FLOSS Android stack

[Entropy512 (Andy Dodd)]

@betazoid

I think the reason for that is on both sides. Perhaps one could also say this the other way around.

Part of this is because the UI paradigms for a good touch UI and for a good desktop UI for mouse/keyboard are completely and totally different.

A smaller part is that Android basically requires Java or an oddball Java-derivative (Kotlin) unless using hacks to try and make applications originally targeted at X/wayland kinda sorta work on a tablet like this Andronix thing, and most desktop Linux applications are NOT done in java

[lphilpot (Len Philpot)]

@betazoid

Well, I am very sorry that there are no good native open source photo tools for android.

Yes, that would be theoretically nice. Maybe at least, from an image management / organizational viewpoint.

But for me, a mobile device – even a tablet – is at best a temporary stand-in for a desktop or laptop. I find touch-UIs and small(er) screens are OK when I’m away from my computer, but there’s no way I would choose to work via them if a better UX is available (i.e., if I’m not limited to them, being on the road). Tablets and phones are vastly better than nothing, but far inferior to an actual computer. For that matter, I don’t even care for touch screens on computers. Of course, that’s personal preference.

Now, if an Android tablet could be used to replace my cheap Wacom, with the image being edited visible on the tablet and on my monitor, then I might be interested. But for me it’s painful to try and do Actual Work on a mobile device.

Of course YMMV.

[doobs (Christopher J Dubea)]

@paperdigits

OSMand

I’m having a hard time wrapping my head around OSMand being considered FLOSS. Maybe it was less restrictive, but currently it is crippleware of the worst kind.

You get 7 downloads of maps. Period. Whether they are updates or not, then you have to pay.

Doesn’t fit my concept of FLOSS.

If a dev wants to provide a paid version with extended capabilities, I can wrap my arms around that. But crippleware, never ever.

[paperdigits (Mica)]

@doobs

You get 7 downloads of maps. Period. Whether they are updates or not, then you have to pay

I get it from fdroid where there are no such restrictions.

@doobs

Doesn’t fit my concept of FLOSS

But it is, the source code is licensed freely.

[doobs (Christopher J Dubea)]

I’ll check out fdroid.

Thanks

[Donatzsky (Nis Donatzsky)]

For maps, I use Organic Maps. Open source with essentially no differences between the Play Store and F-Droid versions.

Organic Maps: Offline Hike, Bike, Trails and Navigation

My browser is Firefox Nightly, since it allows me to use any extension - not just the small curated selection in standard Firefox.

My extensions collection, if you don’t want to create your own:

Android – Add-ons for Firefox (en-US)