Today my wife and I made the switch from Microsoft Office 365 + Onedrive to the MyKsuite with Joplin as onenote alternative, Thunderbird for Outlook, and LibreOffice as desktop replacements. Feels great! It'll take a while for the Microsoft email to become unused, but we're getting there!
Ksuite is based in Switzerland and 1TB cloud storage plus their email and office apps costs €1.19 per month per user, an absolute steal compared to M365.
Next up: Linux as OS, probably a dual boot.
6 Comments
MasterBuilder@lemmy.one · 5 pts · 1y
I'm American and switched to all that except ksuite over a decade ago. Started with linux back in '95 with Slackware.
I suggest you fully switch to Linux, and use QEMU to host Windows 10. Fire that up when necessary. Most windows software including games can be run in linux with Wine/Proton - no Windows needed.
Best to have 32G RAM, for flexibility.
Once you get comfortable, set up your own cloud. The simple hands-off choice is Synology, but there are good FOSS options. Set up a personal vpn secured with a certificate and a domain name, and you have your cloud wherever you need it.
I use OpenVPN and activate it briefly when i need something on my NAS, then disconnect. Joplin via WebDAV works well with this setup, as do shared volumes.
Dave@lemmy.nz · 4 pts · 1y
I am a bit surprised at how cheap that data is. How can they offer it at that price?
I self-host and I can't get it that cheap 😅
FYI there is Betterbird, a soft-fork of Thunderbird where they apply various fixes and features that haven't made it to Thunderbird yet.
sykaster@feddit.nl · 3 pts · 1y
Thanks for the tip! I'll look into it.
About the data, it might be a case of offering it for cheap to get customers in. Infomaniak has other areas they're active in, so maybe they're trying to grow the ksuite.
WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Make sure you use a custom domain so you can switch email providers without having to change email addresses.
sykaster@feddit.nl · 1 pts · 1y
Great idea! I have a domain for my small hobby company already, so I'm using that email. I need to figure out how to have infomaniak host my email address though.
notfromhere@lemmy.one · 1 pts · 1y
Just make sure your custom domain registrar is using a different email from your custom domain or you might run into a support nightmare.
alykanas@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 1y