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Hello everyone! This is my list of FOSS software I use ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

Android FOSS alternatives to proprietary apps

Google Board -> FlorisBoard
Google Play -> Aurora Store^[1]^
Termius -> ConnectBot^[2]^
Discord -> Element
Xiaomi Fit -> Gadget Bridge^[3]^
Google Gmail -> K-9 Mail
YouTube -> LibreTube
Google Authenticator -> Mauth
Google News -> Nextcloud News^[4]^
Google Drive -> Nextcloud^[4]^
Google Keep -> Nextcloud Notes^[4]^
Spotify -> SubTune^[4]^
YouTube Music -> ViMusic
Google Chrome -> Mull

^1^- You need a Google account.
^2^ - The UX is not as good as Termius.
^3^ - The UI looks like garbage, but does it's job.
^4^ - You need to selfhost a server.

Android FOSS alternatives to FOSS apps

Jellyfin -> Findroid
F-Droid -> Droid-ify

Desktop FOSS

Windows -> Fedora 38 Workstation
Firefox -> LibreWolf (telemetry free, hardened firefox)

Other software

Android -> Lineage OS
Linux server -> Debian (without GUI)
Smart home -> Home Assistant
SMS -> Signal
DNS -> Adguard Home (selfhosted)

Other services

Google -> Qwant (it's so good!)
YouTube (desktop) -> Piped

Suggest me:

  • Google Maps
  • Shazam
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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Just wanted to mention ViMusic doesn't seem to be getting updated anytime soon. The status is mentioned in this push request.

Consider trying out InnerTune instead which has several more features and active development :)

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hasn't Signal dropped Sms support?

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes. I use QKSMS for text messages now instead.

[โ€“] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@olof @OrthoStice Simple sms messenger โค๏ธ

[โ€“] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

Such an answer ๐Ÿ˜

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is Floris Board still maintained? Latest stable release was in June 2022 and latest beta in September 2022.

Their GitHub says that stable versions are released "1 release per 1-5 months" and beta "up to 1-2 releases per week".

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I do as well. I like AnySoft because it has the swipey typey shit going on like swype does, but without the spying. The feature is in beta and a bit buggy though.