Technology @lemmy.world jasonbcfcufc @lemmy.world 1y ago

Google alternative

what are the best Google alternative apps ?

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Google Voice - Cheogram

Search - Duck Duck Go or Start Page

Contacts - NextCloud

Calendar - NextCloud

Tasks - Task.Org

Keep - Joplin

Maps - Magic Earth

Passwords & Sign In - Bitwarden or Keepass

Docs & Sheets - Open Office

Gmail - Proton or Tutanota

Dialer - Simple Dialer

Files - Material Files

Chrome - Firefox

YouTube - Peertube

Photos - NextCloud

Bookmarks - NextCloud, Floccus, or XBrowsersync

I use all of these but I still have to use Google Voice and Maps because they are just superior to everything else that I have tried imo. And I sometimes use gmail too because certain website logins are locked to my old Gmail's.
- Not open office, use libre office.
  
  Not Libra Office, Only Office. After all we are replacing Google, so we need integrated collab (without an RDP hack).
  
  OnlyOffice is run by Russians.
  
  Is everyone in Russia responsible for the actions of their government?
  
  No, but totalitarian governments tend to get into everything, and a popular piece of software is something they will be interested in.
  
  I always find it amusing how everyone makes these statements for Russian/Chinese software but never look at the government interest in Facebook, Google etc
  
  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM
  
  ... no shit bud, we're litterally discussing alternatives to these platforms here. We know my dude. That's why we're finding alternatives.
  
  Russia has one hell of alot more ability to do this to random pieces of tech in their control than the US by the way, same with china. That's public and written into their laws. Not as much in the US.
  
  Though, yes, finding a company outside of the 5 eyes is a good idea, we are not the "everyone" you're talking about. Fuck man, we're on lemmy for gods sake
  
  Nope. I have met the team from OnlyOffice. Really good people. Always helpful and always friendly. And nothing is beneath them when it gets to support.
  
  I think the Latvians would like a word with you for calling them Russian.
  
  Run and owned by Russians, hq in Latvia. Just like so many companies have hq in Ireland.
  
  Actually I use only office (not open office) with collabora apps on my android and iphone. I always get the two names mixed up.
- onlyoffice is much more polished than openoffice or libreoffice but a bit less open
- thank you so much for introducing me to cheogram. for maps try Magic Earth app based on openstreetmap.org
  
  You're welcome. And yes Magic Earth is what I use. Maybe you skipped by it in my list. But sometimes I go back to Maps when I'm somewhere unknown and don't want to get lost in the sauce lol
  
  gotcha, I did skip to the bottom and see the bit about still using g00gly maps. been on graphene os for about 18-19 months now and Magic Earth keeps getting better and better.
- Cheogram just isn't there yet for me. Can't seem to make group chat work.
  
  If you don't need that, it seems fine.
  
  Yea not there for me yet as well. That's why I went back to Google Voice. Plus I have like 4 GV numbers lol
- task.org seems to be an oldschool under-construction page, do you mean tasks.org? Also is there a reason you specifically recommend OpenOffice instead of LibreOffice or Collabora Office?
  
  Yes it's tasks.org. I misspelled it. Also, I use only office in conjunction with collabora. I self host the only office server straight from a docker container on my PC. I always get open office and only office mixed up.
- Nextcloud has a notes feature now that is pretty much comparable to keep. Has its own app too
  
  Maybe something changed recently, but it's not like keep from what I remember. Keep has easy to use lists, embedded images, card layout. I do love the simplicity of markdown though.
  
  I since converted to joplin, love it.
  
  There's many ways to do notes. Here's the 3 ways that I tried. Keep in mind that I have iPhone, Android, and Windows Desktop and Windows Laptop... So I like options where it will sync seemlessly across all of those.
  
  Tried obsidian. There was a feature that it was missing that made me completely give up on it. I forgot what it was but I remember it being something that all note taking apps should have. Like a no-brainer.
  
  Then I tried NextCloud notes (desktop). Quillpad (android). Notebooks (iOS). Syncing between the 3 was terrible.
  
  3a. Joplin. There's an app for all 3 devices and so the user experience is the same everywhere. Used my NextCloud to sync and it worked amazing for a week. Then after that, I started getting sync errors every time.
  
  3b. Made a free Dropbox account and switched my Joplin sync to that. Has been smooooooth sailing ever since. Also there's a Backup add-on that exports all my notes to a folder on my desktop daily.
  
  Interesting... Thanks for your insight! I'll experiment with Joplin.
- Photos - Immich
- What about Collabora Office?
- Duck Duck Go censors searches.
  
  EDIT You can manually backup your bookmarks.

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