I just installed GraphenOS as my daily driver yesterday, and so far it’s been smooth. I decided to go all in on FOSS applications and avoid Google Play Services entirely.

So anyone have any recommendations for common replacements? So far I’ve got:

  • Florisboard for my keyboard
  • Signal for messaging
  • NewPipe for Youtube
  • Organic Maps for navigation
  • Bitwarden for password management
  • Aegis for 2FA

and that’s about it. I’ve been trying to find something for Spotify, other than ditching it entirely, but I’ve had no luck. My partner pays for a duo account, but if there’s an alternative I’m ears.

  • squarewagon@lemmy.fmhy.mlMEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    Oh! I got some great recommendations!

    I use:

    • ViMusic for music (free, don’t quote me but I believe it uses Spotify and YouTube APIs for music?)
    • OpenBoard for keyboard (I found a GitHub Fork that included swipe to text but can’t remember the name - doesn’t work great anyways)
    • Checkout LibreTube as an alternative to NewPipe
    • LibreTorrent for torrenting (kinda buggy sometimes but better than any other FOSS alternatives)
    • UntrackMe for redirecting site links to privacy-friendly frontends (YouTube->Piped, Reddit->libreddit, etc)
    • Quillnote for notes (its simply the best, I have tried a lot of other note apps)
    • Checkout Magic Earth (it’s not FOSS but it takes a strong stance on privacy and uses OpenStreetMaps)
    • Trusty ol’ VLC Media Player
    • dunloap@lemmy.fmhy.mlEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Libretorrent hasn’t been updated for over a year, would that make it potentially unsafe to use?

      • squarewagon@lemmy.fmhy.mlMEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        I am not sure. I have yet to find a good FOSS Android torrent client. I have experienced annoying bugs and crashing with all them that I have tested and LibreTorrent seems to be the most stable.