Software and Services
Overall Vibe
- I like privacy-oriented, open source, minimalistic software.
- I avoid all Google products as much as possible. No Gmail, Photos, Drive, Calendar - Google can’t be trusted in my opinion.
- I also avoid all META products (facebook, instagram, whats app) as they are even worse than Google - if that is even possible. But I admit i must use FB every now and then. I just keep it short and sweet.
- I do trust Apple - barely. They make their money by selling hardware and software, not information. And have proven themselves to be strong on privacy.
OS
- Ubuntu 24.02
- POP!OS with the new Cosmic DE (its really nice)
- Mac OS (work)
I have really struggled with finding the right email set up lately. I recently decided to abandon Fastmail, Runbox, Mailbox.org, and Startmail. All solid services in their own way. But not what I am looking for now. I just want email. Simple, easy, IMAP standards compliant email. No calendar, no contacts (needed), no tasks, etc... I have other systems that do those. I just want email. Surprisingly, it was difficult t find. I ended up settling on ....
- MX Route (I will talk more about this in the blog)
RSS Reader
Everyone should use RSS over the spoon-fed algorithmic slop fed to yu by just about every "social" platform nowadays. Most websites have an RSS feed. Most RSS readers are free. And the beauty is that YOU have total control of it. Don't like a feed - delete it and never see it again. Dont want to be constantly interrupted by ads - well, there are none. Its is a thing of beauty. And for a simple minimalistic RSS feed I use ...
- Miniflux (more in blog later)
I also used Inoreader for a while too - liked it, but too complicated.
Updated: 2026-01-29