Since installing Linux, my battery life has more than doubled.

That alone is reason enough to switch to Linux

I used to split my drive in half to dual boot. But I’ve never booted back into windows since installing Linux Mint.

Should have just wiped the drive and installed Linux

Thanks, this is very useful to know

Myself and my family will be using it to replace Microsoft/Google products

Excel, Google docs, word, pdf etc.

OnlyOffice claim to be Open Source https://github.com/ONLYOFFICE Is that just a deception? and their core code is closed source?

If that’s the case I’m likely going with NextCloud Office, one of the reasons I’m hosting nextcloud etc. is to move away from proprietary software and to OpenSource

Thanks this is the kind of stuff I like to hear.

Yea I’m going to start over with Nextcloud AIO on a LXC.

Thank you, this is a solid answer.

I was hoping to find some kind of guide or at least reassurance that I’m going down the right path. It looks like it

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I fixed the link.

I disabled talk for now, I still get the same amount of warnings.

I want something in the middle. It doesn’t have to be as good as google, just good enough.

I’m fine with adds being somewhat specific to me.

eg. if I search Boots I don’t mind that my search engine knows that I’m a man in my 40’s living in London and giving me results based on that.

If I search Boots on search engines that don’t tailor my experience at all, then I get useless results like snowboarding boots in the US.

I don’t have an issue with some adds, especially if they’re relevant to me.

Thanks, this seems to be the best I’ve been able to find so far

That’s still supporting google, and not helping their competitors. I would like a EU alternative

It doesn’t have to beat google, it just has to be close enough not to be annoying or not function properly.

Using Startpage still supports google, which is what I want to stop doing as much as possible.

as I said in my post, if I add “In Amsterdam” Then I miss out on products from Germany etc.

Also I don’t want to have to do that every time.

The results are decent, I would have liked if they had a “Products” page.

It’s fairly pricey though. $24/m for a family plan for me, with tax included. I don’t mind some adds, and I can also use a add blocker.

It’s fairly pricey though. I don’t mind some adds, and I can also use a add blocker.

Yea there is no perfect solution, but we shouldn’t be looking for perfection. Every step in the right direction counts