index2web
the web directory you´ll really want
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Search Engines
metaGer[.org] , metager.de (non profit community search; foundation in Hannover/de, select your region/language)
Qwant (European search engine based in France, select your country)
Startpage (meta search engine, founded in the Netherlands, global company, select region/language)
You.com (servers in US)
EntireWeb (according to Facebook likely from Sweden, website IP: UK)
Peekier (visual, non-intrusive search, servers in USA, select region; see also: duckduckgo)
Mojeek (UK)
searx.org (open source meta search, language/time select, search instances in USA and Europe)
Moose (Austrian search engine)
Google (used many),
scholar.google.com (scientific article search)
Bing (by Microsoft)
Ecosia.org (Berlin/de, select region/language) - the search engine that plants trees
DuckDuckGo (US based search, Pennsylvania, which is oblidged due to the Patriot Act to disclose all your information to US-based secret services. Duckduckgo may not store your data but that does not help since the secret services read all along at their internet access point.)
Fireball (Spinoff of the University of Berlin)
Yandex (Russian search engine)
, Baidu (Chinese)
Crawlson (no statement about country of origin; crawls from India, US, Germany, UK, Iran)
WebCrawler (by System1 like startpage)
Yahoo (US, California)
Ask (US, Oakland based, Ask Media Group)
search.brave.com (US-based search, San Francisco)
GigaBlast (alternative search, servers in US)
SwissCows (swiss search engine, with ads, language can be selected)
MillionShort (US based search engine)
DogPile (US based search engine)
Yacy (well-tried) , Oasis-SE (in beta state) : OSS/GPL - you need to install software and invest resources!
cross reference: blog search engines
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Map Services
maps.metager.de , OpenStreetMap
maps.google.com
maps.bing.com , qwant.com/maps/
mapchecking.com - estimate number of people
satellite maps, globe: Google Earth Web , app/download: Marble (with OpenStreetMap)
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Weather
WunderGround (remembers settings, click on the wheel at the top-right to switch between °C and °F)
metoffice.gov.uk (remembers, no ads, future +for some loc. past)
AccuWeather (remembers), DarkSky ,
Weather.com
timeanddate.com/weather future/past, sunset/rise, moon [daylight earth map ], night sky, meteor showers, world/local, TimeZone/DST
windy.com , whatis dBZ, Wikipedia
worldwide: theweather.com (English), meteored.mx (Español)
satellite images: sat24.com , Austria: zamg.ac.at , wetter.orf.at
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News, Blogs & more
popular news
Guardian (British, with own climate and environmental reporting)
New York Times , Washington Post
The New Yorker , The Atlantic
BBC , CNN , Euronews , CNBC
dw.com (30 languages)
Wired : technology & science
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Encyclopediae, Lexica, Libraries
Encyclopedia Britannica (search, browse)
Wikipedia (free, open encyclopedia)
Kiddle - search engine and lexicon for kids
Library of Congress , The British Library
Katalog der Deutschen NationalBibliothek
, Zeitschriften Datenbank
Verbundkatalog österr. Hochschulen , österreichische Nati.Bib.
Languages
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Word Books / Automatic Text Translation
Reverso Text Translation, Synonyms, Spell Check (many languages)
Pons Wordbook/Text Translation (many languages)
Leo Wordbook (English - German/Spanish/French/Russian, German - French/Spanish/Portuguese/Italian/Russian/Chinese)
Cambridge Dictionary Wordbook (English - French/Portuguese/German)
Google Translation Service Text Translation (many Languages)
Linguee Wordbook, Text Translation (English2many)
BeoLingus Wordbook (German - English/Spanish/Portuguese)
en.bab.la online wordbook, conjugation and phrasebook
Woxikon dictionaries, synonyms, rhymes, abbreviations, verbs
Langenscheidt wordbooks: German to many languages
FreeDict.eu offline wordbook howto for ding and freedict.org
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Single Language
Cambridge Dictionary : words explained, different languages
de: dwds.de : deutscher Wortschatz 1600-heute., Duden , Langenscheidt Fremdwörterbuch
en.bab.la online conjugation, phrasebook and wordbook
OpenThesaurus Deutsch(German): Synonyme, Bedeutungen
Woxikon synonyms, rhymes, abbreviations, verbs, dictionaries
Lingolia grammar and basic language skills for different languages
porutuguese conjugation: Linux programs gui: gconjugue, cmd: conjugar, cmd: conjugue (package brazilian-conjugate) (packaged under Debian)
Greek Alphabet
, Cyrillic Alphabet
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Online Learning, Translation
Duolingo ,
Babbel ,
Busuu : learn a new language online via app/evtl. courses
lang-8 : Let our community of native speakers support your language learning.
Wikibooks for more seldom languages ,
Guaraníme - podcast-blog
Lingoda (online courses, to pay), rosettastone.de (app, to pay, formerly livemocha)
lingy.uk , schnelle-uebersetzungen.com : paid translations
unispain.com : free beginner´s guide to Spanish, level assessment
veintemundos : abandoned free online magazine for learning Spanish
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Travelling
Tripadvisor accomodation, restaurants, things to do, travel forums, flights, cruises
booking.com accomodation, flights, cars
Trip.com flights, hotels, train tickets
trivago.com (fr , de , es , pt , it , nl , cz , hu )
hotels.com stays/hotels # AirBNB bad and breakfast, accomodation rental
lastminutetravel.com , lastminute.com , restplatzboerse.com German/Austrian last minute travels
CheapoAir.com flights, hotels, cars # SunnyCars
WeGo flights, hotels, activities, blog, → TravelBook (de): Reiseinfo
better-go-now.com : planning, travel buddies, equipment, blogs
de: Swoodoo (2021 Testsieger), flug.check24.de (2018 Testsieger), checkfelix.com : Pauschalreisen, Flüge, Hotels, Mietwagen, Camper, Aktivitäten
TUI (travel agency) # UrlaubsGuru.de /.at , ruefa.at , a.i.d.U (de/at/ch)
Rome2Rio , Expedia.com ~ travelocity.com (flights, stays-cruises)
vacationexpress (travels,etc.), Intrepid (people&planet-friendly adventures)
flight booking platforms: SkyScanner ,
cheapflights.co.uk ,
Fluege.de ,
fluge-buchen.de
air lines: Air France ,
KLM ,
Iberia ,
Alitalia ,
Delta ,
Lufthansa ,
Austrian ,
FlyOne ,
EuroWings ,
Condor ,
Ryanair ,
TradeAir ,
TransAvia ,
WizzAir .
EasyJet flights, holidays, cars (also an air line)
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Outdoor Activities, Tours
bergfex :
at ,
de ,
fr ,
es ,
nl
OutdoorActive
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Find Partner, Dating, Events
ParShip , LemonSwan.de , be2.com , lovepoint-club.de
travelling: better-go-now.com , UrlaubsPartner.net , reisepartner-gesucht.de
misc: bestfriendmaker.de , ReisePartner.de (Reise +verschiedene Kontaktanzeigen)
dancing: dancepartner.co.uk (UK),
dancesportinfo.net/PartnerWanted (many countries),
dancepartner.com (English speaking c., USA, +registration),
tanzpartner.at (de,at,ch)
eventbrite.com (worldwide),
eventfinder.de (de), meinestadt.de (de),
events.at (at),
sms.at (Personen/Telefon finden)
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Internet & Sharing Platforms
YouTube (short-medium length videos of different type, link2it)
Pinterest (recipes, home ideas, style inspiration - see it, make it, try it out)
Medium - platform for news & contributions by individuals
Spotify : music platform, ¡requires DRM !, select the right audio output sink.
PearlTrees share web pages, images, notes, files and get recommendations
slideshare.net (fr , de , es , pt ) share presentations exported as .pptx or MS Office
Flickr (browser&upload fotos, very short videos, link2it)
upload.PhotoBox.com , imgbb.com , directupload.net (share photos/evtl. movies)
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Social Networks, Group Chat
Facebook (top dog)
Twitter
Instagram
Mastodon free, open source social network, not for profit
TikTok Chinese Platform
IRC: netsplit.de : channel search for libera.chat, web.libera.chat (OSS & Linux help)
webchat.oftc.net IRC chat (#qemu etc., #debian)
open chat services: Signal, Telegram, Jabber/XMPP (chat client needed, open account: jabberix.com ), closed & owned by Facebook: WhatsApp
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Work & Employment
LinkedIn , Xing - profession related social networks
Glassdoor search & rate companies,
Kununu (de): Gehaltscheck, Blog
worldwide: indeed ,
the muse ,
comparably select country/bottom & find company
worldwide: fairygodboss ,
teamblind question forum,
GreatPlaceToWork employer review
USA: BuiltIn search by industry, spec. experience,
firsthand.co find company, browse by section,
jobcase job postings,
careerbliss job postings
USA misc: inhersight for women,
ratemyinternships internship review platform
by country: RateMyEmployer.ca Canada ,
seek.com .au Australia ,
thejobcrowd UK
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Free Email, Proxy, VPN & more
Google Mail (largest postbox, largest emails, Google OAuth IMAP + SMTP, cellular registration required)
Zoho Mail , Zoho Login (large postbox, large emails, IMAP + SMTP, own serial letter filtering for Inbox, cellular registration required, option in settings to activate IMAP is well hidden)
GMX Mail (ads, cellular number required but no verification process)
Protonmail (secure emailing)
riseup.net (create a mailing list for social change, VPN, email on invitation)
Linux OpenVPNs: VPNgate-extract : elstel.org/software/
free web proxy : vpnbook.com (US, UK, FR, CA)
One Time Emails: guerrillamail ,
10minute-mail ,
tempmail ,
email-on-deck (most secure)
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Security
Online Virus Scanners: MetaDefense ,
Kaspersky Online Scan ,
VirusTotal ,
virusscan.jotti.org/de ,
online.drweb.com
(unknown viruses often not found, MetaDefense may be best bet)
CuckooSanbox (Open Source Automated Malware Detection, needs download now)
Debian Security Mailing List
debcheckroot check a Debian/Ubuntu installation against unknown rootkits (Linux: for known rootkits use rkhunter or chkrootkit, for viruses clamav)
web page to jpeg-image: w2p
pdf file to jpeg-image: Adobe pdf converter
anonymous browsing with Tor: Tails , for maximum security: Whonix
about DRM : Issues with Digital Rights Managament (with support of the FSF)
encrypt/decrypt/sign with GNUPG on the command line (de ) - this is PGP for Linux/BSD
DANE test sites
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Miscellaneous Content
ibancalculator.com : IBAN/BIC conversion, account & bank number → IBAN
calculator.com : business, scientific and fraction calculator
onda - currency converter
abcd: NATO phonetic alphabet, morse codes
telephone country codes , country area, population, iso code, language codes , US federal states
world postal codes (ZIP, PLZ, CP, CAP)
unitconverters.net : convert temperature, length from meter ⇆ inch, etc.
world clock (timeanddate.com)
ping.eu , Linux: various tools
online IP Geolocation , Linux: geoiplookup
online whois database , Linux: whois
voyant-tools.org | quickly view major topics of a website
Wikipedia: ccTLD , gTLD what domains stand for, who powers them (cc ~ country code, g ~ generic)
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