July 14, 2021

Episode 241: Gmail Alternatives

56 minutes

We've received a ton of email asking how to get off Gsuite, and what alternative providers are out there. This week we dig in and go through the top alternatives to Gsuite.

-- During The Show --

00:30 Another Gmail Migration Suggestion - Charims

https://imapsync.lamiral.info/

email address: [email protected]

01:00 More Gmail Suggestions - Freddie

Import mbox file into Thunderbird then export in the format you need

01:30 NFS/Freenas issue - Charliebrownau

NFS shares broke with kernel 5.13

FreeNAS offers a snapshot solution to rollback

03:15 NFS - Gary

Could be a NFS file locking issue

03:45 OpenMedia Vault - Cory

Works great on a RaspberryPi

LVM not working however

04:25 Pick of the Week

Deskreen

Allows any device to be a second monitor

Cross platform

05:30 Gadget of the week

Pockethernet

Smartphone connected Ethernet network analyzer

Pairs via bluetooth

Supports:

Cable toner with customizable tones

Wiremap

PoE

TDR

TDR Graph

Link

CDP / LLDP

Outgoing VLAN Tag

DHCP

Ping

Traffic

BER

07:40 Linux foundation - 3D foundation

Tech Republic

Open source 3D engine

20 founding partners

Linux Foundation can "speak corporate"

Benefits not just gaming

Github

13:16 CBL Mariner

Beta News

Github

Microsoft's Linux

uses RPM-OSTree

Follows a secure-by-default principle

15:50 Audacity Update

ArsTechnica

Telemetry is off by default

Telemetry is optional

Telemetry is intentionally easy to remove

Convenience of Yandex and Google is at odds with community wishes

Going forward Audacity will self host metrics

4Chan forced/doxed/threatened a fork of audacity into ending

Github Sneeds

Github Tenacity Maintainer post

21:40 Ansible considers switching to Matrix

Ansible Github Post

IRC issues:

out of date

blocked in many network environments

Lack good moderation tools

missed messages when not logged in

lack of name space ownership

Matrix benefits:

Issues in Matrix are client limitations not protocol limitations

control over name space

Federates like email

Federated, auto updating blacklist

Red Hat is providing funding for EMS hosting

EMS, Mozzila, and Red Hat are fantastic partners

Blacklist Post

34:20 Firefox 90.0

Https only mode in about:config

Print to PDF now produces working hyperlinks

FTP support removed

Firefox Post

35:30 Tony from the matrix chat

Bring in IP cam to web conferencing software

VLC capture

OBS

37:00 Gmail Alternatives

Hushmail

Plain text only

been around since 1999

MsgSafe.io

4096-bit GPG encryption

Virtual Identities

Free plan available

GMX

OpenPGP

Based in Germany

Ad supported

Send up to 50 MB attachments

Mailbox.org

Setup after Snowden revelations

Based in Germany

25 years of experience in providing secure communications

Standard subscription includes many tools

Stores IP addresses for 4 days

Up front with their privacy policy

Posteo

Combines privacy with sustainability

Anonymous Sign-up and Payment

ad-free

50 MB Attachments

Runbox

100% hydro-electric energy

Based in Norway

Zoho Mial

Free up to 5 users

Full email and office suite

Encryption

Fastmail

Great for business

Fantastic Management interface

Data belongs to you

you are the customer not the product

Stored data encrypted with LUKS

Has added features like "topic box"

Based in Australia

Australia is part of the "Five Eyes"

Australia has the Assistance and Access Bill

Mail Fence

Based in Belgium

OpenPGP end-to-end encryption

free and paid plans

KoLab Now

Full collaboration suite

Based in Switzerland

100% Free & open source software

No vendor lock-in

Startmail

Founded by Dutch private search engine Startpage team

Track record of privacy

IP address is kept for 3 days

Tracking cookies strictly forbidden

Offers PGP encryption

Encryption is done server side

Accepts crypto currency

Tutanota

Based in Germany

Free and Paid Plans

Discounts for non-profits

End-to-End encryption

secure calendar

Proton Mail

Open source and Independently audited

End-to-End encryption

No-logs

Supports 2FA

You control the encryption key

Password protect non Proton Mail emails

Message expiration

Secure calendar and file sync

Ctemplar

Icelandic law

No data retention

advanced protections (JS injection, malicious SRI)

100% audited and open source

Zero data access

end to end encryption

Anonymous (including payments)

App in Fdroid

Email Comparison Chart

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July 14, 2021

Episode 241: Gmail Alternatives

56 minutes

We've received a ton of email asking how to get off Gsuite, and what alternative providers are out there. This week we dig in and go through the top alternatives to Gsuite.

-- During The Show --

00:30 Another Gmail Migration Suggestion - Charims

https://imapsync.lamiral.info/

email address: [email protected]

01:00 More Gmail Suggestions - Freddie

Import mbox file into Thunderbird then export in the format you need

01:30 NFS/Freenas issue - Charliebrownau

NFS shares broke with kernel 5.13

FreeNAS offers a snapshot solution to rollback

03:15 NFS - Gary

Could be a NFS file locking issue

03:45 OpenMedia Vault - Cory

Works great on a RaspberryPi

LVM not working however

04:25 Pick of the Week

Deskreen

Allows any device to be a second monitor

Cross platform

05:30 Gadget of the week

Pockethernet

Smartphone connected Ethernet network analyzer

Pairs via bluetooth

Supports:

Cable toner with customizable tones

Wiremap

PoE

TDR

TDR Graph

Link

CDP / LLDP

Outgoing VLAN Tag

DHCP

Ping

Traffic

BER

07:40 Linux foundation - 3D foundation

Tech Republic

Open source 3D engine

20 founding partners

Linux Foundation can "speak corporate"

Benefits not just gaming

Github

13:16 CBL Mariner

Beta News

Github

Microsoft's Linux

uses RPM-OSTree

Follows a secure-by-default principle

15:50 Audacity Update

ArsTechnica

Telemetry is off by default

Telemetry is optional

Telemetry is intentionally easy to remove

Convenience of Yandex and Google is at odds with community wishes

Going forward Audacity will self host metrics

4Chan forced/doxed/threatened a fork of audacity into ending

Github Sneeds

Github Tenacity Maintainer post

21:40 Ansible considers switching to Matrix

Ansible Github Post

IRC issues:

out of date

blocked in many network environments

Lack good moderation tools

missed messages when not logged in

lack of name space ownership

Matrix benefits:

Issues in Matrix are client limitations not protocol limitations

control over name space

Federates like email

Federated, auto updating blacklist

Red Hat is providing funding for EMS hosting

EMS, Mozzila, and Red Hat are fantastic partners

Blacklist Post

34:20 Firefox 90.0

Https only mode in about:config

Print to PDF now produces working hyperlinks

FTP support removed

Firefox Post

35:30 Tony from the matrix chat

Bring in IP cam to web conferencing software

VLC capture

OBS

37:00 Gmail Alternatives

Hushmail

Plain text only

been around since 1999

MsgSafe.io

4096-bit GPG encryption

Virtual Identities

Free plan available

GMX

OpenPGP

Based in Germany

Ad supported

Send up to 50 MB attachments

Mailbox.org

Setup after Snowden revelations

Based in Germany

25 years of experience in providing secure communications

Standard subscription includes many tools

Stores IP addresses for 4 days

Up front with their privacy policy

Posteo

Combines privacy with sustainability

Anonymous Sign-up and Payment

ad-free

50 MB Attachments

Runbox

100% hydro-electric energy

Based in Norway

Zoho Mial

Free up to 5 users

Full email and office suite

Encryption

Fastmail

Great for business

Fantastic Management interface

Data belongs to you

you are the customer not the product

Stored data encrypted with LUKS

Has added features like "topic box"

Based in Australia

Australia is part of the "Five Eyes"

Australia has the Assistance and Access Bill

Mail Fence

Based in Belgium

OpenPGP end-to-end encryption

free and paid plans

KoLab Now

Full collaboration suite

Based in Switzerland

100% Free & open source software

No vendor lock-in

Startmail

Founded by Dutch private search engine Startpage team

Track record of privacy

IP address is kept for 3 days

Tracking cookies strictly forbidden

Offers PGP encryption

Encryption is done server side

Accepts crypto currency

Tutanota

Based in Germany

Free and Paid Plans

Discounts for non-profits

End-to-End encryption

secure calendar

Proton Mail

Open source and Independently audited

End-to-End encryption

No-logs

Supports 2FA

You control the encryption key

Password protect non Proton Mail emails

Message expiration

Secure calendar and file sync

Ctemplar

Icelandic law

No data retention

advanced protections (JS injection, malicious SRI)

100% audited and open source

Zero data access

end to end encryption

Anonymous (including payments)

App in Fdroid

Email Comparison Chart

-- The Extra Credit Section --

For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode check out this week's page from our podcast dashboard!

This Episode's Podcast Dashboard

Phone Systems for Ask Noah provided by Voxtelesys

Join us in our dedicated chatroom #GeekLab:linuxdelta.com on Matrix

-- Stay In Touch --

Find all the resources for this show on the Ask Noah Dashboard

Ask Noah Dashboard

Altispeed Technologies

Contact Noah

live [at] asknoahshow.com

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