Navigation is a necessary feature in our modern lives and the good news is that there are privacy-respecting alternatives that provide excellent navigation capabilities without invasive tracking. Let's explore some of these alternatives.
https://blog.iode.tech/degoogle-your-private-life-3-maps-and-navigation/
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@peterrenshaw@ioc.exchange“I’d done all the background research and had so many spreadsheets,” says Angela Wiggins, who moved to Lisbon from Nashville, Tennessee, in December and works remotely, “but I didn’t speak the #language and needed assistance on the hoops we needed to jump through.” Her move only came after investigating a number of #alternatives.
“Initially, I explored several countries — #Canada, #NewZealand, #Norway — but didn’t meet the #residency criteria. That led me to broaden the search to places I hadn’t thought of as a #possibility.
I had never visited #Portugal, but I was drawn to its sense of #safety, stable #banking system, efficient #healthcare, beautiful #landscapes, #cosmopolitan #culture and more relaxed #PaceOfLife.”
Translation: I didn’t bother to learn the language, and I’m exporting the worst traits of the USA.
<https://archive.md/rdqZV> / <https://www.ft.com/content/7cc645c7-1081-4d90-9400-9e7b70770f41>
For anyone who may have missed it, @mixtape posted a guide on what constitutes a fair music platform. We're stoked to be featured!
Le discours de @pluralistic aborde "les opportunités uniques de désemmerdification créées par le « désassemblage imprévu en plein-air » du système de libre-échange international par Trump. […] Le reste du monde a une opportunité sans précédent pour riposter à l’intimidation américaine en se débarrassant de ces lois et en produisant les outils, les appareils et les services qui peuvent protéger chaque utilisateur·ice de la Tech (étasunien·nes y compris) de se faire arnaquer par les grandes entreprises étasuniennes de la Tech."
https://framablog.org/2025/04/02/un-grand-pouvoir-mais-aucune-responsabilite/
You’ve Been Lied To About Roads For 60 Years
> There’s a major problem with the way our roads and traffic systems are designed—one that’s being overlooked at an enormous cost. The core idea behind how we build our roads, and by extension our towns, cities, and landscapes, is outdated and deeply flawed. What exactly are junk roads? Why have …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVq7XOXkg1U
What sort of device are you reading this toot on right now?
(Please boost for a diversified panel.)
If you're using the Fediverse's reading platform BookWyrm, here's how to transfer your data from Goodreads, LibraryThing, StoryGraph, OpenLibrary or Calibre:
(If you've never heard of BookWyrm, it's like the Fediverse's alternative to Amazon's Goodreads. Here's more info about it: https://fedi.tips/bookwyrm-a-social-network-for-people-who-enjoy-reading)
Are there any alternatives to Duolingo that respect your privacy and generally just let you learn in your own way and at your own pace without a lot of frustration? I really miss Duolingo, but I got so tired of its nonsense that I deleted it long ago.
Wondering and pondering: in the past 20-something years we used #Skype to cheaply phone call far-away relatives and to #phone #call closer relatives when _we_ were far away.
Now that Skype will close, are there #alternatives to do the same (as in call land phones from the Internet)?
And no, both relatives have neither Internet nor a modern smartphone.
Cam someone help?
@GlitchyZoruais there any good #googleform #alternatives?
C'est quoi vos #alternatives, faciles à utiliser et #FOSS si possible, à #Skype ?
@Palky55@mas.to#fediverse #alternatives #tech #support #google etc etc Why is everything from the #US so crap. I have downloaded the latest #Ubuntu for my #iMac . I have downloaded the recommende viewer. #balenaEtcher Do they see each other. Like feck they do.
[EDIT: found it - https://alternatives-in.uk/directory/. Thanks Neil!]
The "EU Alternatives" site is a really useful index of non-USA tech providers, but it sadly (yet understandably) excludes UK services: https://european-alternatives.eu/
I *know* I saw a (pretty sparsely populated) UK equivalent of that EU-focused site ... but I can't find it. Any ideas what I might be thinking of? #alternatives #EUalternatives #UKtech #UKalternatives
#ProxLB - an opensource & advanced VM loadbalancer for #Proxmox clusters. Including affinity & anti-affinity rules, maintenance mode (evacuating nodes) and more. I just published my slides about it.
Project: https://github.com/gyptazy/ProxLB
Slides: https://cdn.gyptazy.com/files/talks/ProxLB-Intelligent-Workload-Balancing-for-Proxmox-Clusters.pdf
BookWyrm is a social network for people who enjoy books and reading. It's intended as a Fediverse alternative to Amazon's Goodreads. The official site is at:
There's a FediTips guide all about BookWyrm with lots of questions answered at:
https://fedi.tips/bookwyrm-a-social-network-for-people-who-enjoy-reading
BookWyrm accounts can be followed from Mastodon etc. However, you need to sign up for an account on a BookWyrm server if you want to use BookWyrm's features.
The Fediverse has its own alternative to Twitch called OwnCast, a live streaming platform with built-in chat system.
You can follow OwnCast accounts from Mastodon etc and they will post in your timeline when they go live. You can also sign into OwnCast chat using your Mastodon etc account.
More info at:
https://fedi.tips/owncast-live-streaming-and-chat-on-the-fediverse
If you want to get started, I've just posted some good OwnCast accounts to follow over at @FediFollows
Make the Switch: Frontend Alternatives
View: https://sudovanilla.org/blog/make-the-switch-frontend-alternatives/
@ati1 They only stay away from the “F” and only then, if the “F” uses the AGPL if it’s for networked use. So we have to be careful to state exactly what we mean by “FOSS.”. Otherwise, they’re perfectly happy to take “liberally licensed” open source (open as in “open for business”) and enclose it. Or even use GPL licensed code on servers. Don’t forget that the Big Web – and thus surveillance capitalism – mostly runs on Linux.
When trying to find “European alternatives” to US products – to avoid looking like a 
– ensure that your “alternative” is not funded by US venture capital.
@FediThing@chinwag.orgHey, LibreWolf has just set up its own Fediverse account, let's give them a warm welcome!
