Ah yes. Replace Chrome with Chrome with a different UI. The rest is good.

I reccomend you try https://librewolf.net/ as your browser

Install these extensions: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/libredirect/

I've found I like logseq over obsidian.

And do consider installing graphine or e/os so you're not subject to google services on your phone.

Check out SyncThing! It's a great tool for syncing files locally across multiple devices and platforms. Data is encrypted.

I went from KeePass->self-hosted bitwarden->KeePass synced with SyncThing. This is the best and easiest solution for password management, imho.

you can move to signal, but can you move your friends and family with you? like they're going to listen

This is the way 🤘🏼

Self-served nextcloud is a all-in-one solution for files calendar contacts and more. I am not affiliated, but use it over 10 years in a way that I would usually not have to brag about it :-)

Thanks for reminding me to finish moving away from Keep!

Zen instead of Vivaldi, KeePass instead of Bitwarden

Aurora is just a frontend for Google play afaik so i don't know if it even counts. your best bet is fdroid obviously but in terms of apps available it's lackluster af and the UI looks like android gingerbread or something.

obsidian's cool but it's not keep-like at all. don't know what would be a good alternative off the top of my head but i bet there are tons.

theres some games that i cant play, when im installed them from aurora store.. using linegae os rn after i opened it it redirect me to play store page,

For me it is also difficult to get rid of Whatsapp because family and work use it. I really like YouTube and am still hoping for the great next YouTube alternative. I use Proton for mail, calendar and online Drive. I use a Chinese mobile with F-droid and Aurora Store. I also have an old Pixel phone with which I'm experimenting with GrapheneOS For my desktop I'm still experimenting with which Linux is the best fit compatibility wise.

I'm currently using Brave as browser but I'm thinking of switching to Waterfox or Vivaldi.

Edit: and my DNS is from a European server.

I don't know why anyone would ever subject themselves to the torture of using Vivaldi. It's made by developers of Opera - the most bloated, spyware-infested web browser on the planet. Sure, it may be slightly better, but we'll never know for sure, since it's closed source. Honestly this might be a downgrade, even compared to Chrome. Anything else here would be an improvement.

Other than that, I'd replace Bitwarden with KeePassDX and Bitwarden Auth with Aegis. There's no shortage of decent password managers and 2fa apps.

Doesn't Signal need Google play services for notifications?

This privacypack thing is missing a lot of options and suggesying things that aren't private either, also i find it irinonic that i need a github account to contribute xD

Frankly is there really a difference between Play Store and Aurora? Most of the tracking is done through Play Services and is bundled directly into apps anyways

Aurora sometimes break and fails to update some apps

All apps can see all apps installed on your device, wherever they come from

Isn’t obsidian proprietary?