Hey Lemmy!
We’ve released gofoss.net, a beginner’s guide to free and open source software, privacy and sustainable tech.
The site is available in English, French and German. We hope that it can help some of you to:
- safely browse the Internet
- encrypt your conversations
- protect your data
- switch to Linux
- free your phone from Google & Apple
- join the Fediverse & use alternative cloud providers
- self-host your stuff
The source code is available on GitLab. Happy to chat, let us know what you think!
For more information, please come find us at gofoss.net :)
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PS: We are 100% non-profit: no ads, no tracking, no sponsored or paywalled content.
Awesome site! I think it will be very useful for beginners to go through at their own pace and help them understand what each suggestion will won’t do.
thanks! the idea is indeed to make the subject accessible even to non-techies. It’s a challenge, and we can still do better ;)
Looks nice! Beautifully done site.
thanks :)
Nice initiative, but I’d suggest to
- remove Signal as it’s centralized and the server source code is not constantly updated (and likely different from the one published at any given time)
- replace Firefox (that is Google’s geek friedly subsidiary) with LibreWolf (for PC) and Iceraven (for Android) available in FFUpdater in F-Droid
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Found this gem on the site
Oh shit. A modern-designer website fully compatible with UXP-based browsers. I love it.
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Neat, re-posted + shared. 🤗
Neat, re-posted + shared. 🤗
cool, thx for the support :)
I just skimmed through the content and read a bit. The website looks super neat and useful. Furthermore, the design is beautifully made and the flow of actions feels natural. Amazing work, as far as I can say so far. Excuse me, I am going to sift through some of your recommendations to see what services and SW you have there.
glad that you like it :) let me add that your compliments on the website design go directly to squidfunk, who’s developing Material for MkDocs
Why do you recommend the non-free Magic Earth here?
Good catch, others mentioned that too. Will be removed
Super cool. Thanks for sharing.
Server-side of both ProtonMail and Tutanota is nonFLOSS.
Thx for the hint, will include a comment on the website. GitLab Issue #105 created.
I’m in the market for a new phone and would very much like to abandon Android.
Also privacyguides.org
Yeah there are so many of these they are starting to get a little redundant. I understand why privacyguides was created over privacytools. Let the best website win!
tbh, we don’t see this as a competition. Those guys (and gals) were there WAY before us, and they know their stuff. And there are many more people covering similar topics, too. We’re humble enough to know that we stand on the shoulders of giants. Our feeling is that the subject is complex and fast-paced. With more reliable sources, people have better chances to find whats working best for them.
More sources is always better to increase the reach of these technologies. We need to flood the internet with projects like this to make privacy more mainstream.
Yeah I’ve been digging into the guides and they’re really user friendly. Loving the site so far compared to the others.
Great initiative - kudos!
thx :)
