Here’s a list of apps for the Librem 5; https://tracker.pureos.net/w/pureos/mobile_optimized_apps/
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Extremely over-priced Linux fanboi phone. Hope Gab doesn’t follow the same route and load their phone with free open-source crapware
Looks like basically ports of existing open-source freeware Linux apps.
When real apps, not open-source crapware apps, are available on the phone, (especially at $800 or $2000), I’ll consider it.
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Same comments I give when anyone pushes their Linux open-source desktop on FR. Linux is great for the backend (it’s really the only thing to use), but most Linux distros and open-source Linux applications rate a mere 0.5/10 on the usability scale. And I’ve been using some form of Linux since Slackware 0.9. 30 years to improve usability and functionality of these apps and it’s not done. It’s like the more difficult to use, the better. It’s the Linux badge of honor.
Your best bet is OSX. The only downside, really, is the cost of the hardware. In terms of usability and stability, it can’t be beat (developer since 1979 and have worked with Linux since Slackware was introduced).
Whatever. I’ve been using Linux as my desktop for over a decade. I have a rugged tablet with Windows on it for auto repair software and a scan tool but it’s used rarely. I use Kubuntu daily and updates are a breeze. No 20 minutes waiting for windoze to restart. No need to even restart 99.9% of the time.
Those “real apps” for phones you’re speaking of all track you and gather personal data. I’ve installed a few on our Android phone and the things they want access to, they shouldn’t need.
Go ahead and stick with the big names. Sign up for twitter and facebook while you’re at it. Might as well switch to the dem party while your at it and take whatever covid vaccine Bill Gates, the population fan, recommends.
I use Windows 7 pro when I have to but I’ve got it set for no updates and it never goes on the internet. Runs fast like it’s brand new that way. I use Kubuntu for daily use.
As far as a phone, I don’t need apps because all I do with a phone is call and text.
I also gave info on GrapheneOS that work on the Pixel line of phones and is compatible with all 3rd party Android apps.
So tell me what important phone apps you can’t live without. It’s a damn phone. Call, text, camera. What else?
Usability. I click an icon and start a program. If you need or have gotten used to proprietary windows software, then oh well. Modern versions of Linux work for most people. In a workplace with special programs other than email, web browsing, word processing, probably not. Windows has had the market cornered for decades. No way around that for most business purposes but for a personal computer or tablet, there’s no reason to support MS with it’s bloatware and data mining.