@blueghost @thegoodcloud nifty...

Personally I can vouch for @monocles / #monoclesOcean which is a #Nextcloud without much fuss that can be paid for #CashByMail & #Monero as well as #SEPA, #Stripe & #PayPal and @Stuxhost which comes with @CollaboraOffice included.

Both use @nextcloud at their core and I do like how #Nextcloud really makes it simple to do #ManagedServices & #SelfHosting without feature disparity!

@mosgaard @amadeus if you just want distraction-free editing, you may want to look at #VScodium [1], #neovim [2] or even #NvChad [3] for editing depending on how you feel like and what suits you best.

• I recommend using #Markdown for Text until you want to turn it into something printable (unless you know #LaTeX), but noone's gonna judge you if you prefer @libreoffice to get a script written.

If you want or need to switch computers rather often, consider buying a SATA (or NVMe) - SSD with DRAM-Cache and a matching external enclosure and install your #distro of choice on that instead, as unlike #Windows, basically all #Linux distros allow installations on external drives.
-Don't forget to use #FullDiskEncryption!

If you need to share your work with others or sync it across devices, consider @nextcloud / #nextcloud.

• If you don't have any admin already in your organization.and it's permissible but you don't want to setup your own, consider @monocles / #monoclesOcean and @Stuxhost for a fully-managed Nextcloud at reasonable prices.

As for #audio I'm shure you know #audacity and #LMMS...

If you use the terminal rather often, consider setting up some nifty aliases to make things faster.

• For example if you want to just check if something is reachable, i.e. internet / network connection works, consider adding function isup() { ping -a -b -c 1 -D "$@"; } to your .bash_aliases file in your $HOME directory so if you use i.e. isup duckduckgo.com it'll do a single run of ping to reach said domain/FQDN/IP...

But the final #ProTip I can give you is to #backup your $HOME-directory under /home/yourusername because in it's hidden subdirectories, espechally $HOME/.config/ are usually all the settings for your applications stored so in case you need to setup a new machine or restore one from backups, this is where all the minor changes of yours to make your system work best for you are being stored.

• You may need to press Ctrl+H IN THE File Manager to see hidden files.

• For backups, tools like #DéjàDup make it easy to setup, backup and restore your files as you want or need, including encryption and deduplication.

I hope that'll help you not only get started but also get the maximum efficiency out of your distro as a creative tool without fuss.

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@deliri @kuketzblog @MarkAssPandi @nextcloud @SuperDicq @Bwee @monocles well, I know @kuketzblog 's recpmmendations and I do say these are okay...

Personally, I'd say that unless you need advanced features like custom domains and the like [tho these can be done at least inbound with some forwarder via i.e. #ClouDNS * ] ....

Tho as per original post I assume a full suite of tools is desired and not just an eMail provider...

And #monoclesOcean ** is likely the best option I can recommend -espechally in terms of pricing, unless you need like huge amounts of storage, then @Stuxhost may be worth taking a look at...

@SuperDicq @Bwee also there are other options like #monoclesOcean as a replavement for #GoogleDocs & #GoogleDrive.

It's based off @nextcloud and hosted by @monocles and does offer both sharing and collaborative edits of files.

And they also offer a good paid but ad-free and privacy-focussed #eMail service...

As for #Android, I can recommend using @fdroidorg for #Apps and you don't even need rooting for that to work.

also #monocles charges €5 p.m. (available in € 30 / 6 months and € 60 / 12 months packages) for their complete offering with mail, chat & cloud...