Hello everyone! This is my list of FOSS software I use ๐
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:
Does anyone here have problems with K-9 background sync? I always have to manually sync the folders so I can get the latest emails
No, mine syncs automatically. Maybe android is blocking the background activity?
Yeah, probably that. Thanks!