I shared a version of this guide earlier this year, but felt a website was needed to unpack the different options fully. So after an unreasonable number of hours, I put together the necessary data and website.

I hope this is digestible enough for the average person to help those looking to take that first step, or for people who are equally passionate and want to get their friends or family involved.

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Every time I post these guides, there is always feedback on things that can improve, or I got wrong. Please do share, as it is the best way for these to evolve!

  • Clocks [She/They]@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Bazzite is the go-to OS for Linux gaming for most new systems now. Even tech brands are promoting it.

    Never heard of PopOS as a gaming distro.

    • FallenWalnut@lemmy.worldOP
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      10 months ago

      Sorry I really could have researched that category better. You aren’t the first one to point it out. Will look to update.

      • cRazi_man@europe.pub
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        10 months ago

        The choice of Linux distro is a major battlefield. You couldn’t have gotten to any answer that wouldn’t invite complaints.

  • Alas Poor Erinaceus@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I see Qobuz on there. IMHO, Bandcamp should be your first stop when buying music. If it’s not on bandcamp, Qobuz seems to have just about everything else, more or less, that someone might want. I’ve complained about them in the past for making me download my purchases one track at a time, which can be pretty annoying if you’re buying a super-duper-deluxe version of an album, but, I am pleased to say, they no longer do this; you can download the complete albums you’ve purchased in a zip file. But only once. Stuff can disappear for annoying rights reasons, and I think they even say, once you buy your music download it immediately, because it may not be there on a subsequent visit.

    • puntinoblue@lemmy.ml
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      10 months ago

      I’m not so sure. Last time I looked for an album it was cheaper on Qobuz than Bandcamp - also Qobuz had a Hi-Res version. Bandcamp I think takes 15% + payment handling which seems a lot for being a shopfront. I went to record label to get it in the end as I thought that was probably the best way of getting the money to the artist.

  • whome@discuss.tchncs.de
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    10 months ago

    What stumped me is that YouTube music and apple music are the starting point, and not Spotify.

    Also isn’t using your own Mailserver with your own domain on any webhoster plus Thunderbird a viable alternative? I’ve been doing this for like 20 years. That’s the beauty of email imo

  • Gloomy@mander.xyz
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    10 months ago

    This is me, but i did it in reverse. Once windows was behind me it kind of opened up the door to more change. Took me less than a year to arrive at not using my google account at all.

  • Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.works
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    10 months ago

    Great guide! Very useful for people discovering a world outside of the GAFAM’s.

    I’ve done everything, but leaving Whatsapp is the most difficult one. I use Threema and Signal with my close friends, but I can’t get rid of Whatsapp because of many groups I have to follow but I’m not close enough to people to ask them to switch.

    I’d love it if these two chat services proposed a separate app which would be interoperable with Whatsapp.

    Yes Meta would still get some of my data, but less than if I had Whatsapp directly.

    Also getting Whatsapp business and setting an automatic answer asking people to contact me through mail, sms or other chats is useful.

    Leaving youtube is also difficult as Peertube is lacking non tech content like basketball…

  • Digit@lemmy.wtfEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I stopped looking at it after initial glance, seeing the top line, the browsers.

    Vivaldi?

    Really.

    No.

    • katy ✨@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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      10 months ago

      what’s wrong with vivaldi? they’re european. they have zero ai in their browser. and they’re one of the few browser with a build in ad/tracker blocker that supports adblock filters.

        • Digit@lemmy.wtfEnglish
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          10 months ago

          what’s wrong with vivaldi

          it’s proprietary/closed-source

          And thus cannot readily be audited.

          And thus attracts malarchy and malware being put in it.

          Fully free software or gtfo.

      • ferric_carcinization@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        10 months ago

        I’m not Swiss, but I’ve understood that Switzerland adopts many EU laws, but not all of them. I’ve also heard that a right-wing party, which wants the country to be more independent from the EU is pretty popular there.

        As this is just based on things that I’ve heard, I don’t have any sources to link.

        What I mean is, Switzerland is an European country, but as I’ve understood, any specific EU law or regulation may or may not apply.

  • Lorski@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Here is my set up:

    • Browser: Helium
    • Email: My own domain thru Spacemail
    • Search: DDG
    • Music: Deezer
    • Office suite: Jotta
    • Files: Jotta
    • Photos: Jotta
    • Kjell@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      My set up:

      • Browser: Librewolf on PC and Duckduckgo on phone
      • Email: Protonmail
      • Search: Ecosia on PC and Duckduckgo on phone
      • Music: Locally stored music and VLC (on PC) and Musicolet (phone) as music player
      • Office suite: Libreoffice