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.

  • Shamar@lemmy.ml
    2·
    3 years ago

    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
    • gofoss.net@lemmy.mlOP
      2·
      3 years ago

      Thx for the post & feel free to elaborate. While we can’t please all, we are always open to constructive feedback. To be fair:

      a) we’re a bunch of FOSS idealists. So no affiliate links, sponsorships, crypto-shadiness or any other bullshit on our website

      b) we make it pretty clear none of those services is the panacea. We’re still convinced they’re better than Big Tech/GAFAM

      c) we mention caveats/criticism where deemed necessary, e.g. Mozilla’s conflict of interest, Signal’s privacy flaws, etc.

      d) we always mention a couple of alternatives, so that readers can pick & choose according to their needs