What's a fun name?
hellenicsun@toot.community
In the process of migrating to a #DeGoogle device & #foss, these are the #apps I have chosen as replacements (when available) to the mainstream ones (suggestions welcomed):
OS: @LineageOS
Apps: @fdroidorg & #Obtainium
Email: @k9mail
IM: Telegram, Signal (.apk via their website)
Browser: #Cromite
Navigation: @organicmaps
SN: @Tusky
Online videos: #GrayJay
Local videos: #VLC
Music: #RiMusic
Music recognition: #Audile
Network file transfer: #LocalSend
RSS: Capy Reader
Loyalty Cards: #Catima
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OS: LineageOS
App store: F-Droid, with a few extra repos added
Email: K-9 Mail
IM: Conversations, Element, Signal (used for specific stuff)
Browser: Fennec
Navigation: none (i usually use OSM from a web browser)
SN: Husky (Tusky fork with added features specifically for Pleroma/Akkoma)
Online videos: Tubular
Local videos: mpv
Music: Vinyl
RSS: Feeder (although i haven't set it up as i have done on my computer)
Other: Material Files (file manager), Notepad (note taking), KeePassDX (password manager), OpenKeychain (PGP keys management)
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What's a fun name?
hellenicsun@toot.community@getimiskon well, many new apps I was unaware off and would like to try!
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You can also use Aurora Store (Not sure if that runs on Lineage) - its a googleless Play Store. For instantmessaging - Whatsapp is probably a better alternative than Telegram. If you wanted a YouTube app, you could also use NewPipe
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hellenicsun@toot.community@fedijedi re. Aurora, I can try and see if it works. Does it offer anything more/ better compared to F-Droid?
I do have WhatsApp (.apk via their website) but I use it mostly so that I don't miss important messages from people using nothing else and at this stage, I have set it up in a secondary device mode.
I've heard - but not tried - NewPipe.
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hellenicsun@toot.community@getimiskon glad to answer all of your questions 🙂
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). I remember it had issues some time ago, i don't know if it's working fine again.@hellenicsun
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@hellenicsun Aurora Store is basically the Google Play store without Google. So you can download apps that you might not find on Fdroid - even opensource apps like Signal, Proton VPN/Mail/Pass, Firefox etc
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hellenicsun@toot.community@fedijedi Firefox you say (write)? That's enough for me. I've been trying to find a good source for their .apk since - for whatever reason - they don't offer it easily via their website or via F-Droid.
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hellenicsun@toot.community@getimiskon it will as long as all you have to do is scan the barcode (like in a gym).
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@hellenicsun Why not DivestOS and/or some Firefox-based browser?
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hellenicsun@toot.community@niina not a particular reason at all! Maybe, simply being unaware off? Will a Firefox - based browser sync with Firefox's user data? I'm asking under the impression they wont.
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@hellenicsun You can make them, but the more privacy-focused ones (eg. Mull) definitely don't by default. Also depending on how idealistic you are, you might consider Molly-FOSS for Signal. Molly does have some extra features too but IMHO it's mostly the FOSS-idealism.
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hellenicsun@toot.community@niina just installed Molly-FOSS. Looks quite better than Signal. Thank you for the suggestion.
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@hellenicsun Oh! And if you need Play apps, you can use Aurora Store in Shelter work profile; if they don't need GAPPS to work that's a good way to isolate them.
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@fedijedi well, Aurora installed and works just fine. Also, it did update successfully a few apps that I had independently installed. Thank you.
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