Indeed just issuing a warning at connection or so “keep in mind to drive safely and keep an eye on the road” would be more appropriate IMHO. There is the same kind of restrictions with Waze, you cannot access the keyboard when driving and are forced to use the speech recognition which is often difficult (especially in foreign countries where street names are in foreign language).

So simple, no images, no videos, no bullshit this just works… Now mainly out of habits and because I have some friends on it… Also some nostalgia about the time internet was more than http and so on

Using a self-hosted thelounge too and, as alternative if my home connection drop or so, I have irssi in termux.

Of course, it’s the best proto for chat, I use it actively everyday since 1997.

I use SimpleHttp server but it’s not open source and available only on play store. I use this to download epub from my e-reader after having downloaded them on my phone. Now I will look into foss solutions proposed in this Post, through termux or other apps, thanks.

Edit: indeed with termux + caddy + termux widget it’s just perfect

For notes I’m using Joplin with sync with desktop client through a nextcloud instance. Really a very nice app if you want sync with multiple devices anc user friendly interface.

For maps OsmAnd, I even pay a subscription to support the project (and have hourly updated maps which is pretty cool when I fix wood paths in openstreetmap).

Really happy with this fork, using it for several months now. Also occasionally Unexpected Keyboard for termux / ssh / code …

I use helium314/openboard on day to day basis, but the few times I use termux or have to ssh a linux box from my phone, unexpected keyboard is really awesome.

Exactly, this makes me very anxious. Feeling that we’re just cutting the branch we are sit on …

In my developer career, the littlest commit I did was the removal of a single ‘;’ which was causing a wonderful to debug bug ;)

Didn’t knew this one, still a fan of osmand but why not give a try

Definitely for osmand+, I think this is one of the best opensource app on Android (and the fact being openstreetmap based is a definitive plus because you can correct the map for benefit of the community).

What is considered as active ? Is someone connecting to his account and lurking considered active ? Or, someone who just up/downvote without commenting or posting ?

Learned a few (meaning of foobar,…), remembered some and enjoyed a lot. thanks for the link.

IMHO the website is sufficiently usable on a mobile browser. You can still use “add to home screen” to have a shortcut on your favorite launcher.

Very nice project, at least I can try to switch from gboard and degoogle me a little more … For code, CLI, … I, however, prefer Unexpected Keyboard.

Recently switched to Duck Duck Go and honestly I find the results better than Google. More accurate, less “sponsored” results, …

Nice tool, didn’t knew about it, seems far more convenient for dumb end users than what I use right now.

Either setup http/ftp servers but that’s painful to explain, or use services over Internet which is a shame on local network…

I think that one of the structural change that helped a lot to have less stalled or unmaintained open source projects is the improvement in the DevOps tools.

I mean that, until recently, I always had been an open source user and supporter but, despite being a professional software engineer, I never coded in open source projects. The reason to this is that I did not wanted to commit myself into a project that I cannot afford to work regularly on because of professional and/or personal time constraints.

Now with the broad use of git and related platforms for open source projects (GitHub, gitlab, …), it’s possible to work only a little on open source projects. You can fix a bug impacting you as an user, translate some strings in your native language, improve the doc, … without commiting to work regularly on the project. You just change the stuff, have no requirements to inform anyone, make a pull request and it’s merged or not by the maintener …

I think this is really what contributed to improvement in the way open source projects evolved.

So I’ll contribute with my list too.

Most used utilities apps:

• Droid-ify: F-droid repositories client in modern design for Android. (NeoStore is nice too but I find this one more stable)
• Obtainium: For stuff either not available on f-droid mirrors or for “young” projects, in order to have latest updates sooner.
• MJ PDF
• Barcode Scanner
• Simple Gallery
• Unexpected Keyboard: for programming/CLI stuff
• yetCalc: Calculator and units converter
• Acode editor: Android code/text editor
• Termux
• OsmAnd: Maps and navigation software (Using it from play store because I pay a subscription to support the devs while doing hiking)
• Copy to clipboard: Add an action in Android “share to” to copy shared text to clipboard
• Coffee: Utility to force keep screen on for a configured delay
• LinkSheet: Allow to configure App chooser properly for URL opening even with Android 12+
• Breezy Weather: Provide weather from many providers in a beautiful UI
• Fedilab: Mastodon client
• Voyager: Lemmy client
• Feeder: RSS client
• LibreTube: Android interface to piped to watch YouTube videos with privacy in mind
• Authenticator Pro: Two-factor authenticator TOTP/HOTP manager
• BitWarden: Password manager

Games (because it can help fighting boredom when in a waiting room or so):

• Nonocross: Nonogram puzzle, with random generator
• Anuto TD: Tower defense game (dev says ugly, I don’t agree ;))
• Antimine: Mine sweeper (like the former Windows default game)
• Super Tux Kart: Classical Linux game, inspired by Nintendo Mario Kart
• 2048 Open Fun Game
• SolitaireCG: a collection of solitaire card games
• Blockinger: Tetris clone