cross-posted from: https://reddthat.com/post/76492244

Degoogle setup part 3

Previous part: https://vger.to/lemmy.world/post/54095201

(Changelog at the bottom)

Universal prefernces:

1. Lightweight
2. FOSS
3. Resource-effeciency
4. No or human-checked vibecoding

Nice-to-have but non-garenteed features:

1. Eco-friendly (by using the money for environmental purposes DIRECTLY)
2. Decentralized
3. Complete independence from original service. Use frontend or client if possible
4. Self-hostable
5. Offline-capable
6. Not hosted on Github (eww Microslop product)
7. Hardware sustainability

Avoiding alternative software developers (or companies/cooperations):

• Proton
• Mullvad
• Tuta
• Mozzila
• Signal
• FUTO

De-Boogle

Boogle Search:

1. SearxNG
2. Marginalia
3. YaCy

Boogle Chrome:

1. FREE Browser (Obscure)
2. Librewolf
3. Tor Browser

Boogle Mail:

• Service provider - Custom domain, Thundermail
• Client:

1. FairEmail
2. TutaNota
3. Thunderbird

Boogle Maps:

• Modified PWA - Gmaps WV
• Map data - OpenStreetMaps
• Public transportation data - Transitious
• Navigation client - CoMaps

Boogle Gemini:

1. Duck.ai
2. Ollama

Boogle Play:

• Repo:

1. F-Droid
2. IzzyOnDroid
3. Obtainium

• Client - Aurora Store
• Client for repos:

1. Droid-ify
2. ObtainX

YouTube:

• Platform:

1. PeerTube
2. Odysee

• Frontend - Invidious
• Frontend instance:

1. materialio.us
2. ytchocolatemoo.com
3. Self-hosted

• Client:

1. FreeTube
2. PlasmaTube

Boogle messages:

2. Fossify Messager
3. NovaDial

Boogle My Files:

1. Fossify File Manager

VirusTotal

1. Veto
2. Hypatia

Android - GrapeheneOS

Android Auto - Phone stand for car

De-Microslop

Windows:

1. CachyOS
2. Linux Mint

Office (or "Microslop Copilot 365"):

1. MA Office
2. LibreOffice
3. OnlyOffice

De-Meta

Facebook and instagram:

• Platform - Mastodon
• Client for platform - Smither

WhatsApp - SimpleX Chat

De-ByteDance:

TikTok - Loops

CapCut:

1. LibreCuts
2. Kdenlive
3. Shotcut

Hypic (photo editor):

1. Pocket Paint
2. Pinta
3. Inkscape
4. GIMP

Gaming

• Minecraft:

1. Luanti + Mineclonia
2. Cubys

• Universe Sandbox - Cosmogon

• Space Engine - Celestia

• Territorial.io - OpenFront

• Tetris - Block Drop

• Wordle - Code Word

• Friday Night Funkin - Etterna

• Geoguessr - GeoGuessLite

General internet:

Domain name system:

1. Adguard DNS
2. NextDNS
3. Quad9

Network tunnels:

1. Manual Wireguard VPN tunnel
2. Manual OpenVPN tunnel
3. Tor Network

Proxy:

1. HTTPS Proxy
2. SOCKS5 Proxy
3. Orbot

(not really related for De-googling or opensource but mpreso for de-bloating) File types and codecs (wheneber possible):

.png/.JPEG:

1. .webp
2. jxl

.exc:

1. .ods

.mp4:

1. .webm
2. .VP9

.mp3:

1. .OPUS
2. .m4a

Other:

Reddit:

• Platform - Lemmy
• Platform instance - reddthat.com
• Platform client - Voyager
• Frontend - Redlib
• Frontend instance:

1. saferreddit.com
2. self-hosted

SearxNG search rssult sources:

1. DuckDuckGo
2. Brave
3. Qwant
4. StartPage
5. Ecosia
6. Mojeek
7. GOOD

Github:

• Repo:

1. Gitlab
2. Codeberg

• Frontend - Gothub (no chosen instance yet)
• Client - Octolab (Gitlab-only)

New additions:

1. Privacy Flip
2. Shizuku
3. Canta
4. EnforceDoze
5. SaverTuner
6. Wine
7. Virtual Box
8. Librefind
9. sustysubs.net
10. Yagni Launcher
11. LTE Cleaner
12. SquirrelDisk

Main sources of help:

1. YouTube videos and comments
2. Lemmy comments and posts
3. Reddit comments and posts
4. sustysubs.net
5. Librefind
6. Possibly PeerTube in the future

Useless reccomendations for me:

• Termux

On the sidelines of comsideration:

• WizeStream (NewPipe fork)
• Flow (YouTube client)
• Skylib (Bluesky frontend, unlikely to actaully use)
• YT-dlp

Could use reccomendations for:

• Linux file manager
• Linux non-cloud-based photo gallery
• Linux malware scanner
• Long-term Linux distro if I find my beginner-friendly distros a bit pale in the future

Remaining questions:

• If you tested or use QubesOS, how's the experience?
• Do you use a non-Linux-based FOSS operating system (like ReactOS)? If so, how's the experience?
• If you used SailfishOS, PostMarketOS (or NuraOS) alongside GrapheneOS in your lufe, how's the experience?
• Any alternatives I missed?
• Any other software categories I missed?
• Any other new additions that I missed?

Changelog (NOT TOO IMPORTANT):

(Somewhat) Important changes

• Added "No or human-checked vibecoding" to Universal preferences
• Added "Not hosted on Github" and "Hardware sustainability" to "Nice-to-have but non garanteed features"
• Added note to "Eco-friendly" (Nice-to-have but non-garanteed featueres)
• Added "Signal" to "Avoiding alternative software developers"
• Replaced "Posteo" with "TutaNota" in Email clients
• Added "Public transportation data" with "Transitious" as the service
• Added "Odysee" as a new altermative platform to YouTube
• Replaced "Nobara" with "Linux Mint" as an alternative to Windows
• Added "Shotcut" as an alternative to CapCut
• Replaced "Galaxy Engine" with "Cosmogon" as an alternative to Universe Sandbox
• Added "Geoguessr" with "GeoguessLite" as the alternative
• Added "reddthat.com" as Lemmy instance
• Added "Voyager" as Lemmy client
• Added "SearxNG search results sources" with DuckDuckGo, Brave, Startpage, Qwant, Ecosia, Mojeek and GOOD
• Added "Octolab" as Gitlab client
• Added "Squirreldisk" as a new addition
• Added "Main sources of help" with YouTube, Lemmy, Reddit, sustysubs.net, Librefind, and PeerTube
• Added "YT-dlp" on the sidelines of consideration
• Added "Linux malware scanner" to "Could use reccomendations for
• Asked about the SailfishOS and PostmarketOS (or NuraOS) experience

Changes you might notbcare about:

• Added changelog
• Added link to the previous part
• Added thumnail
• Updated format

Previous part: https://vger.to/lemmy.world/post/54095201

(Changelog at the bottom)

Universal prefernces:

1. Lightweight
2. FOSS
3. Resource-effeciency
4. No or human-checked vibecoding

Nice-to-have but non-garenteed features:

1. Eco-friendly (by using the money for environmental purposes DIRECTLY)
2. Decentralized
3. Complete independence from original service. Use frontend or client if possible
4. Self-hostable
5. Offline-capable
6. Not hosted on Github (eww Microslop product)
7. Hardware sustainability

Avoiding alternative software developers (or companies/cooperations):

• Proton
• Mullvad
• Tuta
• Mozzila
• Signal
• FUTO

De-Boogle

Boogle Search:

1. SearxNG
2. Marginalia
3. YaCy

Boogle Chrome:

1. FREE Browser (Obscure)
2. Librewolf
3. Tor Browser

Boogle Mail:

• Service provider - Custom domain, Thundermail
• Client:

1. FairEmail
2. TutaNota
3. Thunderbird

Boogle Maps:

• Modified PWA - Gmaps WV
• Map data - OpenStreetMaps
• Public transportation data - Transitious
• Navigation client - CoMaps

Boogle Gemini:

1. Duck.ai
2. Ollama

Boogle Play:

• Repo:

1. F-Droid
2. IzzyOnDroid
3. Obtainium

• Client - Aurora Store
• Client for repos:

1. Droid-ify
2. ObtainX

YouTube:

• Platform:

1. PeerTube
2. Odysee

• Frontend - Invidious
• Frontend instance:

1. materialio.us
2. ytchocolatemoo.com
3. Self-hosted

• Client:

1. FreeTube
2. PlasmaTube

Boogle messages:

2. Fossify Messager
3. NovaDial

Boogle My Files:

1. Fossify File Manager

VirusTotal

1. Veto
2. Hypatia

Android - GrapeheneOS

Android Auto - Phone stand for car

De-Microslop

Windows:

1. CachyOS
2. Linux Mint

Office (or "Microslop Copilot 365"):

1. MA Office
2. LibreOffice
3. OnlyOffice

De-Meta

Facebook and instagram:

• Platform - Mastodon
• Client for platform - Smither

WhatsApp - SimpleX Chat

De-ByteDance:

TikTok - Loops

CapCut:

1. LibreCuts
2. Kdenlive
3. Shotcut

Hypic (photo editor):

1. Pocket Paint
2. Pinta
3. Inkscape
4. GIMP

Gaming

• Minecraft:

1. Luanti + Mineclonia
2. Cubys

• Universe Sandbox - Cosmogon

• Space Engine - Celestia

• Territorial.io - OpenFront

• Tetris - Block Drop

• Wordle - Code Word

• Friday Night Funkin - Etterna

• Geoguessr - GeoGuessLite

General internet:

Domain name system:

1. Adguard DNS
2. NextDNS
3. Quad9

Network tunnels:

1. Manual Wireguard VPN tunnel
2. Manual OpenVPN tunnel
3. Tor Network

Proxy:

1. HTTPS Proxy
2. SOCKS5 Proxy
3. Orbot

(not really related for De-googling or opensource but mpreso for de-bloating) File types and codecs (wheneber possible):

.png/.JPEG:

1. .webp
2. jxl

.exc:

1. .ods

.mp4:

1. .webm
2. .VP9

.mp3:

1. .OPUS
2. .m4a

Other:

Reddit:

• Platform - Lemmy
• Platform instance - reddthat.com
• Platform client - Voyager
• Frontend - Redlib
• Frontend instance:

1. saferreddit.com
2. self-hosted

SearxNG search rssult sources:

1. DuckDuckGo
2. Brave
3. Qwant
4. StartPage
5. Ecosia
6. Mojeek
7. GOOD

Github:

• Repo:

1. Gitlab
2. Codeberg

• Frontend - Gothub (no chosen instance yet)
• Client - Octolab (Gitlab-only)

New additions:

1. Privacy Flip
2. Shizuku
3. Canta
4. EnforceDoze
5. SaverTuner
6. Wine
7. Virtual Box
8. Librefind
9. sustysubs.net
10. Yagni Launcher
11. LTE Cleaner
12. SquirrelDisk

Main sources of help:

1. YouTube videos and comments
2. Lemmy comments and posts
3. Reddit comments and posts
4. sustysubs.net
5. Librefind
6. Possibly PeerTube in the future

Useless reccomendations for me:

• Termux

On the sidelines of comsideration:

• WizeStream (NewPipe fork)
• Flow (YouTube client)
• Skylib (Bluesky frontend, unlikely to actaully use)
• YT-dlp

Could use reccomendations for:

• Linux file manager
• Linux non-cloud-based photo gallery
• Linux malware scanner
• Long-term Linux distro if I find my beginner-friendly distros a bit pale in the future

Remaining questions:

• If you tested or use QubesOS, how's the experience?
• Do you use a non-Linux-based FOSS operating system (like ReactOS)? If so, how's the experience?
• If you used SailfishOS, PostMarketOS (or NuraOS) alongside GrapheneOS in your lufe, how's the experience?
• Any alternatives I missed?
• Any other software categories I missed?
• Any other new additions that I missed?

Changelog (NOT TOO IMPORTANT):

(Somewhat) Important changes

• Added "No or human-checked vibecoding" to Universal preferences
• Added "Not hosted on Github" and "Hardware sustainability" to "Nice-to-have but non garanteed features"
• Added note to "Eco-friendly" (Nice-to-have but non-garanteed featueres)
• Added "Signal" to "Avoiding alternative software developers"
• Replaced "Posteo" with "TutaNota" in Email clients
• Added "Public transportation data" with "Transitious" as the service
• Added "Odysee" as a new altermative platform to YouTube
• Replaced "Nobara" with "Linux Mint" as an alternative to Windows
• Added "Shotcut" as an alternative to CapCut
• Replaced "Galaxy Engine" with "Cosmogon" as an alternative to Universe Sandbox
• Added "Geoguessr" with "GeoguessLite" as the alternative
• Added "reddthat.com" as Lemmy instance
• Added "Voyager" as Lemmy client
• Added "SearxNG search results sources" with DuckDuckGo, Brave, Startpage, Qwant, Ecosia, Mojeek and GOOD
• Added "Octolab" as Gitlab client
• Added "Squirreldisk" as a new addition
• Added "Main sources of help" with YouTube, Lemmy, Reddit, sustysubs.net, Librefind, and PeerTube
• Added "YT-dlp" on the sidelines of consideration
• Added "Linux malware scanner" to "Could use reccomendations for
• Asked about the SailfishOS and PostmarketOS (or NuraOS) experience

Changes you might notbcare about:

• Added changelog
• Added link to the previous part
• Added thumnail
• Updated format

I heard that SailfishOS is a good Linux mobile distro. Does anyone use it? How's the experience?

DISCLAIMER!!!

I have NOT done any proer research in all of this. Every bit of info provided in this post is only what I stumbled across, so I am open to be corrected. Otherwise, take all of the info in this post with a grain of salt

This post is NOT written by AI

Usually I don't wanna talk about things like this, only to my personal connections, however this will affect my journey to Degoogling. I am, by no means, a new Degoogler, however I am new or completely unfamiliar to many aspects of it (like self-hosting). The community on Reddit has gone through a civil war on whether Proton has or has not been too evil as of lately

What happened?

(Not so) Recently, Proton's CEO has been using more and more AI code. From what I heard of, they aren't using humans to check the vibecoding. Also, I've heard that as times Proton has been exposed for not actaully providing the respect for privacy they claim to have

Why it matters

One aspect for Degoogling is trust. If there's an open-source app out there that suddenly adds telemetry even tho they claim to be provate, that breaks trust. The Proton community has not been to fond with AI slop, and the (not so) recent actions of Proton didn't help. This means Proton isn't tooooo trust-worthy in my opinion

"oH, bUt It'S jUsT rEdDiT bEiNg ReDdIt"

I know, but this is wayyyy more serious than the other types of drama. And besides, Twitter (X) had it wayyy worse from what I've heard of. I, myself, am not a fan of AI slop either, and I would at least check if the vibecoding is checked by actaul humans

Ok, but why?

Some people say it's not that bad, others say it is. I am open to any final corrections. If I am misunderstanding something or just blatantly wrong, tell me in the comments

cross-posted from: https://reddthat.com/post/76256590

I've tried to do research and found games that exist, but not many opinions on them. I don't wanna rely on one singular opinion just to find out that the game is for them but not me. Classicube ie too simple. Cubys is like Minecraft's Arch, and Luanti with Mineclonia seems the most promising, but have done the least research from. Eaglercraft isn't fully open-source liscense-wize, Android java launchers like Mojo use too many resources, and PC launchers require a Minecraft install and a Microsoft account. I don't wanna just straight up pirate the game directly either. How are your experiences woth those complete alternatives?

I've tried to do research and found games that exist, but not many opinions on them. I don't wanna rely on one singular opinion just to find out that the game is for them but not me. Classicube ie too simple. Cubys is like Minecraft's Arch, and Luanti with Mineclonia seems the most promising, but have done the least research from. Eaglercraft isn't fully open-source liscense-wize, Android java launchers like Mojo use too many resources, and PC launchers require a Minecraft install and a Microsoft account. I don't wanna just straight up pirate the game directly either. How are your experiences woth those complete alternatives?