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News
English news
Guardian (British, with own climate and environmental reporting)
NYT (New York Times)
Euronews.com
dw.com (30 languages)
Search Engines
metaGer[.org] , metager.de (non profit community search, select your region/language)
Qwant (European search engine based in France)
EntireWeb
Startpage (meta search engine)
Mojeek
Crawlson
Moose (Austrian search engine)
Google
Bing (by Microsoft)
DuckDuckGo
Yandex
WebCrawler
Fireball
Yahoo
Ask
Ecosia.org the search engine that plants trees
Yacy (you need to install software and invest resources!)
search.marginalia.nu (with integrated stumble upon)
Map Services
maps.metager.de
maps.bing.com
maps.google.com
Languages
Word Books / Automatic Text Translation
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)
Reverso Text Translation, Synonyms, Spell Check (many languages)
Linguee Wordbook, Text Translation (English2many)
BeoLingus Wordbook (German - English/Spanish/Portuguese)
OpenThesaurus German Synonyms
FreeDict.eu offline wordbook howto for ding and freedict.org
en.bab.la online wordbook and conjugation
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)
Online Learning, Translation
Duolingo
Busuu
lang-8 Let our community of native speakers support your language learning.
Wikibooks for more seldom languages
Lingoda (online courses, to pay)
schnelle-uebersetzungen.com paid translations
lingy.uk paid translations
unispain.com free beginner´s guide to Spanish, level assessment
veintemundos: abandoned free online magazine for learning Spanish
Travelling
Tripadvisor accomodation, restaurants, things to do, travel forums, flights, cruises
booking.com accomodation, flight, car
AirBNB bad and breakfast, accomodation rental
Trip.com flights, hotels, train tickets
lastminutetravel.com , lastminute.com , restplatzboerse.com German/Austrian last minute travels
EasyJet flights, holidays, cars
CheapoAir.com flights, hotels, cars
WeGo flights, hotels, activities
de: Swoodoo (2021 Testsieger), checkfelix.com : Pauschalreisen, Flüge, Hotels, Mietwagen, Camper, Aktivitäten
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 ,
Ryanair
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
job search: LinkedIn , Xing
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)
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
DANE test sites
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 (Wikipedia)
telephone country codes , country area, population, iso code
unitconverters.net : convert temperature, length from meter ⇆ inch, etc.
ping.eu , Linux: various tools
online IP Geolocation , Linux: geoiplookup
online whois database , Linux: whois
Wikipedia: ccTLD , gTLD what domains stand for, who powers them (cc ~ country code, g ~ generic)
quick-link: ix2w.com
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