# The Moment of Truth

URL: /show/linux-unplugged/495/
> Are the free software alternatives good enough? The conclusion to our 60-day challenge to drop Google, Apple, and the iPhone.

- Show: [LINUX Unplugged](/show/linux-unplugged/)
- Episode: 495
- Date: 2023-01-29
- Hosts: chris, wes, brent
- Duration: 01:35:37
- Audio: https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/f31a453c-fa15-491f-8618-3f71f1d565e5/4dab0a52-3daf-463f-8250-4740d83ac1f0.mp3



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### Episode Links

  * [Jupiter Broadcasting Community Links](https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/community/ "Jupiter Broadcasting Community Links")
  * [Jupiter Jobs Matrix Room](http://bit.ly/jupiterjobs "Jupiter Jobs Matrix Room")
  * [New JB Contact Page](https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/contact/ "New JB Contact Page")
  * [Patreon Problems Thread on Twitter](https://twitter.com/parismartineau/status/1617914123135881217 "Patreon Problems Thread on Twitter")
  * [A Dad Took Photos of His Naked Toddler for the Doctor. Google Flagged Him as a Criminal](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/21/technology/google-surveillance-toddler-photo.html "A Dad Took Photos of His Naked Toddler for the Doctor. Google Flagged Him as a Criminal")
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  * [Donate to GrapheneOS](https://grapheneos.org/donate "Donate to GrapheneOS")
  * [Duplicacy: A new generation cloud backup tool](http://duplicacy.com/ "Duplicacy: A new generation cloud backup tool") — Duplicacy backs up your files to many cloud storages with client-side encryption and the highest level of deduplication.
  * [duplicity](https://duplicity.us/ "duplicity") — Encrypted bandwidth-efficient backup using the rsync algorithm.
  * [Podcasting 2.0 Apps](https://podcastindex.org/apps?appTypes=app&elements=Value "Podcasting 2.0 Apps")
  * [Pick: carbonyl](https://github.com/fathyb/carbonyl "Pick: carbonyl") — Chromium running inside your terminal
  * [Fathy Boundjadj: Forking Chrome to render in a terminal](https://fathy.fr/carbonyl "Fathy Boundjadj: Forking Chrome to render in a terminal") — It's snappy, starts in less than a second, runs at 60 FPS, and idles at 0% CPU usage. It does not require a window server (i.e. works in a safe-mode console), and even runs through SSH.