It looks gorgeous. Can’t wait to use it in my desktop.

I’ve used several launchers but there seems to be a halt developing them. For the most time, I used to use recently Neo Launcher, but it feels dated now, they are working on a rewrite and it’s still beta (if not still alpha). Kvaesitso is a good launcher, but I’m too accustomed to the swipe up gesture to show apps and Kvaesitso just decided to make it upside down for me, and it feels odd even if you can change this to your preference. Finally, KISS launcher, which had halted development a bit but I find light and customizable enough. Not gonna lie here, as soon as Neo launcher gets to a stable state, I’m coming back.

Edit:

I wanted to mention a couple of killer features of KISS that you might probably like:

• Its dock can pin a couple of apps and have some spaces changing depending on the frequency of use.
• You can have a list of frequently used apps associated to a gesture (I use swipe-up and single-touch).
• If you are gonna use a not too frequently used app, you can have a gesture for this too (I use long-touch).
• Everything, and I mean EVERYTHING, is searchable. Well, not everything, but they surely allow you to search a lot of things.

X2. Great note-taking app.

X2. I don’t like it, but I still use that libswype Google blob to get swipe-writing. I wish they could produce their own in the future.

Keep doing your thing, it will reduce the probability of being owned. Maybe you can’t avoid to give your data to the government, but you can change to a bank that doesn’t require it. You certainly can buy things without giving up your biometric data. You can absolutely ditch social networks that want to have it. Of course, if you have a store and want to sell in this specific marketplace, then you can’t avoid anything of this, except maybe the bank, but you still should try a different bank if there is an option.

It’s not pointless to deny your data to, say, Elon Musk or Google, if you already gave it to get your passport.

That’s what I thought. I think the most popular name they have actually used is Jessie.

I agree. However, things are so bad in the browser market that even a proprietary browser could be good news if they don’t become a duopoly and actually compete.

Then it’s good you won’t touch it. Ain’t it?

As much as I love fdroid and I love to be in a community where this recommendation is made repeatedly, the announcement suggests to download from https://cdn.organicmaps.app/apk/OrganicMaps-24081605-GooglePlay.apk while they appeal. From the way they wrote the announcement, I understand Android Auto won’t work with the fdroid version.

Debian. This is the way (for servers).

I use and older phone for banking, stock firmware as updated as it can be. VPN connection, no SIM, powered on just for transactions. Still, my bank requires a location for every transaction, supposedly by law. In the beginning I thought I should spoof the location to a fixed one, but I’m tired of this shit, too. It feels like it’s impossible to just be in peace, at the same time, apps are being used to rob clueless people their savings and to discriminate, alienate elder people.

What if Meta collapses and goes into bankruptcy?

I managed to install Nextcloud (not the docker) and I called it a success since I find nginx, ports, firewalls and port forwarding a meta headache.

Okay… No.

Oh no! What’s a desktop environment!? NEXT!