracy:

      what’s red?

      There is a comment there saying “see deep-dive for details” so the red-highlight caveat is likely explained there.

      what’s the globe icon?

      My assumption is that icon just indicates Free/Open-Source projects which have no “owning company” (not “based” anywhere), just globally scattered contributors.

      how come some products marked not majority EU owned have the EU flag?

      My guess (merely a guess) is that those are run by EU-based companies, but which don’t have a solid policy guaranteeing “majority of shareholders are in the EU” (…?)

    • thesdev@feddit.orgEnglish
      1·
      2 days ago

      how come some products marked not majority EU owned have the EU flag?

      The EU flag is used here for the whole Europe (see the top-right corner), but “not majority EU owned” is specifically looking at the EU, which is very confusing. So Vivaldi being Norwegian and Canonical being British stick out.

  • Snoopy@piefed.socialEnglish
    9·
    3 days ago

    I think the hardest part are mobile OS 😔
    Beside : eOS, sailfish and postmarket we have a long way…

  • Undertaker@feddit.orgEnglish
    21·
    2 days ago

    The incomplete guide…
    Cryptpad, ONLYOFFICE, Fennec, Mullvad Browser, Librewolf, Thunderbird, FairEmail, SimpleX, Lemmy, Peertube

    Bluesky? Wtf

  • Eclippsiss@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    2 days ago

    I cannot recommend Internxt their software and servers are buggy.

    The desktop app (on Linux at least) would give lots of errors and refuse to upload files. In addition some uploaded files were corrupted when trying to download them.

    I like their idea and philosophy but at the moment their excecution is quite poor making the product unrealiable.

  • wanderColossus@lemmy.ptEnglish
    7·
    4 days ago

    Isn’t Waterfox quite slow on the updates?

    I’ve been using LibreWolf, but I’ve been meaning to try out Zen

  • ladicius@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    3 days ago

    Great guide, thanks! Will start converting (where not already through with it).

    Maybe someone can help with this topic: Is there any EU-based live map service (including traffic jams and road work and the likes)? I already use OSM but that doesn’t (can’t by design as far as I know) include live information.