I've also found ente to be a good alternative

Not direct, but with Memories installed it's near identical, and if you already have NC... May as well

no i dont, i tried it but with nextcloud i could use the current file structure i already had for my photos

I think Immich is one of the best open source software out there.

+1 for Mint. Super easy to use, a lot of config can be tweaked directly in the UI, and it has old style GNOME vibes without all the mad workflow that GNOME 3 forces upon you.

this is jist what i personally use. to new linux users i would always recommend fedora kde or an arch based distro thats easily installed

I am loving Fedora KDE after using mint for ages. It feels like a nice blend of macos and windows but with real control. It's very nice on a laptop. And I would love to have Kwin on every computer I use

I use both. CoMaps when I can, but Magic Earth has a better business data set and better traffic data right now. I also contribute to OSM when I can, but there is a lot of missing data.

Well, I just reverted to an old version of Magic Earth so I could keep getting traffic info. That's literally the only tjing stopping me from other OSM apps like CoMaps. I wanna know if an accident happened or my usual route is blocked for some reason.

But yeah I hate their shitty subscription lol.

you can pay for magic esrth?

app lounge fetches apps from google play store and fdroid, fdroid results get shown first

Everyone should strive to learn about Alots. They're an invasive species!

The average win user is not that different from a child with an iPad.

CachyOS with KDE setting is less bold. But still bold for casuals.

Came here to say the same thing

Google -> Kagi+

DDG uses bing and bing is owned my Microsoft

Enough said

I wish any of those supported my phone. Stuck with stock android

Probably moreso than Google. Bit that's not saying a lot

No it's not. It got bought out a few years ago.

Inevitably Proton will enshittify. If you, dear reader that scrolled past this comment, disagree, then i think you dont belong here.

Because its not all eggs. As you can see, they used a ton of google services, but only substituted a few with Proton. Ex. Google keep -> Joplin, Google Maps -> Magic maps. So saying that they put everything into proton is not true. It takes time to be fully independent.

I am very similar to OP. Proton right now gives good services, and is a good safety net right now for me.

Jellyfin/Plex is not cheaper than Netflix.

We like to pretend or tell our wives it is, but hard drives and electricity likely come close or maybe even exceed a netflix subscription.

Host your media collection because it’s in better quality, titles don’t leave the service, and overall it’s just cooler. But don’t do it because it’s “cheaper.”

I find it really hard to replace maps, because half of the times I use it it's because of photos, reviews, or traffic information that's just not available in other places.

It is also proprietary.

I can confirm it does have satellite images

Are there any models trained on ethically sourced material? Even though this wouldn't necessarily solve the environmental impact, there are still many times when a traditional search engine just doesn't cut it. All else equal and without a self hosted workflow, I prefer tools that at least pretend to be privacy friendly (Duck.ai, AI Horde), and I had not heard of Proton's Lumo prior to this post, so I do appreciate the suggestion even if it doesn't meet all of our criteria.

Maybe the got their shit together since I last checked, but hqving that history and being at the very least 1 month (usually more) behind for years is a very bad look for a ROM that bills itself as private and secure.

According to this well known comparison table they still havent changed: https://eylenburg.github.io/android_comparison.htm

They also leave plenty of proprietary binary blobs in the ROM.

I have both, and to be honest it's about the same.

Yeah... That was very disappointing. Not as bad as the Brave CEO at least.

It's actually way worse than you think.

Tl;dr liberals are just Conservatives that want to smoke weed.

Yours has releases right, like Ubuntu so then you are not set for life. At a certain point it makes sense to start from a new release.