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operating systems

• distrowatch - news about open source operating systems
• distrochooser - helps with picking an OS
• novice: mint; pop!
• adept: fedora; endeavour
• expert: arch

browsing

• firefox - fuck google chrome all my homies hate google chrome
• librewolf - firefox fork with stricter security by default
• tor project - entrance to the dark web

addons / extensions

• ublock origin - adblocker (+more)
• sponsorblock - auto skips annoying youtube video segments
• stylus - userstyle manager
• userstyles.world; userstyles.org archive
• violentmonkey - userscript manager
• greasyfork
• containers - isolates cookies to specific tabs
• dont accept webp; save webp as jpeg/png
• indie wiki buddy - auto redirects fan wikis on fandom.com

communication

email

• clients: thunderbird
• free providers: proton; tutanota; skiff
• paid providers: posteo; mailbox
• selective providers: riseup; disroot; autistici
• aliasing: simplelogin

instant messaging

• fuck discord all my homies hate discord
• irc / xmpp - well-established oldskool chat protocols
• matrix - decentralized communication
• clients: element; cinny; fluffychat; +more
• session - no info needed for making an account
• revolt - a (wip) competitor to discord
• guilded - another discord competitor. not open source.
• mattermost - slack alternative
• briar - for those with spotty/restricted internet access

social media

• cohost - tumblr-esque blogging with unique post formatting
• pillowfort - tumblr-esque blogging. well-established.
• dreamwidth - livejournal alternative

fediverse

• fedi.tips; fediverse.info; fedi.garden
• microblogging: mastodon; misskey; firefish; pleroma; akkoma
• blogging: writefreely; micro.blog; plume
• photos: pixelfed
• videos: peertube
• link-aggregators: lemmy; kbin
• facebook-like: friendica; mobilizon
• other: bookwyrm

office & productivity

• office: libreoffice; etherpad
• notes: obsidian; joplin; simplenote
• dev: vscodium; notepad++

multimedia

video

• yt-dl/yt-dlp - downloads videos from youtube and more

audio

• players: wacup; foobar2000; aimp
• downloads: soulseek/nicotine+
• vgm: khinsider; zophar's domain
• streaming: nuclear
• spotify: blockthespot; xmanager
• stealing bandwidth from spotify is morally correct btw

art & creativity

• fuck adobe all my homies hate adobe
• illustration: clip studio; krita; paint tool SAI
• spriting: aesprite
• 3D: blender; F3D