Browsers and Internet
https://zen-browser.app/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zen_Browser
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floorp
WebBrowseer
AdOns/Extensions/Plugins
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/privacy-badger17/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ghostery/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/noscript/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/decentraleyes/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/privacy-possum/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/adblock-for-youtube/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/sponsorblock/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/enhancer-for-youtube/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/single-file/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/copy-plaintext/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/clearurls/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/keepassxc-browser/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/bitwarden-password-manager/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/get-rss-feed-url/
https://kb.mozillazine.org/RSS_basics_-_Thunderbird
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/flagfox/
HTML/CSS/Web Tools and
Info
https://www.debugbear.com/blog/how-websites-work
https://frontendresource.com/bootstrap-profiles/
https://freefrontend.com/
https://freefrontend.com/css-profile-cards/
(edit
HTML with building blocks)
https://itsfoss.com/open-source-wysiwyg-editors/
https://freefrontend.com/css-lists/
https://www.hcidata.info/obfuscate-email-address.htm
Search
https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/13-alternative-search-engines-that-find-what-google-cant/|
https://www.safetydetectives.com/blog/best-private-search-engines/#Mojeek
https://wiby.org/
TOR
https://www.torproject.org/download/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_(network)
VPN
https://www.tunnelbear.com/
https://mullvad.net/en
https://surfshark.com/
Fediverse
Five minute tour with history, pictures
https://opensource.com/article/23/3/tour-the-fediverse
Editorial
explainer with graphics https://axbom.com/fediverse/
Video
format https://makertube.net/w/e0482fe7-2143-443e-9db4-68ae52ac34a7
Directories and Onboarding
(start with simple
checklist) https://fedi.tips/
(start
with map) https://fediverse.party/
(start
with slick menu) https://joinmastodon.org/
(In
between Slick and Simple) https://fedi.garden/
(encyclopedia)
https://joinfediverse.wiki/Main_Pag
(advanced:
sortable list of all apps) https://fedidb.com/apps
Profiles: Friendica, GnuSocial, SocialHome
Visual media: Pixelfed, PeerTube, Loops
Microblog: Mastodon
Macroblog: Movim, diaspora, Pleroma
https://movim.eu/
Democratic Forum: Lemmy
Social Book Listings: BookWyrm
Social Music:
Funkwhale
Casting
https://obsproject.com/
Chat
https://xmpp.org/getting-started/
https://briarproject.org/
https://simplex.chat/
https://www.pcmag.com/reviews/signal-private-messager
Big Chat (IRC isn’t
dead)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_IRC_commands
http://www.irc-wiki.org/Internet_Relay_Chat
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_IRC_services
For Groups
https://mobilizon.org/
https://hubzilla.org
(some
related academic papers)
https://fediverseexplorations.org/
OS and Desktop
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Linux_distributions
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Linux_distributions
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/Linux_Distribution_Timeline.svg
Debian https://www.debian.org/
Ubuntu https://ubuntu.com/
Linux Mint https://www.linuxmint.com/
Xubuntu/Lubuntu/Zorin
https://lubuntu.me/
https://xubuntu.org/
https://zorin.com/os/
MX Linux/antiX
https://mxlinux.org/
https://antixlinux.com/
KDE https://kde.org/
Fedora https://fedoraproject.org/
Portable OS (runs from USB, ‘no install’ option)
(Newer
User Friendly. )https://tails.net/
(Devy
and flexible)https://puppylinux-woof-ce.github.io/
Moving Files, LAN, WAN tools
https://www.zdnet.com/article/need-to-transfer-files-between-linux-machines-here-are-5-dependable-solutions/
https://ubuntu.com/tutorials/install-and-configure-samba#2-installing-samba
https://www.fosslinux.com/50989/configure-static-ip-address-linux-mint.htm
https://krusader.org/get-krusader/index.html https://www.omglinux.com/warp-free-file-transfer-app/ https://syncthing.net/ https://www.portablefreeware.com/faq.php https://www.howtogeek.com/115116/how-to-configure-ubuntus-built-in-firewall/
FLOSS Suites
Installation (Command line basic, ‘App Store’, Package
Manager)
https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/techtips/how-to-install-software-in-linux/
https://www.betterbird.eu/
More
on calendars:
https://union.place/@lightbocks/113934438834131115
https://itsfoss.com/libreoffice-vs-openoffice/
https://www.libreoffice.org/
https://www.openoffice.org/
https://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/List_of_FLOSS_Graphics_Applications
Troubleshooting
Process as checklist, goes into
detail:
https://learn.redhat.com/t5/Platform-Linux/Troubleshooting-Linux-Problems-A-Beginner-s-Guide/td-p/36236
Go to the website for the distribution/software/application and
search the documentation (faq and handbook) for answers.
Go to
the forum of your distribution and/or software, search to see if your
question has already been asked and answered, if not look at forum
rules and posting guidelines and ask your question.
https://www.linux.org/forums/
https://www.linuxsolved.com/forums/
https://askubuntu.com/
https://forums.linuxmint.com/
https://forum.mxlinux.org/
https://forum.kde.org/index.php.html
https://discuss.kde.org/
https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/
Misc Tools
https://www.darkpattern.games/
https://www.myabandonware.com/
Prior Quickstart Post from last
year
https://xmpp.earth/blog/lightbocks%40xmpp.earth/2025-seedspark-social-media-known-fediverse-migration-linkcache-update-DAWgPy
