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* '''Stay clear''' of Microsoft's Edge & Internet Explorer, Google's Chrome, Apple's Safari, Mozilla's Firefox, Opera, etc. | * '''Stay clear''' of Microsoft's Edge & Internet Explorer, Google's Chrome, Apple's Safari, Mozilla's Firefox, Opera, etc. | ||
− | * Good Chrome-based browsers, a standard using addons found in Google's [https://chrome.google.com/webstore/category/extensions Chrome Web Store]. | + | * Good '''Chrome-based''' browsers, a standard using addons found in Google's [https://chrome.google.com/webstore/category/extensions Chrome Web Store]. |
** '''Brave Browser''' : [https://Brave.com Brave.com] | ** '''Brave Browser''' : [https://Brave.com Brave.com] | ||
**: Related: '''Brave Search''' is better than Google Search and DuckDuckGo.com | **: Related: '''Brave Search''' is better than Google Search and DuckDuckGo.com | ||
**: [https://Search.Brave.com Search.Brave.com] | **: [https://Search.Brave.com Search.Brave.com] | ||
** '''Vivaldi Browser''' : [https://Vivaldi.com Vivaldi.com] | ** '''Vivaldi Browser''' : [https://Vivaldi.com Vivaldi.com] | ||
− | * Good Firefox-based browsers, a standard using addons found in Mozilla's [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/ Firefox Browser Add-Ons]. | + | * Good '''Firefox-based''' browsers, a standard using addons found in Mozilla's [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/ Firefox Browser Add-Ons]. |
** '''LibreWolf Browser''' : [https://LibreWolf.net LibreWolf.net] | ** '''LibreWolf Browser''' : [https://LibreWolf.net LibreWolf.net] | ||
** '''WaterFox Browser''' : [https://www.WaterFox.net WaterFox.net] | ** '''WaterFox Browser''' : [https://www.WaterFox.net WaterFox.net] |
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These lists of technology alternatives are just a starting point jump off list of the
Resilience
- MediaWikis are very secure, extremely well supported globally as FLOSS (free / libré open-source software), and because powerful decentralized or distributed wiki networks do not exist (yet), our simple decentralization solution and top priority is to provide openly downloadable backups to prepare for the worst (censorship and loss of freedom).
Operating systems
Personal computer operating systems
- Personal computer operating systems blurb will go here.
- Wikipedia: Personal computer
- Wikipedia: Operating system
- Wikipedia: Computer tower
- Wikipedia: Laptop or notebook computer
- FLOSS blurb will go here.
- Wikipedia: Free and open-source software
Num | OS | Security | Details | Note |
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1 | Linux Mint | strong | now most popular FLOSS | - |
2 | Ubuntu | strong | formerly most popular FLOSS | - |
3 | macOS | meh | Linux-based, extremely constricted, corporate compromised |
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4 | Windows 7 | weak | corporate compromised | - |
5 | Windows 10 | terrible | corporate compromised | - |
Portable device operating systems
- Portable device operating systems blurb will go here.
- Wikipedia: List of custom Android distributions
- Wikipedia: Comparison of mobile operating systems
- Wikipedia: Smartphone
- Wikipedia: Tablet computer
- Wikipedia: Set-top box (for televisions and home-theatres)
Num | OS | Security | Details | Note |
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1 | LineageOS | strong de-Googled | Only supports specific models | requires tech skills |
2 | Android OS | corporate compromised | - | |
3 | iOS (formerly iPhone OS) |
Apple | secure with humans but corporate compromised |
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DeGoogled phones
Wikipedia : DeGoogle
Can't or don't want to learn how to load an operating system on a phone?
Programs and applications
Internet browsers
Wikipedia: Web browser
What are your browser needs?
- usability
- privacy (and security)
- customizability
- philosophy (open-source, privacy, security, etc)
- respect for the user
- looks
- resource usage (speed, memory, processing, etc)
Very critical, thorough, and highly recommended article dissecting and reviewing all browsers:
'How to choose a browser for everyday use?
" Let's start with the basics. What is the point of a web browser? Originally, it was to be able to read HTML documents, but since then, the Web has changed massively, and modern browsers need to satisfy more demands. [...] One advantage of these niche browsers is that they don't spy on you, but what I've learned from trying probably all of them is that, in the end, addons are essential [...] so, for a day-to-day browser, you have only two options: Firefox based and Chrome based. Since they all support the same addons [...] we will have to use some other criteria to judge these browsers. These consist of usability, privacy, customizability, philosophy, respect for the user, looks, and resource usage. Let's analyze them one by one:
Browser recommendations
Jason Carswell generally recommends:
- Stay clear of Microsoft's Edge & Internet Explorer, Google's Chrome, Apple's Safari, Mozilla's Firefox, Opera, etc.
- Good Chrome-based browsers, a standard using addons found in Google's Chrome Web Store.
- Brave Browser : Brave.com
- Related: Brave Search is better than Google Search and DuckDuckGo.com
- Search.Brave.com
- Vivaldi Browser : Vivaldi.com
- Brave Browser : Brave.com
- Good Firefox-based browsers, a standard using addons found in Mozilla's Firefox Browser Add-Ons.
- LibreWolf Browser : LibreWolf.net
- WaterFox Browser : WaterFox.net
- PaleMoon Browser : PaleMoon.org
- Basilisk Browser : Basilisk-Browser.org
Wikipedia: List of web browsers
Browser add-on and extension recommendations
Jason Carswell generally recommends the following list of addons, among some others, mostly* available on either Google's Chrome Web Store or Mozilla's Firefox Browser Add-Ons. (* Google prevents YouTube addons from downloading audio/video files.)
- Dark Reader
- Enhancer for YouTube
- Magic Actions for YouTube
- Nimbus Screenshot
- Return YouTube Dislike
- SingleFile
- SmartVideo for YouTube
- Tab Manager Plus for Chrome
- uBlock Origin
- uMatrix - only if you know what you're doing, requires setup and tweaking
- Video DownloadHelper
YouTube-DLG
The standalone app YouTube-DLG (GitHub.com/yt-dlg/yt-dlg) has the ability to download YouTube audio, video, and merged files, batch download channels, and/or batch download playlists, along with the ability to custom batch rename downloaded files as you see fit. YouTube-DLG downloads easily from most sites with videos (ie. Facebook, Reddit, Rumble, Twitter, etc), not just YouTube. Admittedly it is perhaps too much for most folks being advanced geekery with so much customizability and power. Expert geek users might not use the GUI (graphic user interface) and may prefer to use command line control with the original YouTube-DL (YouTube-DL.org).
Cross-platform software
- Cross-platform software blurb will go here.
- Wikipedia: Cross-platform software
Personal computer programs
- Personal computer programs blurb will go here.
Portable device applications
- Portable device applications blurb will go here.
Crowdsourced references
Projex.Wiki will be starting a list of tech alternatives and solutions for normies and resistance folks. Please discuss them here and I'll copy paste your feedback/reviews. (Posted on SaidIt, by submitted 10 days ago by JasonCarswell, Feb 15, 2022.)
- Brave Browser rather than Google Chrome
- LibreOffice rather than Microsoft Office
- DuckDuckGo rather than Google Search
- Peer2Peer tier (Impossible to take down)
- Briar (Chat, groupchat/private forums and Forums) ManyVerse (Chat, groupchat up to 7 and Facebook style posts) Jami (Chat and groupchat) Aether (Reddit style forum)
- Decentralized tier (Hard to take it all down at once, no single point of failure)
- Mastodon replaces twitter Diaspora/Friendica replaces Facebook Lemmy replaces Reddit Basically anything that support ActivityPub
- Self-hosted tier (Easy to take down)
- NextCloud (pi) for home cloud YunoHost for private hosting, Matrix/XMPP/email/websites, scripts etc.
- Phone and computers (Disregarding the physical spy chips on modern CPU's)
- Use Linux on your computer, use open source ROMs on your phone. If you can't hack it, it's not your hardware.
- I subscribe to a lot of open source producers (PinePhone, Fairphone, etc) and programmers, newsbots, interesting people etc.
- I also subscribe to youtube and instagram style platforms through the same account and get it in the same feed. I run a dedicated script that converts RSS to AP, so I subscribe to newssites through Mastodon too.
- Shoes
This is absolutely incredible. Thank you for making this. How can I help?
- https://UnBlockIt.cam instead of NetFlix
- Linux rather than Windows
- NextCloud rather than Google cloud services
- Unbound (for running your own DNS server) rather than using the ISP DNS servers.
Browsers
Brave browser
- Wikipedia: Brave (web browser)
- great if you want $5 in extra beer money a month
- not as good at privacy as they lead you to believe
- currently the best combination of privacy and compatibility
- Chromium based browsers like Brave can be better for privacy but still cede too much control of the open web to Google.
IceRaven
- mobile
LibreWolf
Vivaldi browser
- Wikipedia: Vivaldi (web browser)
- made by a former Opera programmer or something
More secure and private communications and tools
There is no such thing as perfect security - but you don't have to be stupid nor make it easy for hackers and/or tyrannical forces.
Awesome Piracy
- https://GitHub.com/Igglybuff/awesome-piracy
- Aggregated lists of resource bookmarks.
Privacy Tools
- https://PrivacyTools.io
- Privacy Tools Guide: Website for Encrypted Software & Apps
Restore Privacy
- https://RestorePrivacy.com
- Privacy and Security News (top) + Restore Privacy Resources (below)
Signal
- Wikipedia: Signal (software)
- Signal is a superior alternative to WhatsApp for messaging apps
TOR
- Wikipedia: Tor (network)
- for the privacy inclined
- Tor, short for "The Onion Router," is free and open-source software for enabling anonymous communication.
- Tor Browser
- Tails OS (operating system)
Search engines
Search engines that don't use Google as a source:
Brave Search
- https://Search.Brave.com
- Wikipedia: Brave Search
DuckDuckGo
- https://DuckDuckGo.com
- Wikipedia: DuckDuckGo
- Filters results too, they're just not as bad as Google.
- Imperfect, without better alternatives.
searX
- https://searX.TheGPM.org/
- https://searX.TheGPM.org/about
- Wikipedia: Searx
- https://Searx.Space = list of SearXNG and SearX instances
- Searx is a free and open-source metasearch engine with the aim of protecting the privacy of its users.
Startpage
- https://www.StartPage.com
- Wikipedia: Startpage.com
Social media
Bastyon
- https://Bastyon.com
- https://Bastyon.site/get-started-content-creators/
- Decentralized/distributed free-thinking truth-seeking social media client app.
Flote
- https://Flote.app
- American free-thinking truth-seeking social media client app.
Friendevu
- https://Friendevu.com
- Canadian free-thinking truth-seeking social media.
Librti
- https://Librti.com
- Canadian free-thinking truth-seeking social media and indie-media.
Mastodon
- Decentralized and Federated.
- Mastodon is more than just a website like Twitter - it's thousands of interconnected Mastodon instances.
- Mastodon seems rather counter-intuitive and not user-friendly.
Saidit
- https://SaidIt.net
- Free-thinking truth-seeking Reddit-like news aggregator forum.
Unjected
- https://Unjected.com
- Free-thinking truth-seeking social media for unvaccinated people.
See also
- Alternatives
- Browsers
- Browser Addons
- Browser Extensions
- Counter-propaganda
- Crowdsourcing
- Decentralization
- Distribution
- Federation
- FLOSS
- Internet
- Internet browsers
- Internet search
- Lists of lists
- Media
- Networking
- News sources
- Operating systems
- Projex.Wiki lists
- Recommendation lists
- Recommendations
- Resistance
- Resources
- Social media
- Technology
- Technology alternatives
- Technology lists
- Technology projects
- Technology recommendations
- Video platforms