I probably can’t get a new phone super soon, but it’s been quite frustrating how little support there is for iOS versions of open source software I’ve been slowing moving towards or investigating. I absolutely get why though!

I have the capability to understand complex topics but it takes me quite a few tries to really get it, so I’d like some help or recommendations of things that aren’t “just use linux”. (I am slowly dipping my toes by using WSL for things, though.) I am always searching for software, but I’ve never been active enough in communities to ask for personal recommendations and be warned of short comings. Obviously if you find recommendations, they want to look the best to you and hide their faults. I do try and research as much as possible, but like I said, I can get confused or not understand the drawbacks or full level of manual work/environments needed to operate at times.

Mostly I’m looking for day to day things that I can operate from my windows computer, but can also connect to my phone, assuming I get an android next. (Librem phones looks cool, but switching carrier providers is not feasible for me at the moment.) The boring things, like calendar, email, notes (I do use obsidian already). But if you’d like to gush about your daily drivers, I’m all ears!

  • t0fr@lemmy.caEnglish
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    2 years ago

    I’m just going to mirror a common sentiment. Get an Android phone and just use alternative apps that are open source.

    I see you’re using Obsidian and I believe that Obsidian is not open source. I’d recommend Logseq as an alternative. I know it does not have as many features as Obsidian and it’s in beta, but it’s got a really nice community behind it.

    Also I always recommend SyncThing everywhere I go. Sync your files directly between your devices. I sync files between my Windows PC, my Synology NAS, my phone, & my Linux laptop. It works like a charm.

    Most FOSS Camera apps and photo galleries are not linked to an online photo service for example. So just sync them to your other devices directly instead of using the cloud.

    • Nina@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
      3·
      2 years ago

      Oh huh, I wonder why I thought obsidian was open source. I might have gotten crossed when I saw “offline + (actually) free + 3rd party plugins” and assumed something like that would be open source.

      • t0fr@lemmy.caEnglish
        2·
        2 years ago

        It’s freemium software that allows you to control your files how you want them which is honestly something that isn’t really common these days