What's your "ecosystem"?

ElectricWitch

So, on Apple devices for example, we have the Apple ecosystem. One can write notes on an iOS device and it is seamlessly synchronized with the MacOS device instantly. Or one can listen to music on iOS and stop the music on their iWatch. Or unlock their MacOS just with iWatch. Or any other stuff. The same goes for Samsung ecosystem, Google one etc. However I think Apple has by far the best ecosystem out there out of the major providers.

I have GrapheneOS installed. On my main daily driver, I got FreeBSD installed. I try to keep everything as local as I possibly can minimizing my reliance on cloud services. DAVx5 and ICSx5 are used as companion apps for syncing. However, for calendar, contacts and tasks, I use nextcloud as a sync provider. For other stuff like clipboard sync, media control, notification popups etc, KDE connect is a godsend. So I don't need to check my phone as much when I am working ony my laptop. I haven't been able to find a method how to actually make calls or send SMS via FreeBSD as not everyone around me uses Signal or Telegram. I am thinking about buying a watch (maybe some Garmin or Pixel watch) to expand my ecosytem (maybe some pods or something) but I am not entirely decided which ones.

I am currently looking for some ideas how I could expand my ecosystem. And maybe you folks can help by sharing your ecosystem you're using which is compatible with GrapheneOS.

DeletedUser495

ElectricWitch one word of advice when you come to GrapheneOS, forget what Apple does and focus on what Graphene can do.

Franckienogotobollywood

ElectricWitch

I stay on iOS for security (the iPhone 6s still receives security updates) and because it is the most suitable system for everyone, the lockdown mode/storage scopes / contact scopes being present for high threat models. And iPhones are the best-selling smartphones in the world, they are the best to blend in with the mass of users.

Eirikr70

I have a self-hosted setup with Immich for the pictures, Vaultwarden for the passwords, Radicale for the calendar and contacts, an xmpp server for messaging,... and a Withings watch (works with the manufacturer's cloud but claims to not sell any data to the Big Tech).

Psyonico

My "cloud" is Proton. So I use pretty much all of their services, though not as much Drive, mainly because there doesn't seem to be a way to automatically back up anything but pictures/videos (and then only from your phone/tablet).

I've got a pair of UnRAID servers in different locations that sync to each other using rsync commands.

On my main unraid box I have an Immich server and a plex container.

My computer runs Fedora and I use cron and rsync to auto-copy important files/folders to my unraid servers.

I technically have a smartwatch from before I became more privacy conscious, its a Samsung and its not connected to any devices. In fact, I leave it in airplane mode with Bluetooth and WiFi turned off.

I did recently pre-order one of the new Pebble Time watches. My Pebble Time Round was an amazing gadget that I wish I still had.

brandy078

As a former die hard Apple User I was spoiled with an all in one solution like you are.
And it's still hard for me not having apple reminder and maps e.g.
For me the solution was to switch over to use proton unlimited.
I use them all: mail, calendar, drive, VPN, password manager.
So I can sync everything between my GOS phone and my iMac.
Maps: Waze and Here WeGo
Notes: Standart notes

brandy078

Proton is okish but far away from being great
For example: the calendar can't set as default on GOS, no separate mail and calender app on MacOS etc.
I still miss the quality and the design of the apple apps but this i sacrifice for a huge amount of privacy and security.
For contact syncing I still use the icloud and davx5 because of no native contacts app from proton.