Software, OS support and hardware specs.
Overall it was a fun project which introduced me to the company Pine64, which also makes the Pinetime Watch which I wear every day for the last 3-4 years.
Phone just isn’t there for daily usage. Horrible battery life, back then the OS worked but were wonky at best. Maybe things are better now but I wouldn’t hold my breath
The pinephone has this, but unfortunately the phone itself is more of a tinker toy than a daily driver
The best setup in my eyes would be :
Dumb phone to take with you for calls / text messages and a non Sim card smartphone that would have apps on it but be hotspot over using the dumb phones data. Basically wifi only
That way if I were just doing errands on the weekend, just take the dumb phone. And then take the smartphone for onsite job trips and whatnot.
Smartphone would be degoogled. Remember, 2fa authentication doesn’t need mobile data to work, its time based
Interesting timing to read this :
Earlier today, I left to do errands and pick up groceries and managed to forget my cellphone. First thing I thought I was “oh no, can’t play my music” but then I just kinda drove and did my errands.
It was kinda nice not to have my cellphone during the car ride. Had a feeling of being “untethered”.
Both are using Firefox base
I like to test browsers through www.browseraudit.com although im not sure how reliable the results are. I tend to stick with Browsers that score high 390’s / 400.
In case you are wondering, Floorp scored a 400, while Zen scored a 397. Not bad at all
Weird that both taskbar icons for both browsers are the same? (Yellow circle with white “W” on it). Both were downloaded for linux, zipped.
Man, i really want to like Murena as I have been using e/os for about 3 years now. Even signed up and pay a yearly subsriction for their online ecosystem, albeit its more expensive, but i wanted to give my money to the underdog in this instance.
Going have to read more into this since last years failure doesnt help their image
Both /e/os and Iode have built in tracker blockers that do a pretty good job at blocking most trackers. Used /e/os with my OnePlus 6t and liked it a lot. Probably the reason I have used these l.
Upgraded to a OnePlus 9 pro and trying out Iode OS. Havent decided if I like it more, or just getting used to it.
Is there a standalone tracker blocker that can be a similar to these that can be ran on any Android OS?
i was using Brave search until i discovered qwant. Been usjng it for months now and quite like it
Thanks for this! Works pretty well when testing -
Been using /e/os on my OnePlus 6t for nearly 2 years now. I like it for the most part, with its built-in ad blocker, and online ecosystem that syncs to my devices. Recent outage that they are still going through, has alittle worrisome but nothing being a big deal
Been using Qwant for the last 2-3 months and been pretty happy with the results
I really like /e/os and have been running them for almost 2 years now. But recently they are having infrastructure issues and I may be moving on from the project. Sucks since i am a paying customer (online ecosystem) of them
Same, Animals is by far my favorite album by them
Been using qwant recently and have to say, its pretty nice so far
Not available through the Google Store. The APK is on their Github page - https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube
By far my all-time favorite app - Freetube. Used to be KDE Connect for transferring files between devices, and still is an useful app. But man Freetube is amazing
Always like to test out default installed browsers against browseraudit.com.
Score :
Not too shabby
Just installed via Octopi. Nice design
Not sure if its untrustworthly or not, but switched over to Startpage and been liking the results. Just wished it would implement the !bang system from ddg
Currently Freetube hasn’t worked the last couple days. Wonder if this is why. Usually its fixed in a few days, so no worries