Hi @nilesh ,
sorry for the late reply, I haven't got a lot of time lately 😓 I'm not even up to date on what's happening in our repository 😅
I made a thing! 🎉
https://github.com/nileshtrivedi/better
It's a browser extension that recommends "better" alternative products and services via in-page popups, based on community-curated lists. Available for all Chromium and Firefox-based browsers.
We live in times where the distributions costs are hampering the adoption of higher-quality (which could mean security, privacy, ethics, local etc) products. I am hoping that this extension can eventually be managed by orgs like IFF, EFF or FSF.
Hi @nilesh ,
I wasn't aware of this until now 😅 Cool idea! What comes to my mind spontaneously:
* matching URLs to software could be an own list/repo? Could be interesting to others as well - e.g. if one would create an extension for this:
https://justdeleteme.xyz
* with a few adaptions to our codebase, one should be able to generate a list based on our site
* maybe, one could also generate lists based on open-source proposals from alternativeto.net ?
Hi @boud,
we are currently teaming up with @ReverseEagle so there will be also a place for the "geeky questions" 😉
You can find their site here:
https://developers.reverseeagle.org/
... and the git topic here:
https://developers.reverseeagle.org/replace/github/
including @codeberg 😁
Related issue on our repo btw: https://codeberg.org/swiso/website/issues/110
Hi Fediverse 👋
hope you are fine while we are approaching the weekend 🙂
Let's make it colourful with:
- #GIMP and @glimpse / Raster graphics editors 🎨
- #darktable / Raw photo editor 📷
- #blender / @blender / 3D creation suite 🖥️
- #LibreOffice / @libreoffice / Office suite 📄
- #Inkscape / @inkscape / Vector graphics editor ⛰️
Have a nice time and maybe do something creative and fun if you feel like it 🌻
Hi @davidoclubb 👋
I just noticed that Framasoft has a mindmap software as part of their services:
It is based on wisemapping. There it can be tried without a login:
Otherwise, there is:
https://www.mindmaps.app/ (source at https://github.com/drichard/mindmaps)
Hi @tobtobxx 👋
yes, we will soon drop Fathom from our list because of the differences between Open Source and feature-complete version 🙂 Change is merged but not published yet.
Hi @der_On 👋
this might be of help to you:
https://www.cupwire.com/google-timeline/
I found it here, so maybe there is more to discover in the threads and comments:
Hi Fediverse 👋
once again, as the weekend is approaching, let's have a little fun with some software icons...
... and some bubbles! 🔵
- #Kiwix / @kiwix / Offline knowledge browser
- #Framasoft / @Framasoft / A French non-profit promoting digital freedom
- #Searx / Privacy-respecting metasearch engine
- #Syncthing / File synchronisation program
Have a good time on your way through the Internet and embrace the upcoming weekend 🙂
Hi @stemy 👋
yes it is, but I'm far from being an expert on this. 😅
I just know that there are hosting providers offering this, like for example OrangeWebsite:
@strypey Thanks, will have a look at it 🙂
Hi @herrmann 👋
we have an open issue for a music list but aren't working on it yet 🙂
@dheadshot it's no problem for advanced users 🙂 For our website, we prefer "beginner-friendly" solutions with a graphical user interface though.
I added OnionShare as a proposal to our issue, thanks!
https://codeberg.org/swiso/website/issues/90#issuecomment-65185
Hi again @blacklight447 🙂
I had a look at both videos and the project looks promising. Me personally, I'm uncomfortable with some comments in the tutorial like the "you're a noob" thing, so I really would prefer an official one.
I'm aware of this site, but well, it's a lot of text:
https://grapheneos.org/install
With only the videos on YouTube and no other visuals, I think it's hard to recommend it on our site 😅
If you disagree, maybe open an issue to discuss further: https://codeberg.org/swiso/website/issues
Hi @dheadshot 👋
you mean #OnionShare ? 🙂 Really looks like we could recommend this in combination with the Tor browser.
magic-wormhole seems to only work via command-line?
Hi Fediverse 👋
a short newsletter of our project:
- We added #LibreSpeed for speed tests: https://switching.software/replace/speedtest.net/
- We added an entry for #OpensourceBuilders: https://switching.software/replace/switching.software/#opensource-builders
- We started thinking about translations: https://codeberg.org/swiso/website/issues/98
- We discuss entries for developers: https://codeberg.org/swiso/website/issues/110
- Thanks to "n" for preparing a list of #WeTransfer alternatives: https://codeberg.org/swiso/website/pulls/113
- Our list to replace #Audible is online: https://switching.software/replace/audible/
- We wish you a nice day 🌻
You forgot to mentinon @guardianproject. Quite a few of their projects were enabled by OTF funding. #SaveInternetFreedom
Hi Fediverse 👋
no artwork, instead let's #saveOTF today 🙂
The Open Technology Fund: An important non-profit organization acting for global internet freedom. It backs projects like:
- The Tor Project: @torproject
- Delta Chat: @delta
- K-9 Mail: @k9mail
- Briar: @briar
- Tails: @tails
- Open Whisper Systems with @signalapp@mastodon.social
- many more 📜
Two days ago, US gov. made worrying changes to the OTF. So we signed this plea and hope you join in:
@ademalsasa you're welcome, this is a really cool collection of links 🙂
Ethical, easy-to-use and privacy-conscious alternatives to well-known software
Based on formerly switching.social and in honour of the anonymous original author