Switched away from M365!
Today my wife and I made the switch from Microsoft Office 365 + Onedrive to the MyKsuite with Joplin as onenote alternative, Thunderbird for Outlook, and LibreOffice as desktop replacements. Feels great! It'll take a while for the Microsoft email to become unused, but we're getting there!
Ksuite is based in Switzerland and 1TB cloud storage plus their email and office apps costs €1.19 per month per user, an absolute steal compared to M365.
Next up: Linux as OS, probably a dual boot.
I'm American and switched to all that except ksuite over a decade ago. Started with linux back in '95 with Slackware.
I suggest you fully switch to Linux, and use QEMU to host Windows 10. Fire that up when necessary. Most windows software including games can be run in linux with Wine/Proton - no Windows needed.
Best to have 32G RAM, for flexibility.
Once you get comfortable, set up your own cloud. The simple hands-off choice is Synology, but there are good FOSS options. Set up a personal vpn secured with a certificate and a domain name, and you have your cloud wherever you need it.
I use OpenVPN and activate it briefly when i need something on my NAS, then disconnect. Joplin via WebDAV works well with this setup, as do shared volumes.
I am a bit surprised at how cheap that data is. How can they offer it at that price?
I self-host and I can't get it that cheap 😅
FYI there is Betterbird, a soft-fork of Thunderbird where they apply various fixes and features that haven't made it to Thunderbird yet.
Thanks for the tip! I'll look into it.
About the data, it might be a case of offering it for cheap to get customers in. Infomaniak has other areas they're active in, so maybe they're trying to grow the ksuite.
Make sure you use a custom domain so you can switch email providers without having to change email addresses.
Great idea! I have a domain for my small hobby company already, so I'm using that email. I need to figure out how to have infomaniak host my email address though.
Just make sure your custom domain registrar is using a different email from your custom domain or you might run into a support nightmare.