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I am FOSS-friendly? How can I do better?

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[–] sneezycat@sopuli.xyz 2 points 21 hours ago

I prefer droid-ify to f-droid. It uses the f-droid repos, so you get the same apps, but it removes the annoying UI f-droid has.

[–] bss03 1 points 22 hours ago

You might try loops instead of TikTok.

You can use non-free softwares and still be a FOSS advocate. You just can't impose non-free software on others, including "soft" impositions like only publishing your content in proprietary formats or only accepting messages via proprietary protocols.

[–] Modest_Toxic@feddit.uk 54 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (20 children)
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[–] shiftymccool@piefed.ca 25 points 2 days ago (15 children)
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[–] webkitten@piefed.social 3 points 1 day ago

Out of curiousity, is there a reason you picked K-9 over Thunderbird?

Aren't they the same thing these days (genuine question)?

[–] morto@piefed.social 7 points 2 days ago

How can I do better?

Spread the foss to your friends and family!

[–] shellington@piefed.zip 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What's the green UI / Launcher i like it.

[–] degooglerleon@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)
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[–] jcr@jlai.lu 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You are FOSS friendly ! Great list 😄

[–] Felis_Rex@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 days ago (7 children)

Does anyone have a FOSS BROWSER recommendation?

Seriously, saying what they have is shit and providing no alternatives is counterproductive. I still use chromium on my device because firefox runs like buns. Y'all are saying Brave is not better, but again, do you have alternatives?

Thanks

[–] helix@feddit.org 12 points 2 days ago (3 children)

For me firefox, or rather fennec, runs really well. What issues do you have? Maybe open a bug report after checking if others have similar problems. Maybe your specific performance issues can be fixed by someone with programming socks?

[–] rbn@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

'+ 1 for Fennec

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[–] p4rzivalrp2@piefed.social 11 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I've never had any issues with ff's performance personally, what is your specs? 

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[–] Az_1@piefed.social 5 points 2 days ago

I'd suggest Cromite as a good option if Firefox based browsers run terrible, I use it since Firefox browsers are not recommended on Grapheneos for security reasons.

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[–] PandaInSpace@kbin.earth 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Do you use a separate icon pack or is the one in the screenshot part of your Android skin ?

[–] degooglerleon@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago

I use SmartLauncher; it has an option to change all the app icons so they match the wallpaper.

[–] basilisa@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago

What's the one above messages??

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