Switching from Apple Ecosystem to Linux

[ifearghal]

Hi All, I am newer to linux, but have been completely convinced that it's the OS that I will be sticking with (currently running cachyos). In fact, I'm giving my daughter her first computer and will be installing linux on it for her to learn first(ubuntu). I have been in the apple ecosystem for as long as they have had one. I'm seeking alternatives to all the apple services that are possible. My wife is not a techy person but will go with the flow as long as things work easily. Has anyone made this transition to non-apple services with a family and would be willing to give me your challenges and alternatives? Thanks. If this is the wrong place to post - I'm happy to remove.
Here are the things that I would like to get some alts for.
I'm not necessarily looking for everything to be "open-source", but I would prefer it. Thanks all, and I'm very happy to be on this side of software.

 

[KGIII]

I have been in the apple ecosystem for as long as they have had one.

If your reported age is correct, you might have missed a bunch. The first Apple device was basically just a board and came out in 1976.

But, that said...

You could probably even keep iCloud, but there are many cloud storage providers that support Linux.

You can use some great apps for managing photos.

You can backup your stuff as you see fit, and where you can see fit.

Notes are easy to accomplish.

A great calendar is a part of the Thunderbird email client.

Yes, Linux plays music. Online streaming sites will still work.

I'm not sure about the wallet thing.

Bitwarden works with Linux.

 

[Brickwizard]

Welcome to the forums,
first stop https://github.com/tomatic/linux-apps-for-mac-switchers

 

[McCloud]

For music I'm using the pithos app, it's a front end to Pandora and it works great. If you are using KDE Plasma then you can use the built in kwallet or if you don't mind the command line you can use password-store.

 

[kc1di]

Hello @ifearghal
Welcome to the Linux.org forum, Enjoy!

 

[bob466]

Welcome to the Forum.

 

[wizardfromoz]

I am a cachy user, along with 77 other distros.

You could also swing over to Member Introductions, to meet more of the gang.

We are a pretty friendly place, with many very knowledgeable helpers.

Cheers

Chris Turner
wizardfromoz

 

[gvisoc]

Welcome @ifearghal

On top of the solutions already pointed out you might find yourself missing:

• Features like AirDrop and Continuity; have a look to LocalSend, and KDE Connect / GSConnect for Gnome
• Backup: Pika Backup for your home directory, and TimeShift if you need whole system backups. They are not really that necessary for most users*, so with a proper backup solution for your home directory you'll get what Time Machine gave you
• Cloud storage and iCloud contacts, calendar and so: Nextcloud can solve all of that but it depends on whether you can find an already hosted provider or if you have to self-host. A minumum instance in Pika Pods is $4/month, which is very compelling as a way to try it --don't expect massive storage volume, but in terms of contacts and calendar stuff and a bit of those other things
• Cloud storage client for already existing subscriptions --check out insync at insynchq(dot)com. It's a one-time-fee paid client that I used for years with One Drive.

* Very few things not reproducible by a fresh install will end up outside your home directory, being one the virtual machines you can create with Quemu/KVM

 

[Brickwizard]

you also listed spotify

Music for everyone.

Spotify is all the music you’ll ever need.

www.spotify.com

 

[ifearghal]

Welcome @ifearghal

On top of the solutions already pointed out you might find yourself missing:

• Features like AirDrop and Continuity; have a look to LocalSend, and KDE Connect / GSConnect for Gnome
• Backup: Pika Backup for your home directory, and TimeShift if you need whole system backups. They are not really that necessary for most users*, so with a proper backup solution for your home directory you'll get what Time Machine gave you
• Cloud storage and iCloud contacts, calendar and so: Nextcloud can solve all of that but it depends on whether you can find an already hosted provider or if you have to self-host. A minumum instance in Pika Pods is $4/month, which is very compelling as a way to try it --don't expect massive storage volume, but in terms of contacts and calendar stuff and a bit of those other things
• Cloud storage client for already existing subscriptions --check out insync at insynchq(dot)com. It's a one-time-fee paid client that I used for years with One Drive.

* Very few things not reproducible by a fresh install will end up outside your home directory, being one the virtual machines you can create with Quemu/KVM

Thanks for the suggestions and I'll be taking a look at them!

 

[ifearghal]

I am a cachy user, along with 77 other distros.

You could also swing over to Member Introductions, to meet more of the gang.

We are a pretty friendly place, with many very knowledgeable helpers.

Cheers

Chris Turner
wizardfromoz

That's great! I'll say hi!