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Cake day: September 27th, 2026

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  • Excellent advice!

    I’d like to add to the list:

    • Calendar, Contacts - Nextcloud (via cal/cardDAV)
    • Bookmark (and tab?) sync via Firefox Sync (or similar)
    • AirDrop to Syncthing
    • Check whatever other software and features she uses daily for work, communication, or leisure, and make sure it either exists on the Linux side or there’s a viable alternative, and get her used to that first

    I’d only make the switch once you’ve made sure that

    1. she knows why she’s doing this, and is determined to. Doing it because you made her is bound to lead to failure.
    2. you know all the features and software she’s used to and have tested and established a working alternative.










  • Just separate the two, e-mail and cloud storage, and you’ll be a lot more flexible.

    Posteo e-mail costs 1 EUR/month.

    As for cloud storage, either self-host or use a managed Nextcloud instance. IONOS’ offering (500GB) comes in at 6 EUR/month.

    In total, that gets you to 7 EUR/month, which is still cheaper than Proton’s unlimited package (clocking in at 10 EUR/month). On the downside, you still haven’t got a VPN at that pricing. But I’d keep that separate from mail and file storage anyway.