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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] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

whats the point of discord alternative if none of my wow friends will get off discord?

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

That's the thing I am having problems with currently

[โ€“] mypasswordis1234 -5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I told my friends that I am ditching Discord. I gave them my matrix ID and deleted the account. It was also a test of who cares about me as a person.

[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You would have stayed on discord if you cared about them.

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

they would leave discord if they cared about yours and their privacy

[โ€“] sugartits 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[โ€“] mypasswordis1234 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

All my close friends, so 9 people. It's a good test for friendships too. If they can't bother to create an account on Matrix for you, do you think they will do something more in the future when you need them?

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

Thats some quality friends you got there