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Alright boys, I've been converted to the light side and have installed F-Droid. Now what? (self.opensource)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by Tangent5280 to c/[email protected]

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Basically title. I waited on installing F droid for a long time because my phone threw many scary warnings when I tried a long time ago. But now I have it, and I got some fossify apps, but since there is no "Editor's Picks" on F- droid I dont really know where to go from here.

What apps do you recommend I install first to remove my dependence on closed ecosystems?

What is my vulnerability surface ie, which sort of apps should I watch out for?

Are there any bad faith companies in the open source sphere?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

I have some things to add.

Most of the released fossify apps are on fdroid.

From f-droid I recommended:

Binary eye (QR and bar codes)

Fennec or Mull (Firefox without telemetry, Mull for privacy/security)

K-9 mail (email client, Thunderbird mobile)

Aurora store (google appstore without need for play services)

Innertune (better YT music)

OpenNoteScanner (scan paper docs to digitize)

Droidify (fdroid but more feature rich and user friendly)

[–] denshirenji 1 points 11 months ago

Thank you for recommending Innertune. Checking it out now.

[–] Tangent5280 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

How does OpenNoteScanner compare to the Microsoft Lens app?

[–] mea_rah 2 points 10 months ago

I feel so sorry for recommending a closed source app in this community, but Genius Scan from Grizzly Labs is the only non-oss app I still use. I think I paid around €30 for the enterprise version so it doesn't bother me with cloud nonsense.

It's all local only (if you want) and the scanning quality is the best I've found. (I used OpenNoteScanner for a few months, sadly it's not even close both in terms of quality and convenience)

I figured I'll mention it as an alternative to MS Lens app that likely sucks in every bit of information it can get its hands on.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Much less features. Does the job with simple orientation correction and post process filters for clearer text. Serviceable but incomparably.