Is Organic Maps better than OsmAnd? I’ve started liking OsmAnd, now that I’ve added some imported maps that were merged with OpenAddresses. They are still backward to local address formats, though.
Trail Sense is freaking awesome. The utilities section alone replaces a half dozen annoying stand alone apps. Still trying out all the apps on this list but this is my favorite new one so far.
Nice list, thanks! About file sync, have you tried Syncthing? If yes, why didn’t you stick with it? About the app store, are you relying only on Obtanium? What about those apps that don’t provide the apk?
Aurora store with a google account for playsrtore apps. Fdroid is also installed and I do regullar visits on their website and also on izzyondroid site for new apps. I’ve tried syncthing but sync got corrupted and lost files while trying to figure out what went wrong (maybe a missconfiguration from my side I’m not sure).I never used it again
I’m a bit frustrated with them. They don’t seem to be very committed to deGoogling, which is their prerogative I guess, but if not, why bother making an open keyboard? Basically if you want to use a version of the app that actually works relatively well, especially with swiping, you need to download the beta or alpha version, which require joining a Google Group and using Google Play to download.
Their release scheme is questianable yes as you said alpha and beta released in play store only then comes the fdroid release As long as there is an fdroid release I cant blame them really but you got a fait point
Feature wise they developed their own open autofill and swipe libs plus I love the layouts. Actually builded my own layout but I like the over logic with bottom / top rows, gesture navigations etc
Their swipe needs a lot of work. You must start on the correct letter. It will base the rest of the word off of the first letter, so if you fat-finger it at all, it will get the wrong word. Sometimes it also just doesn’t give you any suggestions and you have to swipe/type it over again. It really needs some fuzzy searching algorithm to help with thumb typing/swiping.
This is pretty much my same set up as well, it’s refreshing to see a fellow firefox derivative user standing on principle 🤩. Here’s a few more mentions that are daily drivers for me that I really respect:
Doodle: high quality live wallpapers for degoogled devices.
KDE connect: iOS/MacOS like integration for your mobile and desktop devices. Share files, copy clipboard contents, sync notifications and a ton of other stuff I haven’t gotten in to myself.
Photok: encrypted vault for your sensitive photos.
Lastly, the music app: I would actually suggest an audio converter instead of trying to find something that can play m4a. I’ve used this linux app (soundconverter) and its been great for getting my files changed to either mp3 or ogg. If you’re on Windows I’m sure there are other apps that would do the same thing, but if you happen to be a penguin user definitely check that app out.
Yeah it can be legit frustrating 😅 but all the things that make it that way help to deepen the gameplay. The only class I’ve made it far with is the mage, I can’t get in to the rest of them.
My pleasure, thank you for nice little piece of software! I had to try a couple of coffee timers before randomly seeing Cofi while scrolling through F-Droid. It’s simple, lightweight, and does what it says on the tin, which is my favourite kind of app. I’ve been much more diligent in keeping track of my V60 recipes.
What do you think of Librem 5? I got mine a month ago, but don’t have the time to explore it yet. First things I noticed is that it gets really hot, and the battery doesn’t last that long.
Yeah both of those things are still fairly accurate. Its rare it gets hot, but it does get warm when charging or heavy use.
The battery is still the biggest painpoint, but its gotten so much better. I spent about 4 hours on work calls today, browsed the web a bit, and am now on about 10 hours since it left the charger with 18% left. Not excellent, but usable if you charge it partially midday, which I normally do but forgot today.
That’s really not bad at all. I kinda want to connect it to a dock, set up everything then start using it. I even planned adding all of my bash scripts to use it to troubleshoot on the go. Thank you, you got me excited for it again.
UI is definitely somewhat subjective, but have you tried out AntennaPod? It’s honestly one of the most polished FOSS apps I’ve ever used. My only complaint is that you have to go to a separate search bar to add new podcasts to your subscriptions.
Tsacdrop hasn’t been updated since 2021, it was very buggy for me
AntennaPod UX felt a bit off for me when I first started using it, but it grew on me. And they recently did an UI/UX update to the front page I like. It might be a good time to give it a second look
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