Critical tech enthusiast
Exodus Privacy is a good starting point. They also have an app to check your installed apps with.
One possible next step could be to install an Android firewall like Netguard or Rethink DNS + Firewall to block unwanted connections. Both don’t require root and are well documented.
The original overview dates back to 2023 but is updated, e.g. to mention EoL of DivestOS. Security updates are observed over a longer period of time. Its criticism is that though updates are provided monthly their release in comparision to the release of the patches is delayed by some days and sometimes incomplete. Can be compared here: https://source.android.com/docs/security/bulletin/asb-overview and here: https://calyxos.org/news/ The original overview in German can be found here: https://www.kuketz-blog.de/android-grapheneos-calyxos-und-co-unter-der-lupe-custom-roms-teil1/
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https://www.collaboraonline.com/collabora-office/
Works like a charme across major platforms and formats.
Last time I checked versions for Android and Linux were unpaid.
I have an Asus Eee PC from 2009 running Puppy Linux (as a secondary device).
As already pointed out you will need a leightweight distro and desktop environment.
https://distrochooser.de/ (available in English) can help you find the right distro, it takes into account the age of your device, your Linux knowledge, use case and a lot more.
Edited. Thx for pointing out.
My data is my data. Period. Or at least it should be.
Abuse of position as dominant provider of search engine (incl. censorship) and mobile OS.
Labour Practice.
e.g. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Google
Similiar reasons apply to Amazon, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, PayPal, X and so on since well before Trump & Co.
e.g. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Tech
Appologies for my aggressive tone. I really hate these companies / their owners and what they are doing to our society, wellbeing, and humanness. It could have turned out so much different, if not for their greed and egoism!
I thought this was an easy one, but turns out it is not.
That’s weird. At least for Linux and Android it was free, last time I checked.
It is free and open source. https://github.com/CollaboraOnline/online
Download via F-Droid needs additional repository: https://www.collaboraoffice.com/downloads/fdroid/repo/?fingerprint=573258C84E149B5F4D9299E7434B2B69A8410372921D4AE586BA91EC767892CC
“NOTE: main server is offline, you’ll see the message that you’ll add a mirror, that’s expected. To make it skip the main server, open repo details and toggle off first collaboraonline.com entry.” (https://forum.f-droid.org/t/known-repositories/721)
Following the link I get a disco version of the STD theme.
Asus never disappointed me, I have Linux running on a 16 year old eeePC and on a 1 year old TUF gaming notebook.
Two friends of mine have it running smoothly on ThinkPads.
I would never buy HP again, to run Linux on it. It was and is such an effort to get and keep it running with HP being so restrictive regarding BIOS, drivers, and so on.
“It’s so hard to get sh*t made unless it’s a f**king Marvel comic.”
And consequently equally hard to get anything else but a Marvel movie to watch. Art monetarized to this existent just isn’t art anymore.
Don’t misunderstand me, I like some good entertainment now and then, but I prefer movies that make you think and can even change you for the better.
https://github.com/YangDai2003/OpenNote-Compose
Though it might be lacking in terms of UX.
Dog to the right: “Morning, wanna play?”
Dog to the left: “Dude, do you know what time it is!?”
It’s my daily driver since University and I like Fedora best. What I really love about Linux, is that it empowers you to manage your PC (and even your phone) on your own and without BigTech. No Microsoft, no Apple, no Google … that is invaluable!
Almost the same here with installing Ubuntu on my 78-year-old Ma’s PC and her working with it for four years now.
Ah yes, for a start Tracker Control is even better than a Android firewall. If you don’t have F-Droid, an alternative PlayStore installed yet, you can also get it here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.kollnig.missioncontrol.play