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.

  • MasterBuilder
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    3 days ago

    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.

  • WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    3 days ago

    Make sure you use a custom domain so you can switch email providers without having to change email addresses.

    • sykaster@feddit.nlOPEnglish
      1·
      3 days ago

      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
      1·
      3 days ago

      Just make sure your custom domain registrar is using a different email from your custom domain or you might run into a support nightmare.

  • Dave@lemmy.nz
    3·
    3 days ago

    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.nlOPEnglish
      3·
      3 days ago

      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.