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  • By now, are we aware of all the good FOSS freeware on Android?

    From Maria Sophia@mariasophia@comprehension.com to comp.mobile.android on Sun May 31 10:01:45 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.mobile.android

    Q: By now, are we aware of all the good FOSS freeware on Android?
    A: ?

    I haven't seen a good Android program in quite some time that I'm not
    already aware of, so I wondered if anyone else has something useful?

    I'll list what I have installed, separately, but I'm just wondering if
    there's anything left on Android that is useful we haven't tested yet?
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  • From Ch1ffr3punk@ch1ffr3punk@gmail.com to comp.mobile.android on Sun May 31 16:17:26 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.mobile.android

    Maria Sophia wrote:

    Q: By now, are we aware of all the good FOSS freeware on Android?
    A: ?

    I haven't seen a good Android program in quite some time that I'm not
    already aware of, so I wondered if anyone else has something useful?

    I'll list what I have installed, separately, but I'm just wondering if there's anything left on Android that is useful we haven't tested yet?

    A game changer in secure and anonymous email communication, with air-gapped NaClbox encryption will soon be in service, as a paid service with Bitcoin, where each message cost a minimum of 300 sat, which is quite affordable for journalists, whistle blowers, activists or the general audience. All email messages are routed via the Nym Mixnet.

    The web interface looks like this and currently uses (until tomorrow NYM instead of sat) The AEC software (Air Gapped Encrypted Communications) will come out in a couple of days, once I have received my webcam for my little
    GPD MicroPC, so that I can test it with PlugOS on Android. AEC source code
    will however only be available on request for nym.com and cure53.de, to
    protect my IP.

    https://n2m.oc2mx.net

    Regards
    Stefan
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  • From Tim Slattery@TimSlattery@utexas.edu to comp.mobile.android on Mon Jun 1 09:51:13 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.mobile.android

    Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> wrote:

    Q: By now, are we aware of all the good FOSS freeware on Android?
    A: ?

    I haven't seen a good Android program in quite some time that I'm not
    already aware of, so I wondered if anyone else has something useful?

    I'll list what I have installed, separately, but I'm just wondering if >there's anything left on Android that is useful we haven't tested yet?

    I have no idea what you've tested, but one of my favorites is FBR
    (Favorite Book Reader). It reads .pub3 books, and other things. The
    free version is VERY usable. I liked it so much I ponied up $5 for the
    paid version just to reward them, not because I had a crying need for
    any advanced features. I use it with books downloaded from Project
    Gutenberg. Outstanding!
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    Tim Slattery
    timslattery <at> utexas <dot> edu
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  • From Carlos E.R.@robin_listas@es.invalid to comp.mobile.android on Mon Jun 1 23:33:14 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.mobile.android

    On 2026-05-31 18:01, Maria Sophia wrote:
    Q: By now, are we aware of all the good FOSS freeware on Android?
    A: ?

    I haven't seen a good Android program in quite some time that I'm not
    already aware of, so I wondered if anyone else has something useful?

    I'll list what I have installed, separately, but I'm just wondering if there's anything left on Android that is useful we haven't tested yet?

    Games. There are not that many games in F-Droid. You can actually count
    them.
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    Cheers, Carlos.
    ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;
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