The first 500 people who click the link will get 2 free months of Skillshare Premium: skl.sh/thelinuxexperiment3 ! Where are you in your De-Googling journey ?

@IgnoreMyChan

4 жыл бұрын

SponsorBlock has been populated again. 👍 👍

@TheLinuxEXP

4 жыл бұрын

You do you, but we have to eat too, if no one watches any ads or sponsored mentions, it's going to get pretty tough to keep making videos. I don't mind, that's not my day job, but some people depend on these to make a living :/

@IgnoreMyChan

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheLinuxEXP If they were a few seconds, I wouldn't mind but you talk like you adore them for a whole minute. That's just unbearable to me. Especially having to watch that _every_ video.

@TheLinuxEXP

4 жыл бұрын

Oh I'm sorry, is one minute too long to endure for watching a free 11minutes video? You do know you can skip past it, right? Anyways, it's your computer, you do as you please :) Just wanted to let you know that there are people behind this free content.

@IgnoreMyChan

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheLinuxEXP Yes, it is too long if it is in every damn video on KZread. :-P

Forget about lighting and video quality. Content matters & you a doing a good job.

@TheLinuxEXP

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I still feel this one turned out pretty well.compzred to the previous ones ^^

@markopopovic4068

4 жыл бұрын

If we can cast a good light on Linux by high-quality videos like these that don't lack in any aspect that is amazing! There are way too many crappy linux youtubers that don't do us justice.

@acerlmt

4 жыл бұрын

But not about sound quality! But it's nice anyway

Thank you for taking the time to explore all these options and for your honest opinion.

@TheLinuxEXP

4 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

There is one thing I really like about your channel - you are not one of those people that pretend to know everything, you don't automatically dismiss things that are not exactly to your liking, you learn as you go by accepting suggestions from other people (although most of them are pretty well known but you just say you have to look at it first, that's cool) - and most importantly you share what you learnt & pass on your experience to other people in a modest manner - keep it.

@TheLinuxEXP

4 жыл бұрын

I try to expose my opinion and not impose it :)

Vivaldi has a nice customizable mail client called Vivaldi web mail, it’s pretty nice which might be an option for a mail service outside of the Google/Microsoft options.

A note on ProtonMail: if you're kind of a power user on Gmail, you will not find the same things on Proton. It's clunky and it's a bit of a throwback to the start of the century regarding UX and features.

i am really excited about the /e/ video! keep it up!

@TheLinuxEXP

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks :)

"The Linux users are all fat nerds that only use their computer all day!" The Linux users:

@TheLinuxEXP

4 жыл бұрын

I don't think I'm fat. A nerd, sure 😅

@yunkel

4 жыл бұрын

The Linux Experiment 👍

@42xzero

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheLinuxEXP I don't think he was calling you fat but actually pretty good looking.

@nonrumor

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheLinuxEXP He was calling you good looking bro

@TheLinuxEXP

4 жыл бұрын

Woops. That went right over my head 😅

I seriously cant believe you are a french person. Your english is on point. Your content is on point as well. I said to a friend from france (colmar), he should check out your channel for the topic of linux in general. Keep up your great content! (y)

@TheLinuxEXP

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you :) I re-record a bunch of times to make sure what I say is intelligible :)

@pascalvorbach6829

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheLinuxEXP i see that you take the time, to make it perfect. You are really doing a great job (y)

@pascalvorbach6829

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheLinuxEXP btw i use sailfish os on my cellphone (sony xperia xa2), it works okay, not perfect yet, but its okay.

@TheLinuxEXP

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! It's not perfect yet but I'm improving :)

One of my favorite topics in your channel, i'm already a protonmail and pcloud user! Thanks for the content , keep up ....

@TheLinuxEXP

4 жыл бұрын

Nice! I will definitely expand on this in the future!

Nothing wrong with your audio or lighting mate! Its the content we come to watch. Have to say you have the best English of Ny French man I know:-)

@TheLinuxEXP

4 жыл бұрын

Nice ! Thanks, I work on it quite a lot :)

Your video is really good. And the background music is so awesome!

@TheLinuxEXP

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks :)

I have switched from Google search in favor of Ecosia. Your searches generate little bits of money and on average 45 searches generates enough money to be able to plant a tree. The people that made it have been huge for the environment and I myself support their cause. Even if you didn't care about that side of it, their search results are on point and don't have any extra clutter and you almost wouldn't notice it wasn't a google search.

@TheLinuxEXP

4 жыл бұрын

Ecosia does look very good !

Watching many of your vids. Great stuff. You are looking younger back then, but, I would say, better now 😆

First time viewing your channel. I'm surprised because I follow many Linux youtubers. Looking foward to learn many things from your channel. Great voice and rythim.

More vids like this homie

@TheLinuxEXP

4 жыл бұрын

There will be :)

I use (and would recommend) osmand for the map-app. It uses OSM (OpenStreetMap) maps that you can download for different countries/areas and use offline. It's main downside is probably that id doesn't know where everybody else on the planet is and won't be able to get you around traffic-jams. The directions functionality is in my opinion much better than that from Google maps.

2:58 - 'For some searches, DuckDuckGo and Qwant don't fit the BILL exactly.' heh

@TheLinuxEXP

4 жыл бұрын

Hahah that wasn't even intentional 😅

great vid thx. looking forward to ur e.foundation review

@TheLinuxEXP

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Yeah I'm looking forward to it too :)

Thank you, Nick. Good health.

@TheLinuxEXP

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, stay safe too!

Looking great!

I am really looking forward to thet /e/ review! They are currently working on porting it to the fairphone 3, which I have which sounds quite exiting. Open Hardware + Open Software

@TheLinuxEXP

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah that sounds awesome!

for maps, there is an app: Sygic

I’ve been using almost the same services to de-google myself. For me DDGo is been amazing. Most of my searches are in English so I haven’t had that problem. Only when looking for news of my country. But maps and KZread. Nothing to do there. I use Waze but in the end is the same thing. And I’m definitely gonna take a look at picloud Good video, take care!!

The best KZreadr ever ♥️ Your voice is very special and nice .. Very good and simple videos .

@TheLinuxEXP

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much 😁

4 жыл бұрын

The only youtuber I see about linux 🤩👌

@TheLinuxEXP

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks ^^ there are others that do good work, like Linux4Everyone :)

Nice overview on potentials for de-Googleing...

I like this kind of content, very authentic

@TheLinuxEXP

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks :)

the Audacity in the background of your video which is recording your voice is so satisfying

I highly recommend you to use Tutanota over Proton Mail. All their servers and offices run on 100% renewable energy and it is a great mail service. Everyone talks about ProtonMail and their new calendar, but Tutanota was first to do it and ProtonMail basically added it after to compete. Tutanota is fully open source and has a better and more modern interface. There is not much reason to use Proton Mail over it, the only reason would be the VPN, but three are better alternatives for that...

Best maps alternative for mobile: Open Street Maps and the mobile App OsmAnd.

@bisschops99

4 жыл бұрын

Was also going to recommend this! Use it for navigation most of the time, but for searching things I still use G Maps from time to time.

@mursalint

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tip. I just downloaded it and am going to test it in the future.

@robinerst8143

4 жыл бұрын

@@mursalint on first sight it might seem a little over loaded. But just play around for 15-20 minutes an you'll never wanna use something else!

How to de-google your phone: Install LineageOS, F-Droid, Magisk (mainly to bypass SafetyNET using MagiskHide props config and to install "F-Droid privileged extension" so that F-Droid can skip having to use the Android app installer) microG (open-source replacement for Google Play Services) and yalp store or aurora store (to install apps from Google Play). I did all of that (but I still am using Google Play, mainly for auto updates) on a Galaxy S6, works perfectly, and in fact it is faster than the official rom.

@hattuli

4 жыл бұрын

I didn't know about the "F-Droid privileged extension". Thanks!

@MegaManNeo

4 жыл бұрын

Magisk never works for me, so it's either all or nothing 😔

@SkyyySi

4 жыл бұрын

@@MegaManNeo What do you mean with "doesn't work"?

@MegaManNeo

4 жыл бұрын

@@SkyyySi It doesn't work as in either my phone turns into a battery drainer or gapps keeps saying NOPE.

@SkyyySi

4 жыл бұрын

@@MegaManNeo Oh yea GApps suck. If you don't install them directly after flashing lineage (so before booting), you'll brick your install by breaking wifi completely.

Thanks for a gust of freedom wind

I am a Software Engineer (using Linux in my workspace BTW) and since your video I tried out Duck Duck Go however a did notice the lack of search result in a lot of cases.... I would love to find an optional! Keep up the good work! Love the content.

@TheLinuxEXP

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah for technical subjects it's still behind :/

@SnLeo-zx6qy

Жыл бұрын

Startpage

For maps you could try OpenStreetMaps, it's by far the most complete solution next to Google maps and there are lots of user created apps for it so you can look for one that you like. It's more of a decentralised approach than other mapping services though

For E-Mail I have been using Mailcow for the last several months and am happy so far. - You just run it on a linux instance with a bare minimum least 2GB of free ram (about 1G if you disable clamav) and docker. - Uses docker and can be started/stopped with docker-compose up/down - Includes a update.sh to easily update the whole installation - You can manage your domains and mailboxes in a nice web interface - SOGo is their web mail panel that has all your needs covered - Their wiki has instructions on how to setup your dns stuff. Your first mails to gmail and other providers should contain the word "Unsubcribe" and be longer than just one scentence to be sure not to get categorized as spam. Just be sure to backup the docker volumes (/var/lib/docker/volumes by default) as all your e-mail stuff lives there.

Thank you my friend

Also you can host your own email server, for example set-up of iredmail is as easy as a pie

Great video as always. I use the paid version of Proton Mail and couldn't be happier. Highly recommend them.

@TheLinuxEXP

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! That is what I'm leaning towards

Keepup man.

I'm on the de-Googling quest with you! I've been using NextCloud on Linode (thanks to your videos and Linode ads) for nearly a year and I LOVE it. NextCloud's calendar app just got me off Google calendar. And NextCloud's integration with OnlyOffice is fantastic! ProtonMail is wonderful. But Proton Calendar isn't quite ready for prime time. Switching from Gmail to ProtonMail is next on my list.

@TheLinuxEXP

3 жыл бұрын

Nextcloud is a fantastic solution for de googling !

On the maps on mobile: Have you tried OSMAND by any chance? Also for Android there also the Choice of LineageOS. You have to flash your phone but when you do it works great.

@elr77

4 жыл бұрын

problem with phones is potentially having to jailbreak them to flash them and these mods only working on much older phones. Makes the whole process more complicated; at least in the past not sure about how they work now.

@mormegil231

4 жыл бұрын

@@elr77 Indeed although it depends on the phone. LineageOS does not require the phone to be rooted or jailbroken, just unlocked. Some companies make easy, some others like Xiaomi make it a nightmare but still possible. As for the Mods working on older devices that is not true. LineageOS (which is not a mod but a full android distro) has very good support for recent devices. Actually support is better for the more recent more widely used models. It would be great though if a mobile company offered pre installed Lineage instances.

@GioGziro95

4 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, if LinageOS isn't available for your phone, you'll need to build and maintain your own kernel, and even then, some hardware might not fully work.

@GioGziro95

4 жыл бұрын

@@mormegil231, what do you mean? Xiaomi phones can be unlocked just as easily as any other Android phone just by using ADB and Fastboot from a Linux machine.

@mormegil231

4 жыл бұрын

@@GioGziro95 They have large time gates when you are trying to unlock them, through sites that sometimes are not fully translated and you need to decrypt the phone before you flash the LineageOS image. Many people do not know of the last part and the Flash never finishes.

I've had a foot in the Linux camp for about 20 years, though I've got at least a finger in every OS camp... My heart's really for Linux. I think open source is the good and moral direction for software to take. However, as this video repeatedly alluded to but never made explicit, Linux has always been behind. There's never been a point where Linux was more feature rich than Windows or MacOS. Everytime I've been excited to find a feature well supported... wifi... multiple monitors... bluetooth devices... it's always been 5-10 years after it was common place for 99% of consumers. We should be taking a long look at ourselves. Why is Linux always copying instead of innovating? Innovation is what drives the open market and a killer feature could sway a lot of people. People thrash Siri and Cortana, but a shitty caked in option is better than no options at all. We're already ~5 years behind on smart phone integration. It's rough, cause it may not be wise to just skip over features like that, but still no one's gonna give a shit when Linux finally has a viable alternative to phone integration in 2025. All my contacts, all my calendars irrespective of service, all my text messages, are readily available on Windows and OS X, whether I'm on iOS or Android. We're only just now getting hints of some of that from Android to Linux. Me, personally, it's just how well Linux can refresh or empower low cost hardware. I take a $300 laptop from Lenovo everywhere running Linux Mint XFCE. It's well encrypted, can integrate external storage into the operating system, and I won't care too much if it's lost, stolen, or broken. But that's it. There's nothing Linux Mint can do as well as OS X or Windows 10 beyond that which applies to me beyond that money saved for a particular use case.

Do you have an affiliate link for p cloud? I'm looking for something like that, so will check it out. What are you doing for a calendar? That is something I'm struggling to find, for a cross-platform solution that isn't Google or one of the other big players.

For the search engine, have you tried startpage? It takes the Google results and shows them to you without the tracking. For the maps, you could try out OpenStreetMaps (on mobile it works offline and you download the region maps manually, so it depends if that's convenient enough for you). Finally for the OS, there are many android based degoogled ones called AOSP you could check. Two of the most well known are lineages and GrapheneOS (this one only works with Pixel phones right now but is a full privacy os and even let's you use playstore anonymously if you need, or you can just use F-droid alternatives if they work for you).

@TheLinuxEXP

4 жыл бұрын

These sound pretty good, I'll take a look!

@Drakcloud65

4 жыл бұрын

Startpage is now owned by an ad company do I would be cautious.

@graysoul4849

4 жыл бұрын

Tried startpage for 6 months and duckduckgo for around 2 years, startpage for the past few weeks became garbage started showing completely useless results including in different languages, duckduckgo is good still use it and yesterday i had enough of startpage and switched back to duckduckgo but as normal google has the best results

@Alex-mv3ig

4 жыл бұрын

Gray Soul I only used startpage for a few weeks as duckduckgo is more convenient for me. It's good to know though. There's also Searx which works through proxies and seems interesting but I haven't taken the time to set it up on my browser yet.

T-shirt remind me mug with label 'CSS is awesome' 🤣

I love your t-shirt. Your videos have a really nice quality, both with face cam and without. Your audio setup does the job and your narration is clear and consistent without any being overly enunciated. By the way: when/if you review ProtonMail, consider looking into the mailbridge they offer. Last I heard they only supported it for proprietary systems.

@TheLinuxEXP

4 жыл бұрын

They now have it for Linux, in Beta I think!

@Helleynea

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheLinuxEXP if that's the case, that's great news. Last I heard they were planning on leaving everything regarding linux compatibility to the community. If they've had a change of heart, that's awesome.

Gran video 👍👍👍

Where did you get your desk? I like it. Great video by the way.

@TheLinuxEXP

4 жыл бұрын

It's an Ikea dining room table :)

Give Fastmail a shot if you're not already commited to ProtonMail. I've been using it for a year and love it.

For storage: Mega Use google with the app/extension “Disconnect” to remover trackers and such O/S: sailfish ( can install android apps ) Maps and navigation : waze

I used to be a big Google fanboy. Their poor development of their products (Hangouts, Play Music, Sites, Meet, Podcast, their Pixel Phones and many more) made me leave. They don't care because Google Ads makes all the money they need.

lol, love the shirt

Get that money Nick!

You might want to try out Magic Earth as a map service. It iy closed-source, but it is not connected to Google and it is pre-installed in some privacy-oriented custom Android ROMs, such as /e/ and iodé, so it can't be that bad. It's not as good as maps, but it comes pretty close and if you encounter any problems or have questions, the developer team is quick to respond to your feedback.

Agreed with DD Go. Absolutely fine for everyday use but lacking in specific tech searches. I use DD Go, Ubuntu, FireFox etc but not obsessed with not using Google as it's a quid-pro-quo and I do see the benefits.

The clap scared me hahahahaha

for maps you can use OSMand~

I like the bangs feature but duckduckgo results are terrible.

If you don't like google maps, I really recommend OsmAnd+ I've used it even during trips to mountains. Also, Rumble is starting to gain popularity as video platform.

As a developer, the extra time that i took to resolve simple issues in my code searching in DuckDuckGo instead of Google is just impractical.

@homelessrobot

4 жыл бұрын

yeah, as an anyone at all, this is a common issue using any sort of alternative software. Just navigating the documentation and finding online help to get equivalent functionality ends consuming a lot of time that you probably want to spend doing what you are actually trying to do.

i want to use google public DNS, will it be a good idea? or any alternative

City Mapper is a good app for maps, specially public transport itineraries. And Tutanota for mail, though a bit slow.

1- Totally agree, what makes me use google search is its really good results for local none English searches. I try to use DDG from time to time and in my phone, but it's still lacks in many aspects and I can't blame them since google relays on its huge repertoire of search profiles to show you what you want. My solution is usually to set rules for containers in firefox, so every search must go with fresh profile.. this won't help much since the can link data by IP but at least less links to establish. 2- changing mails is really difficult especially if you established a presence with a certain email. So the alternative must be really good for me to do such an expensive move. Proton mail seems tempting but I'll let you bait the bullet and let us know how it is :D . 3- I've been while looking into pCloud lifetime thing, really tempting, but what concerns me is their claims regarding privacy.. is it rally as they describe? also they look relatively new 4- For maps, I use both Here and Gmaps. Here is really great for offline navigation and gmaps is great for looking for local shops and so on. I've tried openstreetmaps apps, but most of them are clunky and out of date. Sticking with Here and Gmaps for now. 5- Gdocs, I use it rarely and that made me not look for solution, but it's good to know if there is a good alternatives. I think it's worth considering that not many people are willing to invest a lot of time to maintain their nextcloud instances or have the knowledge to spin one in the first place, so I think this one is a niche solution and can't be adopted as a real replacement. 6- KZread, you summed it up.. nothing to compete here.. there alternatives are still way behind and most of them are unintuitive. 7- For mobile OS, I've tried /e/ project, the idea is really great and it's tries to sandbox google services somehow, but the initial setup process really painful and consumes a lot of time.. especially if you plan to use many gservices. So if you plan to use it, it's better to use it with the least amount of gservice, that way you will have a great experience. They also provide cloud services, but I don't know much about them to send them my personal data, but really worth looking into. My question is any suggestion on how to sync contacts?

Hey for maps you should look into Waze they are updated by the people for the people :)

@ondrejmiklas2180

4 жыл бұрын

Waze is owned by Google

For search engines, on those occasions that you need to use Google, I recommend "Start Page" because it anonymizes your search and gives you some distance from Google's data-harvesting. I still don't like Start Page because your searches are still supporting Google, but when you absolutely need to Google something, Start Page works. For cloud, I prefer Mega to pCloud because pCloud was putting ads on my desktop, which I cannot stand! And once I have time to set it up, I'm definitely going to use NextCloud. Maps is the biggest challenge. Open Street Maps is an interesting project, but not even close to replacing Google Maps. I am following you on LBRY, and I think LBRY is growing fast. So, I think that holds the most promise. :D

@TheLinuxEXP

4 жыл бұрын

Very good recommendations there !

I wonder which distro are you using right now. I've been searching for new distros to try.

@TheLinuxEXP

4 жыл бұрын

Elementary OS :)

@ofkalkan

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙂

@spiceydice6968

4 жыл бұрын

The Linux Experiment Which one do you think is better for productivity, Mint or Elementary?

Hello, Nick! Hello from Russia, I love your channel. Please, let me ask one question about Pcloud for Linux. Pcloud doesn't have any tray icons, right? And if I upload big file to Pcloud, how I can understand, my file already upload or not? How I can check upload network speed, how much data was uploaded and how much time I should wait to finish uploading? I'm trying Elementary os on virtual machine, I install Pcloud, but I can't understand, how to check, my sync is okay or maybe there is any problems (for example with network). I don't want lose my data. Sorry for bad English, I'm still learning. I believe, that you understand me.

@TheLinuxEXP

4 жыл бұрын

pCloud has a tray icon, but elementary doesn't display it by default. There is a way to make that work, check out my website to see how: thelinuxexp.com

I use Posteo for my email. You can setup Thunderbird or Geary with Posteo which you can't do with Proton mail. Thanks for sharing!

@eye4magic

4 жыл бұрын

Yep, you only have to pay a minimal amount for great service and integration. They are a great open source, clean and green option.

Hi Nick, love your videos. You mentioned looking at a degoogled version of Android. Have you looked at GrapheneOS at all?

@TheLinuxEXP

4 жыл бұрын

Not yet!

@add1989

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheLinuxEXP I'm using GrapheneOS on a Pixel 3A and very happy with it. Most of my apps come from F-Droid and although I only install open source apps, any which are unavailable through any other means (e.g. zmNinja) I can get from Aurora (play store wrapper).

have you tried nextcloud hub as an alternative to these? edit: now i see you mention it for onlyoffice tho i think there's maps and email on nextcloud as well

@TheLinuxEXP

4 жыл бұрын

I have :) Love ?Nextcloud Hub, but my server needs a storage upgrade!

@fuseteam

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheLinuxEXP nice!

How is your light grey Logitech MX Master 2S holding up? I really wanted the light grey one but I was worried it would get discolored over time.

@TheLinuxEXP

4 жыл бұрын

It's fantastic! It doesn't get discolored, there is some grime where my thumb lies, but it cleans up nicely

How is MapQuest in terms of privacy? I haven't looked at them in a long time, but they used to have pretty good maps and directions.

You can change the address this way, I did it with an account: You have to cancel your servive with gmail. You can cancel a specific service without canceling your google account. After that you can type a new email address in.

@TheLinuxEXP

4 жыл бұрын

Ok thanks, I'll look it up!

About mail Given you have a domain, I'd recommend you to try "yandex mail for business" It have IMAP, SMTP and POP3 Next you can connect it to your gmail as alias and implement PGP like GNUPGP on top of it for security Also, try a client like Thunderbird or Geary

Thank you for suggestion only office.

I also use Qwant, but when it doesn't have the result I am looking for, I use Startpage. It uses Google results but without letting Google track you.

@2:24 - I find DuckDuckGo's technical info concise and it even gives computer-code examples related to what you're searching for as excerpts from technical platforms such as StackOverflow (coding), ServerFault (sysadmin) .. it even has in-page (search results) linting tools such as JSON and script "beautifiers" that make compressed code readable .. so, it really is either just as good, or even better than Google, in my experience at least.

Lineage os with microg is the solution for mobile

Thumbs up for ProtonMail!

Hey man, I love your videos. Please consider making a review on Lineage OS or Graphene OS. They're both great alternatives for android and they're very secure and private. Have a great day. PS: You're the one who introduced me to Linux and I can't thank you enough for it.

@joshix833

3 жыл бұрын

They are both Android lol

@stefmyt5062

3 жыл бұрын

@@joshix833 Technically yeah, but they stay away from Google's software and provide a private and secure alternative to regular android.

for android OsmAnd is amazing. It is way better than google maps imo. You can download all maps to use them offline and navigation is way superior. only downside is with POIs and certain busnesses, that are only registerd on google maps and take forever to be integrated into open street maps. other than that it is sooo much better than google maps. If you download from the play store (wich I would not recommend) there is a free versin on wich you can only download up to 7 Maps and the full version is like 7€. However the full version is open source (apache) and you can compile it yourself or download it from the open source app store F-droid free of charge.

Couple of issues with pCloud: Sometimes it can hang while doing sync, and there's no activity log, so you'll have a very hard time detecting which file might be causing the issue ... Another issue is that since it is not encrypted, they're looking through the shared files and if it detects anything suspicious they will suspend your account and access to your files ... so beware ...

@TheLinuxEXP

4 жыл бұрын

It can be encrypted, it's an option :) as per hanging, I haven't experienced that myself, but it does tend to write very large cache on the drive

@mocanuciprian

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheLinuxEXP if you encrypt then the sharing option go away .. Of course this is a chicken and egg problem, but the issue is with the accounts closures ..

For an alternative to Maps maybe you could try Sygic? I currently try it out myself as a trial, comparing it with Maps, HereMaps and OSM. It's based on TomTom's maps so it's kinda well updated. Just a thought.

@TheLinuxEXP

4 жыл бұрын

Never heard of it, but I'll give it a try!

it seems that someone bought a new microphone stand, and a softbox lightning kit from Amazon, so more personal videos are coming up :)

@TheLinuxEXP

4 жыл бұрын

Hahah yep, softboxes have been there for a few videos now (I just messed up the color correction in previous ones), and a new mic stand and shock mount for the second Blue yeti, plus more sound proofing! I think this one turned out very well compared to previous ones :)

Totally agree 🦆 go is good only in English and in US. If you are not there then it doesn't worth it. Zoho email is disaster. Gmail is still better but protonmail is nice alternative.

How to customize the Firefox to such the Safari-like theme?

Flash a custom ROM on your android. Lineageos is based on AOSP Android and is something that I recommend if you have a popular phone.

My recommendation for a Google Maps alternative is "Mapy.cz - Cycling & Hiking offline maps" from a Czech company called Seznam.cz. Don't let the "Cycling & Hiking" fool you :) it has driving as well, hehe.

Also for encrypt emails, look up Tutanota.

To move a channel to a different gmail, first make the new account then on KZread go to manage channels and you can move it to the new account.

I have super beard grooming envy

OsmAnd for maps, if i have to use google search i try to use StartPage

How do you make firefox look like the epiphany browser?

I think there is one thing you are missing. You don't need to completely cut out Google. Instead, just use it for fewer things. Like, keep KZread and any email regarding that youtube into one account. Then, on another browser, you can use a different KZread for another set of interests with another gmail for that. It also let's you split the accounts for specific searches when you are forced to use google instead of duckduckgo... If you use a VPN properly, then KZread would get half the data and not know it's you and you can split off data into other accounts. But for Maps.... you're kinda stuck, sorry....

People saying "you dont need google, use duckduckgo" but damn some tehnical stuff is hard to find on it

@TheLinuxEXP

4 жыл бұрын

Yep, really niche subjects are not well covered by DDG

You contant is super awesome really

@TheLinuxEXP

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot!

I use Magic Earth on my phone for now

@iPhone-wd4qw

4 жыл бұрын

is it better than Osmand+?

I use tutanota, syncthing, osmand, start page or ddg and libre office. Still using Google for calendar KZread and Android though.

Also there already is a googlefree android derivate. it's called 'Lineage for microg' And that's just the ready to use option. when you're willing to invest a little work, you can use every custom Android like aex or dirty unicorn with the google-free microg services.

Proton mail is inside the EU. I used to use it too but then switched over to Yandex.