Credit to https://www.reddit.com/user/lukakopajtic/

There might be some changes that could improve it further:

  • Remove Brave
  • Maybe add Signal; It’s easier than Element, but it’s also centralized
  • Stop suggesting Linux Mint specifically
  • Recommend Hosted Nextcloud
  • Add GrapheneOS
  • Maybe add Delta chat
  • Maybe remove Bluesky
  • Remove Stremio and add Jellfyin (even though it’s selfhosted and not a direct equivalent)
  • Add ente because Immich is selfhosted
  • Add aurora
  • Add SearxNG

Any other suggestions?

  • qaz@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    2·
    5 hours ago

    signal runs on amazon servers. Anything that can’t self host and isn’t federate isn’t worth it. Matrix (and element) fill this requirement. But IMHO, the best is XMPP where you can self-host or use federated servers located in other countries.

    Why would you prefer XMPP? Last time I checked most features (like E2EE) weren’t part of the base protocol.

    Delta chat is basically email.

    It supports mail, but also has an encrypted normal chat backend AFAIK

    Why? Because it’s torrents?

    Yes, it’s not really a good alternative since it’s illegal. I’m not judging but it’s not a good option for most people.

    Aurora is just a front-end for google playstore. You should add f-droid

    Droid-ify is F-droid

    • VisionScout
      1·
      3 hours ago

      Why would you prefer XMPP? Last time I checked most features (like E2EE) weren’t part of the base protocol.

      Just because it is not part of the base protocol, it doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist or supports it.

      I like it for personal reasons. Just because is lightweight and there are way much more servers than matrix, imho makes it better. However, In the end it boils down to personal preferences and your attack surface.

      It supports mail, but also has an encrypted normal chat backend AFAIK

      WHen i tried it years ago, it was just a normal email with a special subject that the delta chat client would read, parse and display.

      • adbenitez@lemmy.ml
        11·
        3 hours ago

        WHen i tried it years ago

        you should try it again, Delta Chat is totally on a different level than a few years ago, there has been tons of improvements, I started using it around 2018, now I am even contributing to it