u/DiogoP0

Hello everyone,

First of all, I wanted to say that I am very new to this and I may get a lot of terms wrong, so sorry about that. (Also sorry if this isn't the right sub to ask this.)

I currently use OneDrive to store my data. I mainly use it to have a backup on the drive and to sync it between computers. I am a very simple user, as I only have about 60GB of storage there.

I want to leave big tech companies and have my data more private and secure and I heard that hosting your cloud is an option. I looked into nextcloud and I should need to use a public cloud provider to use it. I looked into Hostinger and Linode and they seem to be about 10$/mth for 100GB, and that seems like a lot. I also looked into Hetzner and they offer a cloud service, a storage store and storage share for nextcloud that are way cheaper, but I don't understand what are the differences between this services.

Also, I wanted to ask if for a regular user like me it's worth doing this instead of going for a secure drive service like Proton Drive. I know it's harder to setup, but I am wiling to learn, my biggest problem seems to be the price.

Thank you in advance.

Hello guys,

I am very new to Linux, having installed PoP Os on my laptop for about to weeks. I only work on it on my free time so I am still setting up everything. It is also worth saying that, although I am no software expert, I am familiar with things like the console as I do Physics and I have to program in my work.

That being said, although it can be frustratiing to troubleshoot, that is not my biggest issue with Linux. A lot of things that I use and I pay for, either don't work or are very limited in Linux. For example, I have a subscription with the Surfshark VPN service and, although I can still use the VPN, the anti-virus is not a feature in Linux. Then, I have a OneDrive subscription and I was still not able to connect with the system. At last, the headphones I have (Logitech 635) are pretty stupid and the mic only works if I have the app (and the appof course only exists for Windows). I am ok with switching up things, as I've done for some stuff, but not for the things I am paying/I already paid for.

Do you still think using Linux is still worth it with so few compatibilities? Because I don't see why it could get any better.