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| Resources | 2022-01-24 | permalink | Browse the resources I use and recommend, including articles and free software. |
Educational resources and open licenses
Free Software Foundation: Free software resources
Open Educational Resources (OER Commons): Search resources
Saylor Academy: College Success
Recommended reading
Lydia X. Z. Brown on Autistic Hoya
Opsahl, K. (2013, June 7). Why metadata matters. Electronic Frontier Foundation.
Rogers, C. (2016). Intellectual disability and being human: A care ethics model. Routledge.
Stevenson, B. (2014). Just mercy: A story of justice and redemption. Spiegel & Grau.
Stevenson, B. (2014). Just mercy: A story of justice and redemption. [Audiobook]. Penguin Random House Audio.
Recommended software
I rely on free software every day. Described below are the ones I use most often, the majority of which I have used for multiple years.
Bitwarden {{< icon "/icon/bitwarden.svg" >}}: Self-hostable password manager
Licensing: GNU Affero General Public License v3.0
Replaces 1Password, Dashlane, and LastPass
Cryptomator {{< icon "/icon/cryptomator.svg" >}}: Client-side file encryption solution that works well with cloud storage
Licensing: GNU General Public License v3.0
Replaces Boxcryptor
Firefly III {{< icon "/icon/firefly-iii.svg" >}}: Self-hosted personal finance manager
Licensing: GNU Affero General Public License v3.0
Replaces Mint and YNAB, albeit with a "fundamentally different" philosophy
FreshRSS {{< icon "/icon/freshrss.svg" >}}: Self-hosted news aggregator
Licensing: GNU Affero General Public License v3.0
Replaces Feedly and Inoreader
GnuPG {{< icon "/icon/gnupg.svg" >}}: Used by Keyoxide's decentralized identity verification and mailbox.org's encrypted inbox, "GnuPG is a complete and free implementation of the OpenPGP standard as defined by RFC4880"
Licensing: GNU General Public License v2.0 or later
See also Git's "Signing Your Work" and Keyoxide
Joplin {{< icon "/icon/joplin.svg" >}}: Note-taking and task management application with encryption and synchronization
Licensing: MIT (Expat) License
Replaces Google Keep and Microsoft OneNote
linkding {{< icon "/icon/linkding.png" >}}: Simple bookmark tool that can automatically save bookmarked pages to the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine
Licensing: MIT (Expat) License
See also ArchiveBox
Logseq {{< icon "/icon/logseq.png" >}}: "Privacy-first" knowledge base for writing and organizing notes
Licensing: GNU Affero General Public License v3.0
Replaces Notion and Obsidian
mailbox.org {{< icon "/icon/mailboxdotorg.svg" >}}: Secure mail service provider
Licensing: Based on Open-Xchange, Postfix, and other free software
Replaces Gmail and Outlook
Mozilla Firefox {{< icon "/icon/mozillafirefoxbrowser.svg" >}} and Mozilla Thunderbird {{< icon "/icon/mozillathunderbird.svg" >}}: Web browser (desktop and mobile) and email client that can also manage contacts, calendars, and feeds (desktop)
Licensing: Mozilla Public License 2.0
Firefox replaces Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, etc. while Thunderbird replaces eM Client, Mailbird, and Microsoft Outlook. See FairEmail for a mobile email client
Nextcloud {{< icon "/icon/nextcloud.svg" >}}: Self-hosted cloud storage and collaboration platform
Licensing: GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 or later (server)
Replaces Google Drive and Microsoft 365 -- CalDAV and CardDAV support also allow for synchronization of calendars and contacts, respectively
ntfy {{< icon "/icon/ntfy.svg" >}}: Self-hostable HTTP-based push notification service
Licensing: Apache License 2.0 and GNU General Public License v2.0
See also Gotify
Rclone {{< icon "/icon/rclone.svg" >}}: Cloud storage management tool (e.g., move files between different servers)
Licensing: MIT (Expat) License
Replaces a supported provider's synchronization software (e.g., Google Drive or Microsoft OneDrive)
Shiori {{< icon "/icon/shiori.png" >}}: Self-hosted read-it-later application
Licensing: MIT (Expat) License
Replaces Instapaper and Pocket. See also wallabag, which I used until early December 2022
Signal {{< icon "/icon/signal.svg" >}}: Secure instant messaging
Licensing: GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 (server, desktop) and GNU General Public License v3.0 (mobile)
Replaces text messages (SMS/MMS), Facebook Messenger, Telegram, and WhatsApp
Syncthing {{< icon "/icon/syncthing.svg" >}}: Continuous file synchronization program
Licensing: Mozilla Public License 2.0
See also Syncthing-Fork (Android) and SyncTrayzor (Windows)
Vikunja {{< icon "/icon/vikunja.svg" >}}: Self-hostable task management application
Licensing: GNU Affero General Public License v3.0
Replaces Microsoft To Do, Todoist, etc.
Zooming Out: "A provisional list of Zoom replacements"
Please feel free to contact me for further alternatives or public instances of self-hostable services!
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