You can store OTP codes in bitwarden btw
this post was submitted on 31 Jan 2026
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Uni prof here- the one that continues to plague me is Google Classroom. It may as well be the default for my department, which means if I switch to Moodle, Canvas, etc., I also have to manage all the student headaches that come with requiring them to use unfamiliar software. Also have to dip way into my budget for features I’m currently getting for free. Would really like to make a clean break from Google but this one hook is still in me. Blarg.
Isn't that what grad students are for... lol. It's been a few decades since I wnet to college (in the US). We rarely spoke to our professors. They had grad students as TAs handle most of the student interaction and managment of software tools and such.
I wouldn't stress out too much. Take what victories you can. Additionally, while institutional change is hard, introducing your students to LibreOffice and other useful free tools is still a powerful avenue for change.
Currently using Vivaldi Browser (/e/ OS). Any thoughts and/or recommondations?
It’s criminal that https://delta.chat/ isn’t named as an alternative chat especially since its in-chat apps (https://webxdc.org/) contain alternatives for half of googles apps but that are peer to peer, e2ee and offline first unlike most of the alternatives in the graphic.
I own a Synology nas that i tinker a bit with self hosting stuff, but is there a open source project that makes it so easy and convenient or maybe even better? Cause Synology is cool its stilla big corp that wants to harvest my data.
https://mariushosting.com/how-to-install-portainer-on-your-synology-nas/
Keep your Synology and start hosting docker containers with open source replacements for the Synology branded ones.
That way the storage is still solid and maintenance free, but you can experiment with different options on top.
Depends a bit what you want exactly.
You can get the same with trueNAS (or hexOS which is an easy to use wrapper), or Unraid. But that needs more than a bit of tinkering (in my opinion)
I tried some, but would up back on Synology since I don't have time to waste on the NAS layer
How do they list Nextcloud as an alternative to Google Drive but not to the Google office apps? LibreOffice is not really a substitute, Nextcloud Office/Collabora is.
Forgetting that immich needs a selfhosted server?
Thus it aint really an alternative if you really want it to be applicable to the average user.
- An immich user.
proton drive has a photo backup feature
It's interesting they haven't recommended anything proton here when proton as a whole works very well in a bunch of these categories... I imagine it could be because they're a competitor to Tuta
Proton Calendar is listed
Ah yeah, I was looking at the mail/password manager/docs side instead... They've also got Proton Drive on there as well though
No worries. The chart is a mess.
Thanks for pointing that out!
I had assumed one of the reasons the list feels so weak to me is because they didn't want to add selfhosted alternatives.
But since that is not the case, the list is even weaker than I thought.
This is a strong list: https://github.com/awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted
Should be said that some alternative search sites, such as Ecosia, share some of your information with their upstream search providers which does include Google.
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Anyone recommending CryptPad as an alternative to Google Docs is pretentious af to me or is only using it on PC. The mobile version of CryptPad is the most unusable clunky bullshit ever.
Some people are willing to contend with less perfect UIs to get away from Big Tech.
The list is incomplete, a bit dumb, and mostly advertising anyhow. Each heading should have many more and often better alternatives.
For most users, Next loud or Libre is far better
Are we doing ads now here? And are we, like, OK with it now?
On second thought you're absolutely right. Report created.
edit: oh, this is YSK, I was thinking more about IT communities.
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Kreate, Musify and Harmony Music are all great alternatives to YT Music
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