KDE Connect means that I can ping my phone that's usually presumably somewhere behind my bed or on a counter somewhere, without having to sheepishly walk to the nearest person and ask "can you call my phone I lost it :c"
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The humble grep.
These two are now the first apps I install on any new device:
- Kiss launcher (simple and fast)
- Articons icon pack
Basically, my approach is to (mostly) prioritize text over icons, and reduce the colors I need to process.
Other apps:
- Brave browser (for YouTube and built-in anti-tracking features.)
- Librera (ebook/PDF reader with lots of features)
- Odyssey (local music player optimized for speed. My library is so large that all the other players were having trouble finding songs.)
- Graph 89 (TI graphing calculator emulator)
- Feeder (RSS feed aggregator)
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Recently id say OsmAnd~. GPX tracks are great for long bicycle trips and the drinkng water overlay is a lifesaver!
trips can be planned and saved as gpx with https://gpx.studio/ !
Ive been using brouter.de but i will check out gpx studio
Some more I did not see others mention. For Linux:
- Geany
- Python
- Meld
- Nextcloud
- Reminna and TightVNC
- Thunderbird
- Zim
For Android:
- Just Weather
- Joplin
- OpenSync
- Tasks
- OSMAnd
- Nextcloud
- SMSBackp
- Connect Bot
I also recommend the site: https://alternativeto.net/ . You can just search and it will tell you the most used FOSS apps in any category you want.
Sometimes it feels like I'm the only one using geany. Nice to see it mentioned.
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For me it's ViMusic. I was stuck with a shitty Spotify subscription that I couldn't afford until I found Vi. It has pretty much all the bands I like and it passed my moms rigerous examination (she listens to all of of really obscure stuff) so when her Amazon subscription ran out, I got her to start using that instead. Suck it jezzy b!
Joplin, Aegis, Bitwarden
Firefox
Nextcloud
Home Assistant
Bitwarden
Tusky
Jellyfin
Pihole
Jerboa
As well as several others that I can't think of at the moment.
Assuming I'm using Android:
- Mull or Fennec
- SkyTube
- Tusky
- Jerboa
- UntrackMe
- Orbot
- SicMu Player (or any good music player app)
- Quillpad (offline notes)
- MuPDF mini (Great simple PDF reader)
- Unit Converter Ultimate (lots of various conversions)
- Retro Music (fdroid repo for pro version, best music player hands down)
- OSMAnd (Great for fancy mapping features)
- Mull (hardened Firefox with the quickest updates of all Firefox based browsers)
- AntennaPod (best podcast app)
- Obtanium (install apps easily from sources such as Github)
- Droid-ify (better fdroid)
- Firefox
- Signal
- FFUpdater
- Red Moon
- Fennec
- Xtra
- Kde connect
- Seal
- Tachiyomi
- Newpipe/ newpipe x sponsorblock
- Aegis
- MJ PDF
- Easy xkcd
- Shattered pixel dungeon
- Unciv
NewPipe and FireFox, at minimum.
Firefox
libre office
obs studio (free, not 100% sure if os)
The O in OBS stands for open :)
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Firefox and Helix
The list is too long. If I'm forced to choose 5, I guess they'll be,
- Linux
- Syncthing
- Firefox
- Neovim
- PhotoPrism
Xtra is my favorite android twitch app nowadays. Twire is also a good alternative. Both are on F-Droid.
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Mull
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K-9 Mail
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LibreTube
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Quillpad
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Droid-ify
Komga- manga reader
LocalSend : Do one way transfers between devices easily
ImgurViewer : View images from Imgur (and more !) without having to deal with the site
RethinkDNS : Control what apps connect to the internet and where they connect to . Best paired with Orbot !