This year I’ve been removing Google from my life. Today I installed LineageOS without Google Apps, taking yet another step to a degoogled life.
Due to clearly some poor planning I forgot to lookup some alternative apps for the basic stuff I never think about… I’d rather install FOSS apps that are available on F-Droid or at the very least, an app that is available on Aurora Store. Would rather not be installing random APKs.
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Dialer app: I installed “Koler”, which seems decent enough
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Contacts: Doesn’t need to be super fancy, just something that allows me import my contacts from a VCF file.
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SMS: Currently using QKSMS, not sure if anything else is recommended…
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Camera: I barely use my camera app, just need something to take the occasional photo.
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Gallery: The default is probably good enough, let me know your thoughts
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Launcher: I used Niagara launcher but I never got used to it, to be honest. I guess I’m looking to something more traditional.
Shoot me any other FOSS apps you think are great! Thank you so much.
I did consider the Simple Mobile Tools but I guess I’m waiting until Fossify sorts everything out and makes a F-Droid release!
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True. You can still use the apps for now as they haven’t been updated yet.
in the last techlore video they say that fDroid updates are frozen.
plus some more info