I have not any prior experience with installing custom ROMs, but after trying it out (and getting stuck, and googling and finding answers) I successfully did it. Below is my home screen if anybody is curious:
I use OpenBoard for my keyboard. Unfortunately I am still dependent on Play Store since some of the apps I need can only be found there. Sometimes it feels meaningless committing to this whole thing because I'm not perfectly private; then I think this is better than using a regular iPhone or Android phone.
So far I'm liking it. I am naturally inclined to feel hesitant about using this as my main phone and plugging in a SIM since it's custom, but I'm slowly making the transition.
Feel free to share any beginners advice or your own experience using GOS for the first time. Cheers!
So I don't want to tell you to panic but I can't find anything about "dslul" or their version of openboard. The questions I have are as follows:
I use heliboard now downloaded today and deleted open board. I acquired openboard from Fdroid. Both times. I've never heard of hapatia. I will check it out momentarily.
It's the app id from F-droid, so I would assume it is legit: https://f-droid.org/packages/org.dslul.openboard.inputmethod.latin/
Interesting! I assume then that dslul was the original developer. Weird I wasn't able to turn up anything at all... Well... Not that weird given that internet search is broken