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I've made a one-page guide to help with the latest call to action and hopefully help you discover some awesome Canadian tech (lemmy.world)

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/42135952

There are a few Canada specific Social Media platforms coming up as well. EH Social and Monnett.Social are topping the list.

I hope this can help you or others make the switch to support a local business 💪

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[-] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 day ago

Damn, I don't know why I thought Bitwarden was European. Is Bitdefender any better?

[-] Xyphius@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

If we want Canada specific Linux distros:

https://distrowatch.com/search-mobile.php?ostype=All&category=All&origin=Canada&basedon=All&notbasedon=None&desktop=All&architecture=All&package=All&rolling=All&isosize=All&netinstall=All&language=All&defaultinit=All&status=Active#simpleresults

[-] FlareHeart@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 days ago

Nice list, though do be careful with Shift (browser). It's Chromium based and so heavily dependent on Google's continued development.

[-] FallenWalnut@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

Yeah, but had to include it given that it is the only Canadian option. Personally, would recommend an open-source alternative like Waterfox

[-] LeFantome@programming.dev 7 points 2 days ago

Sorry to nitpick. I am sure you know what you are talking about but people are easily misinformed and so definitions matter.

Chromium is Open Source. Waterfox is no more Open Source than Chromium.

Chromium is primarily developed by Google. So, you should be vary of their intentions and also aware of the potential fragility of a project dominated by one large player.

That said, Waterfox has exactly the same problems. As a fork of Firefox, it is dependent on Mozilla.

[-] FallenWalnut@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Completely agree on this, and maybe I mispoke. I meant that Shift isn't entirely open-sourced. You are right that Chrome based on Chromium is open-sourced.

I tend to favour Firefox forks though as I have more trust in Mozilla as the primary developer.

[-] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days ago

EH Social and Monnett.Social

Both are app-only, no desktop version available.

I already have far too many single purpose apps cluttering up my online existence.

[-] otter@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 days ago

Amazing stuff, thank you!

Some other things I've learned:

Qobuz has some Canadian collaboration: https://www.quebecor.com/en/-/qobuz-la-plateforme-de-musique-de-haute-qualit-c3-a9-bient-c3-b4t-disponible-au-canada
worktree.ca: "An end-to-end Git, DevOps, and Cloud platform. Create Git repositories to store and collaborate on source code, build and test with Actions workflows, and deploy to Worktree Cloud."

Fediverse specific:

Canadian based / hosted Fediverse instances: https://madeincanada.social/
Canadian based instances: https://thesocialweb.ca/

[-] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

And lemmy.ca

[-] jimmy90@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

the lack of Brave in your browser recommendations makes me question the motivation behind your other recommendations

[-] otter@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

I think you replied to me instead of the post itself

Brave is listed on their website, and maybe it wasn't included in this shortlist because it's US based and has had a number of controversies

[-] FallenWalnut@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Thanks for the resources! Will look at included it for the next version

[-] digitalFatteh@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 days ago

Is Kobo and Ratukan Kobo two separate companies. Otherwise it is Japanese owned I think ?

[-] FallenWalnut@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

The website explains it better - https://ca.purchasewithpurpose.io/

They are owned by a Japanese company, but are headquartered in Canada. So helps with employment.

[-] jupdown@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 days ago

I was actually curious about the same thing but I guess while they're owned by a Japanese conglomerate, they were/are Canadian based? From their Wikipedia page:

Rakuten Kobo Inc., or simply Kobo, is a Canadian company that sells ebooks, audiobooks, e-readers and formerly tablet computers. It is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and is a subsidiary of the Japanese e-commerce conglomerate Rakuten. The name Kobo is an anagram of book.

[-] jupdown@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 days ago

What a subtle detail... I'm actually disappointed in myself for not noticing this before:

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Their online book store is way more expensive than the competition, but if that's the cost of supporting some fellow Canadians, I'll gladly sacrifice my capital. 🫡

[-] adespoton@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 days ago

Kobo supports ePub; I just run my own Calibre server and buy my books from those who publish DRM free, or sign it out from my local library.

[-] LeFantome@programming.dev 6 points 2 days ago

For Operating Systems, both OpenBSD and GhostBSD are Canadian.

https://www.openbsd.org/

https://www.ghostbsd.org/

[-] FallenWalnut@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Didn't know that! Will add it to the list

[-] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago

OpenBSD's lead dev is Canadian, but there are folks from all over the world contributing to the code base.

[-] Jack_Burton@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 days ago

I'm not sure EndeavorOS should be in the user-friendly box. It's a fantastic distro, and being a Linux user yeah, it's pretty simple comparatively. But I wouldn't recommend an Arch based distro to anyone moving to Linux for the first time. I consider myself pretty well versed in tech and computer use, and my Linux journey went from Mint, to Ubuntu Studio, to a jump to Arch based with Endeavor. I'm not sure I would have stuck with Linux by jumping to Endeavor right off the bat. After learning a lot of basics with Mint and Ubuntu, Endeavor was still a learning curve. Also CachyOS could be in the gaming box.

[-] FallenWalnut@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

CachyOS could be in the gaming box

Fair enough - haven't tried it myself so went off some peoples comments. I'll do a deeper dive into EndeavorOS but likely needs to be put in a different category.

[-] Jack_Burton@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

I've been on Cachy for a while now and it's great. It has a gaming option at install for drivers and all that. Endeavour is really great, just might be a bit advanced for new users.

[-] OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

What are your thoughts on Filen? I need a good solution and it works okay. Not sure if I should keep shopping.

[-] saigot@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 days ago

What are people using as a 2FA app, Google authenticator doesn't require an account for now but I obviously want out. I wnat it to be fully local and not tied to a password manager.

[-] FlareHeart@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago

I use Aegis

[-] FallenWalnut@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

You can give Ente Auth a go OR Aegis

[-] adespoton@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago

I use a Yubico Yubikey (German) and use passkeys where possible. Manual setup means you don’t have to pass the key through GAAMM servers.

[-] ztar_473@thelemmy.club 0 points 2 days ago

most password managers integrate 2FA

From experience, 1Password does it perfectly and Proton Pass got ot recently-ish and it's working great

[-] saigot@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

I don't want to store my passwords in the same place I store my 2FA codes, so in the case where my password manager is breached I'm hopefully not completely pwned. I also do not want them to have any sort of syncing (that's why we have those 1 off emergency codes). I tried Ente from another comment and that meets my needs.