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[โ€“] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

EDIT I misunderstood the post, this is what you're using, not what you're recommending, sorry about that!
I will still include my original comment below.

Still, I use and can recommend XMPP and the provider magicbroccoli.de! Arne the admin is also a swell guy!


Bold move recommending US Signal over European Telegram!

I'd personally trust neither very much; one's US funded and the other clearly not as secure outside โ€œsecret chatsโ€.

But what about Threema? Or a European XMPP provider like the excellent magicbroccoli.de?

[โ€“] mattyroses@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

any reason for XMPP over Matrix?

[โ€“] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 1 points 1 month ago

Hm fair point!

XMPP is focused on personal chats, calls and group chats. It's a better drop-in replacement for Messenger, WhatsApp, Telegram and Signal.

Matrix is great too, although it's focused on channel-based, administrated chat rooms. It's got a higher barrier of entry but is an excellent replacement for Discord, Teams and Slack for managing companies and other organised groups.

They fill in different use cases and are both excellent decentralised services with the possibility to avoid non-European digital services!

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[โ€“] Niquarl@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

As a Google Maps alternative I could recommend Osmand and Cartes.

[โ€“] qevlarr@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[โ€“] Niquarl@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

Apart from the drama another linked it's "just" an android app compared to Osmand and Cartes that can work on mobile and desktop.

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[โ€“] ManicMambo@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Not very beginner friendly to recommend Arch instead of Mint or Zorin.

[โ€“] O_R_I_O_N@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago
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[โ€“] betahack@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

very nice, thanks for sharing

[โ€“] kurcatovium@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

I can highly recommend https://mapy.com/

[โ€“] albi@f.cz 1 points 1 month ago

@blinfabian
wait, isn't Signal american and Telegram basically European (British Virgin Islands)?

[โ€“] cubitumeamus@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

I really like using Kagi for search!

[โ€“] ch_schnegg@gruene.social 1 points 1 month ago

@blinfabian

I wonder why you put Firefox on the left side. Afak it's driven by a foundation.

Is Mozilla foundation linked to the US government like the evil billionaire tech bros?
And if: is there any reliable evidence?

@ueeu

[โ€“] Illorenz@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Any good guide on RVX? I see plenty of websites of I search for revanced but I don't know which one is the official app

[โ€“] blinfabian 1 points 1 month ago

i installed revance manager, through there RVX extended and MicroG. log into microg and your pretty much set (from memory)

I haven't kept up with all the changes in core developers the last few years, but isn't Arch mostly American?

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