Freedom Tech Index

. Patriot PC is a startup company out of North Carolina, run by veterans "with multiple tours of duty under their belts, ample security clearances and storied careers in Fortune 500 industries." Their first product is a Linux Mint 20.2 Cinnamon laptop tailored to help you regain your digital freedom. They are currently offer 25% off on their Beta laptops. Here's their website: https://www.patriot-pc.com/ #Patriot_PC https://www.patriot-pc.com/

. @littlehummer found the Tutanota email service for us, which is a secure email service out of Germany, which offers end-to-end encryption. They are open source and also offer contacts, and a calendar. You can sign up here: https://tutanota.com/ #Tutanota_Email

. Another Linux Tablet from the makers of the JingOS, which is a mobile OS based on Linux. You can get more info and order a JingPad here: https://en.jingos.com/jingpad-a1/ #JingPad_A1

. Tip of the Day: (Cinnamon Desktop / Mint) Bind the "Windows Thumbnail Picker" to a mouse button that you never use. This will make for the fastest windows switching you've ever experienced. You'll love it! Good mouse button choices are the forward and back thumb buttons, or if you have a 10 button mouse, the thumb-down button is the best choice. back button = button 8 forward button= button 9 thumb-down button = button 10 1. Make sure xbindkeys is installed by typing: sudo apt install xbindkeys 2. Add xbindkeys to startup applications: - Open "Startup Applications" - Click the + sign - Select "Custom command" - Type "xbindkeys" as the Command - Give it the name xbindkeys - Click Add 3. Add these lines to the .xbindkeysrc file in your home folder: (replace b:9 with b:8, b:9, or b:10 depending on the button you want) # Cinnamon Mouse Button 9 # to Thumbnail Picker "xdotool key ctrl+alt+Down" release + b:9 4. Restart xbindkeys by typing: killall xbindkeys xbindkeys #Thumbnail_Picker_Mint

. Tip of the Day: (Cinnamon Desktop / Mint) Bind the "Windows Thumbnail Picker" to a mouse button that you never use. This will make for the fastest windows switching you've ever experienced. You'll love it! Good mouse button choices are the forward and back thumb buttons, or if you have a 10 button mouse, the thumb-down button is the best choice. back button = button 8 forward button= button 9 thumb-down button = button 10 1. Make sure xbindkeys is installed by typing: sudo apt install xbindkeys 2. Add xbindkeys to the startup applications list using "Gnome Tweaks", or "Startup Applications Preferences" depending on how new your Ubuntu is. 3. Add these lines to the .xbindkeysrc file in your home folder: (replace b:9 with b:8, b:9, or b:10 depending on the button you want) # Cinnamon Mouse Button 9 # to Thumbnail Picker "xdotool key ctrl+alt+Down" release + b:9 4. Restart xbindkeys by typing: killall xbindkeys xbindkeys #Thumbnail_Picker_Mint

. See comments for Linux Mint tips and tricks. #Tips_Tricks_Mint

. HTTrack gives you a GUI interface for downloading a website. On Linux it launches to a web-browser interface. You can install it on Debian based distros by typing this into a terminal: sudo apt install webhttrack This will also get you the command line version of httrack. Here is the HTTrack website, where you can find more info as well as the manual and documentation: https://www.httrack.com/ #Scrape_Website_HTTrack_GUI

. Copying websites you like locally to your computer can be for useful many reasons. Some of these reasons are: - You want to archive the info in case it disappears, like websites usually do. - You want to view a website without an internet connection. - You may have limited data. Information on how to scrape and store websites locally can be found in 👇 the comments. #Website_Copy_Scrape_Locally #HTTrack_Website_Copier

. Here's a good Beginner's Guide to Virtual Private Servers. https://www.dreamhost.com/blog/beginners-guide-vps/ #VPS_Beginners_Guide

Here is an info-graphic that can help you decide which type of server will work best for you. If you are planning on paying a hosting service to host your own private email server, a VPS is the best compromise between security and price. This info-graphic comes from this website: https://www.liquidweb.com/what-is-vps-hosting/ #VPS_Do_You_Need_One

. What is a Virtual Private Server? Do you need to use one for the website, or web service you want hosted? In nutshell, a server is a computer that is hooked to the Internet and serves information to other computers that request the info. Dedicated Server (Most Private, Most Expensive) —————————— A dedicated server is a computer that only has your personal websites on it, but dedicated servers cost more money. Shared Server (Least Private, Least Expensive) —————————— A shared server is a computer that has your website in your own directory, but it also has other people's websites in their directories, on the same computer, in the same OS. Virtual Private Servers (Compromise Between Security and Price) —————————— A virtual private server puts your website inside a virtual machine type environment that only you have access to. There are other people with their own virtual machines running their websites on the same computer. See comments for more detail on VPS's. #VPS_Virtual_Private_Servers

Steam is releasing a new handheld gaming system this coming February called the Steam Deck, and it runs PC games. Guess which OS it is going to be running? That's right! Linux. They chose Linux over MS. It will be running their own distro called SteamOS, which you can download and install on your computer if you want, probably even dual boot. It is basically a Linux computer, running a standard AMD processor, and you can install any OS you want on it. You can pre-order one through the Steam app on Linux. More info and pricing here: https://store.steampowered.com/steamdeck This is the Steam Deck homepage: https://www.steamdeck.com/en/ #Steam_Deck

. SDF.org doesn't have a very user friendly web-site, but they have dial-up service listed as one of their services, so that could be nice if the Internet goes down. Can you even find dial-up modems anymore? You can set up an email account here: https://wiki.sdf.org/doku.php?id=email_at_sdf

Transformation Complete! I couldn't help but notice that the "e" logo is the Google G logo, flipped and then rotated. So I made an animated GIF in GIMP just now to show how the transformation to freedom looks. 😂💪 I have no idea why Telegram messes up the animation timing.

Here is a good brief comparison of some of the top players in the DeGoogled phones arena: https://pyrephone.com/de-googled-phone-comparison-e-os-vs-lineage-vs-calyx-vs-graphene/

. eloud is a complete, fully “deGoogled”, online ecosystem. It gives all the services offered by the tyrannical Big Tech companies, without the any of the tyranny. Woohoo! List of Services ————— - Free email - Online file storage - Contacts - Calendar - Notes - Tasks - Photos - Online document collaboration All done with open-source solutions, such as Next Cloud and Open Office. ecloud integrates into the Linux desktop email clients very easily. All you need to do is give Evolution, Thunderbird, or Kontact you email and password, and the setup is automatic. If you buy one of their /e/ phones, or install /e/OS on your phone, that phone will automatically be set up to use ecloud services. You can get an ecloud account here: https://e.foundation/ecloud/ You can get /e/OS, or an /e/ phone here: https://e.foundation/e-os/ #eCloud

. eloud is a complete, fully “deGoogled”, online ecosystem. It gives all the services offered by the tyrannical Big Tech companies, without the any of the tyranny. Woohoo! List of Services ————— - Free email - Online file storage - Contacts - Calendar - Notes - Tasks - Photos - Online document collaboration All done with open-source solutions, such as Next Cloud and Open Office. ecloud integrates into the Linux desktop email clients very easily. All you need to do is give Evolution, Thunderbird, or Kontact you email and password, and the setup is automatic. If you buy one of their /e/ phones, or install /e/OS on your phone, that phone will automatically be set up to use ecloud services. You can get an ecloud account here: https://e.foundation/ecloud/ You can get /e/OS, or and /e/ phone here: https://e.foundation/e-os/ #eCloud

. eloud is a complete, fully “deGoogled”, online ecosystem. It gives all the services offered by the tyrannical Big Tech companies, without the any of the tyranny. Woohoo! List of Services ————— - Free email - Online file storage - Contacts - Calendar - Notes - Tasks - Photos - Online document collaboration All done with open-source solutions, such as Next Cloud and Open Office. ecloud integrates into the Linux desktop email clients very easily, all you need to do is give Evolution, Thunderbird, or Kontact you email and password, and the seetup is automatic. If you buy one of their /e/ phones, or install /e/OS on your phone, the phone will automatically be set up to use ecloud services. You can get an ecloud account here: https://e.foundation/ecloud/ You can get /e/OS here: https://e.foundation/e-os/ #eCloud

Break free from the chains of Silicon Valley and Big Tech. Alternatives to Google online products and Microsoft 365 will be collected in the comments 👇 to this post. Join this channel, and share to get the word out. #Google_Replacement #Google_Docs_Replacement #Office_365_Replacement #Microsoft_365_Replacement

. Liberty Mom brought LibriVox to our attention a while back. LibriVox provides free public domain audiobooks read by volunteers from around the world. https://librivox.org #LibriVox