Buying your own domain so that whoever hosts your emails can be changed without you losing your email addresses. This doesn't need to be selfhosted, as an example, you could still choose between Microsoft, Google, Proton and a myriad of others.
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How does one do that?
There's likely a much more detailed tutorial available somewhere.
- Buy a domain from a registrar.
- Subscribe to DNS service for said domain. (Many registrars also offer DNS)
- Subscribe to a mail hosting service.
- Configure the DNS MX records to point to your email host's servers.
- Configure the mail service with what you want.. addresses and aliases @yourdomain, etc.
It might be a bit involved for non tech people.
Calibre is basically required software if you have a Kindle, and I've read it's great for other e-readers too.
It facilitates easy file conversion and transfer.
NextCloud - Stop storing your data on someone else's computer. Works well to allow syncing KeePass databases between devices.
a bit heavy but cool to have. and it seems to be better than radicale, but I couldn't explain why.
but it would be even cooler if we could do contact and calendar sync across personal devices without a server, because common people not just won't be able to set up a server, but they won't have a dedicated machine either that is online 24/7. and you shouldn't run a service like this on your android phone that you carry around with you because it'll not let the system save power by throttling the CPUs and switching off cores
Ya, I really like NextCloud and have been using it for quite a few years now. But, like many such solutions for getting your data off other people's computers: it means you have to do a lot of work. I have a server running in my home and have to maintain all of the software on it myself. I also have a small Splunk instance setup which I use for log collection and analysis and check the dashboards at least once a day to watch for possible compromise. It's certainly more work for me than just using Google's cloud. But, it also means my data isn't compromised by default.
You need to own it. You need to protect it. You need to maintain it. You need to document it.