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Yeah I avoid close source as much as possible and forgot about Magic Earth. As you noticed the features and privacy policy were sufficient to me to make an exception.

For Yuito, here is the F-Droid link that also lists the difference with Tusky (which I used first).

That’s why he get me: minimalism is my motto ;)
Another suggestion: Magic Earth for navigation Also curious to know if we’ll see you on mastodon one day? (my client is Yuito btw)

Great. If you search for Goodwy in Aurora for example you’ll find a bunch of apps starting with “Right”. Here is the list on GitHub as well: https://github.com/Goodwy
I may have additional suggestions if you’re interested.

Any mastodon client? Also can I recommend the Right apps collection from Goodwy and Voyager as Lemmy client (I think they match the requirements to figure on your list).

I’ve been watching on the framework machines for my next one. It looks like fwupd support them for BIOS updates. Framework owners will know more for sure.

I use the open source KISS launcher for years now. Your data never leaves your device, and you can expect to save battery life and speed up your device compared to complex and bloated launchers. KISS is just 250 KB and never connects to the Internet.

The best thing is that - behind a simplistic configuration menu - you can configure it from an ultra minimalist black screen with one text box to call when you need to launch an app, search for a contact, search on internet… to a full app drawer organized however you want (alphabetical order, your own defined categories…). It’s just insane and unfortunately so much overlooked.

I have haptic feedback disabled globally. I don’t know if there’s an option in KISS for that.

The web browser app should be defined at the system level by defining your default apps in Android. Search engines can be defined in the “search settings” of KISS.

It really depends on your needs and what’s important for you in the services you use.
For personal use I go with disroot and k9 for client. Here is a quite detailed overview
But they also more than email service: cloud service, collaborative tools, messenger service, calendar and tasks, paste bin…

It’s not user friendly at first and that’s certainly why it doesn’t get the love it deserved. But once you figure it out, you can build the launcher you want and never have to go back to the config anymore.

Have you looked at KISS? Extremely lightweight and customizable. You can go from the most minimalist approach with text only and selection of apps to show to crash things like visual effects and icons for every single installed app.

Oh you mean mullvad! They’re two different apps.

Yep, I’ve been through the user.js path and librewolf is also using it so I don’t have to do it manually anymore. But there’s more tweaks than that to reach a high level of privacy and I couldn’t pass it until I found librewolf who integrates them.
I’m fine with librewolf policies and I like their general philosophy as well which is important to me as well when chosing an app.

Thanks for sharing. I’ve not been sold by the info on their website. Too many details are missing. At a glance, privacy concerns seem better addressed by librewolf. Also there have been some issues in update history cycles and some reviews (which I won’t cite here with respect to project) didn’t help in building confidence.

I use mull on my phone but I can’t find it in arch, that would be nice. Do you have a link?

There’s a hype around floorp right now. Certainly because it’s new and it offers a high level of aesthetic customization.

Unfortunately it doesn’t work for me because:

1. it takes up too much RAM compared to others. Even though people don’t really care about that on modern machine it goes against my philosophy.

2. I’ve been tweaking Firefox for a long time to get the highest privacy possible but it was extremely painful and I don’t want to redo that with floorp.

3. my system look is extremely minimalist and I remove any visual effects in apps I use which would go against the point of floorp.

These are some reasons why I went with librewolf since it was released in 2020. It’s efficient, well maintained, kept up to date with the latest Firefox version, and most importantly to me: deeply respectful of your privacy. Their privacy approach is very well explained in the FAQ It passed all the EFF tests better than any browser I’ve tested after hours of tweaks.

This is only my personal experience and preference. Per the Floorp developer himself privacy is not given the utmost care and users should prefer librewolf in that regard. If you want to use normal privacy and excellent Firefox derivatives, with no doubts, floorp will fit your needs.