Since the USA nowadays tends to change (or better, overthrow) a lot of things, I thought it might benefit someone to see a tech stack which can operate without any big corporation, may it be from the US or somewhere else. Most also is open source.
This list is not meant to shame anyone not using these tools or even coerce people to also use it. I just thought it might be useful – it’s totally OK for me if you disagree with my choices.
Annotations: not open source, paid (recurring), paid (one-time)
| Area | Desktop | Mobile | Infrastructure (Software) | Infrastructure (Hardware or External Service) | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating System | Linux (Debian / Xubuntu) | GrapheneOS | Debian Testing on my main machine, Xubuntu on some laptops | ||
| Browser | Firefox | Firefox | plus several add-ons | ||
| Thunderbird | Thunderbird | webhosting / email package, in my case from Netcup | |||
| Cloud Storage & Synchronisation | Nextcloud client | FolderSync | Nextcloud | webhosting package, see above | |
| Office & Productivity | Libreoffice | ||||
| Calendar | web interface of Nextcloud | DAVx5 + CalenGoo | Nextcloud Calendar | webhosting package, see above | |
| Address Book | web interface of Nextcloud | DAVx5 + Fossify Contacts / GrapheneOS Contacts | Nextcloud Contacts | webhosting package, see above | |
| Social Media | web interface of chosen Mastodon instance | Tusky | |||
| Messaging | Signal / Threema / Delta Chat | Signal / Threema / Delta Chat | email package for Delta Chat, see above | ||
| Search Engines | Startpage / SearXNG | Startpage / SearXNG | |||
| News | web interface of Nextcloud News | Nextcloud News | Nextcloud News | webhosting package, see above | |
| Bookmarks | web interface of Nextcloud Bookmarks | Nextcloud Bookmarks | webhosting package, see above | ||
| Password Manager | KeePassXC | KeePassDX | |||
| Ad Blocking | AdGuard Home | home server / NAS | |||
| Maps | OpenStreetMap | OsmAnd / Organic Maps | |||
| Podcasts | Poca (by brokkr) / VLC | AntennaPod | home server / NAS | ||
| Music | web interface of Jellyfin / VLC | Finamp / SicMu Player / Symphony | Jellyfin | home server / NAS | |
| Movies | VLC | Kodi / VLC | Kodi | home server / NAS | |
| Geocaching | c:geo | ||||
| Home Automation | web interface of Home Assistant | Home Assistant | Home Assistant | home server / NAS | |
| Image Editing | GIMP | Fossify Gallery / GrapheneOS Gallery | |||
| Banking | Hibiscus / Jameica | my bank’s app | |||
| Notes, Checklists | jEdit | Denkzettel (by Silvio Schurig) |