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<a href="https://blog.mehl.mx/uploads/Yoda-ilovefs.png" rel="attachment wp-att-463"><img class="size-medium wp-image-463 alignright" src="https://blog.mehl.mx/uploads/Yoda-ilovefs-261x300.png" alt="Yoda-ilovefs" width="261" height="300" srcset="https://blog.mehl.mx/uploads/Yoda-ilovefs-261x300.png 261w, https://blog.mehl.mx/uploads/Yoda-ilovefs-768x883.png 768w, https://blog.mehl.mx/uploads/Yoda-ilovefs-890x1024.png 890w, https://blog.mehl.mx/uploads/Yoda-ilovefs.png 1391w" sizes="(max-width: 261px) 100vw, 261px" /></a>Do you know being in a restaurant and getting a menu which is longer than the average novel, and you cannot decide for a single meal because every single one sounds more delicious than the other? That’s similar to the problem I was having when writing this blog post…
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<a href="https://blog.mehl.mx/uploads/Yoda-ilovefs.png" rel="attachment wp-att-463"><img class="size-medium wp-image-463 alignright" src="https://blog.mehl.mx/uploads/Yoda-ilovefs-261x300.png" alt="Yoda-ilovefs" width="261" height="300" srcset="https://blog.mehl.mx/uploads/Yoda-ilovefs-261x300.png 261w, https://blog.mehl.mx/uploads/Yoda-ilovefs-768x883.png 768w, https://blog.mehl.mx/uploads/Yoda-ilovefs-890x1024.png 890w, https://blog.mehl.mx/uploads/Yoda-ilovefs.png 1391w" sizes="(max-width: 261px) 100vw, 261px" /></a>Do you know being in a restaurant and getting a menu which is longer than the average novel, and you cannot decide for a single meal because every single one sounds more delicious than the other? That’s similar to the problem I was having when writing this blog post…
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Today is the [„I love Free Software“ day][1], on which people all over the world say „thank you“ to contributors of [Free Software][2], often created in free time and with lots of passion. This is software you can use for any purpose, which source code you or others can analyse, which can be modified and distributed – any program respecting these essential freedoms benefits a fair society, and our most personal privacy and security in return.
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Today is the [„I love Free Software“ day][1], on which people all over the world say „thank you“ to contributors of [Free Software][2], often created in free time and with lots of passion. This is software you can use for any purpose, which source code you or others can analyse, which can be modified and distributed – any program respecting these essential freedoms benefits a fair society, and our most personal privacy and security in return.
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After I thanked [ZNC][3] and [Taskwarrior][4] last Valentine’s Days, this year I want to focus on software running on the device that’s almost always in my pocket. My mobile phone is the gatekeeper of most of my communication: short messages, pictures, emails, social media, todo lists, calendar… it’s amazing thinking about what this tiny computer has to achieve to satisfy my needs. But of course, I also want to use as much Free Software as possible to secure my sensitive data. And because of that I cannot name a single software but have to list a few which I depend on almost every single day, and I want to sincerely thank the people contributing to them!
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After I thanked [ZNC][3] and [Taskwarrior][4] last Valentine’s Days, this year I want to focus on software running on the device that’s almost always in my pocket. My mobile phone is the gatekeeper of most of my communication: short messages, pictures, emails, social media, todo lists, calendar… it’s amazing thinking about what this tiny computer has to achieve to satisfy my needs. But of course, I also want to use as much Free Software as possible to secure my sensitive data. And because of that I cannot name a single software but have to list a few which I depend on almost every single day, and I want to sincerely thank the people contributing to them!
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### The foundation
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With mobile phones it’s not easy to have a completely free operating system platform, depending on your phone model. For mine, I chose [**OmniROM**][5], which still contains some non-free firmware but is as much Free Software as possible. And it works like a charm, having lots of nice features, a broad device compatibility, and actively development team.
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With mobile phones it’s not easy to have a completely free operating system platform, depending on your phone model. For mine, I chose [**OmniROM**][5], which still contains some non-free firmware but is as much Free Software as possible. And it works like a charm, having lots of nice features, a broad device compatibility, and actively development team.
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Because I want to avoid non-free software and services which use my most sensitive data for their profit, I avoid Google and similar products as much as possible. Because of that, I do not load my application from Google Play but from [**F-Droid**][6], an app „store“ offering Free Software apps only! Right now there are far over 1000 apps available, most of them fulfilling high quality requirements. All the apps I’ll list below can be found there.
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Because I want to avoid non-free software and services which use my most sensitive data for their profit, I avoid Google and similar products as much as possible. Because of that, I do not load my application from Google Play but from [**F-Droid**][6], an app „store“ offering Free Software apps only! Right now there are far over 1000 apps available, most of them fulfilling high quality requirements. All the apps I’ll list below can be found there.
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### My big five
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I use my mobile phone for communication and information purposes. So [**K-9 Mail**][7] is my sanctuary, enabling me to receive and send, de- and encrypt my emails. Admittedly, the user interface isn’t the best, some things can get on your nerves (organising many folders…), but it just works. That’s an attribute I learnt to value.
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I use my mobile phone for communication and information purposes. So [**K-9 Mail**][7] is my sanctuary, enabling me to receive and send, de- and encrypt my emails. Admittedly, the user interface isn’t the best, some things can get on your nerves (organising many folders…), but it just works. That’s an attribute I learnt to value.
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The next layer is short texts communication. Since almost nobody in my circle of acquaintances uses oldschool short messages anymore, I switched most of my chitchat communication over to [**LibreSignal**][8], a Google-dependency-freed fork of Signal, providing very strong encryption and a great and easy user interface at the same time. At the same time I still use _Telegram_ (non-free server) and _WhatsApp_ (absolutely bad) because it’s hard to convince all the contacts you have. But it’s nice to see how many people switched over to better alternatives meanwhile. And with [**Twidere**][9], I can manage my GnuSocial and Twitter accounts easily with lots of features. And if you are still forced to use Facebook, try [_Face Slim_][10].
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The next layer is short texts communication. Since almost nobody in my circle of acquaintances uses oldschool short messages anymore, I switched most of my chitchat communication over to [**LibreSignal**][8], a Google-dependency-freed fork of Signal, providing very strong encryption and a great and easy user interface at the same time. At the same time I still use _Telegram_ (non-free server) and _WhatsApp_ (absolutely bad) because it’s hard to convince all the contacts you have. But it’s nice to see how many people switched over to better alternatives meanwhile. And with [**Twidere**][9], I can manage my GnuSocial and Twitter accounts easily with lots of features. And if you are still forced to use Facebook, try [_Face Slim_][10].
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As a scout, many people seem to think that I always know any direction. In the old days I had to navigate using stars and moss on stones, but nowadays I just pick my ultimate compass and can lead the way thanks to [**OsmAnd**][11] and [**Transportr**][12]. The former enables me to download offline vector maps, navigate on them, find points of interest (bars, shops, bus stops – and bars), with the latter I can use the public transport system of almost every larger city in Europe using a neat and fast-responding interface. And the best thing: It even works in areas without sun, stars, or moss-grown stones. But well, without battery…
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As a scout, many people seem to think that I always know any direction. In the old days I had to navigate using stars and moss on stones, but nowadays I just pick my ultimate compass and can lead the way thanks to [**OsmAnd**][11] and [**Transportr**][12]. The former enables me to download offline vector maps, navigate on them, find points of interest (bars, shops, bus stops – and bars), with the latter I can use the public transport system of almost every larger city in Europe using a neat and fast-responding interface. And the best thing: It even works in areas without sun, stars, or moss-grown stones. But well, without battery…
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### The small things
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