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[–] webkitten@piefed.social 3 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

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

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

[–] communism@lemmy.ml 3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Thunderbird is a K-9 reskin. They're the same app. People pick based on what icon and app name they want I guess.

[–] webkitten@piefed.social 3 points 6 hours ago

Oh my bad; I thought it wasn't developed anymore! Makes sense!

[–] shellington@piefed.zip 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] degooglerleon@lemmy.zip 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)
[–] shellington@piefed.zip 0 points 7 hours ago

Thank you very much.

[–] basilisa@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 12 hours ago

What's the one above messages??

[–] Modest_Toxic@feddit.uk 49 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (13 children)
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[–] shiftymccool@piefed.ca 23 points 1 day ago (17 children)
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[–] jcr@jlai.lu 3 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

You are FOSS friendly ! Great list 😄

[–] naturegrower@lemmy.ml 2 points 20 hours ago

Remove tiktok and you'll be free from spying on you by US-Chinese Corps

[–] hexagonwin@lemmy.today 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

remove play store and other bloats with universal android debloater

[–] degooglerleon@lemmy.zip 1 points 8 hours ago

I removed all the bloatware I found, but I can't uninstall the Play Store or my banking app will stop working.

[–] morto@piefed.social 7 points 1 day ago

How can I do better?

Spread the foss to your friends and family!

[–] PandaInSpace@kbin.earth 1 points 19 hours 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 1 points 8 hours ago

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

[–] Felis_Rex@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day 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

[–] olac@feddit.it 5 points 20 hours ago
[–] p4rzivalrp2@piefed.social 12 points 1 day 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 1 day 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.

[–] helix@feddit.org 10 points 1 day 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 2 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

'+ 1 for Fennec

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[–] maj@piefed.social 2 points 22 hours ago

Not fully Foss but I really like Vivaldi. Think the back end is foss

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