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What are the "app dock" apps on your phone? Are they FOSS? (reddthat.com)
submitted 1 month ago by lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com to c/foss@beehaw.org
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Go to your phone homescreen and look at the app dock (the bottom row that contains some apps and stays the same when you switch pages).

Which are yours? Any FOSS apps?

In my case, they are FDroid, Signal, Threema, Firefox and the defaul Samsung camera app. So, 80% FOSS..

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[–] HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.one 2 points 1 month ago

I use ios. So phone, messages, safari and spotify.

Not much happening there.

[–] FQQD@lemmy.ohaa.xyz 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Well - Kind of.

  • Snapchat (not FOSS at all afaik)
  • Aliucord (Modded client for Discord, at least partially open source)
  • Summit (FOSS)
  • Signal (FOSS, I think)
[–] gazby@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

Didn't know Summit had gone FOSS! Thanks mate! 💙

[–] Evkob@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

  • IronFox (web browser)

  • Fossify Caller app

  • QUIK (SMS)

  • Molly (Signal)

  • Libretube (YouTube)

  • Thunder (Lemmy).

Oops, all FOSS! :)

The only proprietary apps that see regular use on my phone are my banking app and Spotify.

[–] kruffa@beehaw.org 1 points 1 month ago

On GrapheneOS:

  • Orgzly (FOSS)
  • Folder with personal communication theme:
    • messages (FOSS)
    • protonmail
    • discord
    • Signal
    • Phone (FOSS)
    • Contacts (FOSS)
    • 5 other proprietary or rarely used messaging apps to stay in touch with specific people in specific circumstances.
  • Folder with daily/common apps:
    • Fossify Calendar (FOSS)
    • Local transit app
    • Settings (FOSS)
    • Firefox (FOSS)
    • HomeAssistant (FOSS)
    • Clock (FOSS)
    • Organic Maps (FOSS)
[–] quickenparalysespunk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

here are my 4 non-Foss apps, out of 27 total on dock (yes on the dock, using folders)

  • 🚫nordvpn

  • 🚫obsidian (sync disabled)

  • 🚫@voice aloud tts

  • 🚫MS Swiftkey settings (true privacy threat i know, but Asian lang. support is essential & it runs w/o internet perm., w/o play services, and kept in incognito.)

[–] noodlejetski@lemm.ee 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don't have an app dock, so... zero for both?

[–] drew_belloc@programming.dev 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Well i do have one, i just like to have it empty

We are not the same

[–] opensourceopenmind@social.vivaldi.net 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

@drew_belloc @noodlejetski I don't have a dock either. I do have a favourites row though, and currently these are the pinned apps (arranged in no particular order):

  1. Calls by #GNOME & #Purism

  2. Chats (#Chatty) by Purism & GNOME - supports #SMS, #Matrix, #XMPP

  3. Contacts by GNOME

  4. #Firefox web browser by #Mozilla

  5. #SignalMessenger

  6. GNOME Settings

  7. #Phosh Mobile Settings

  8. Tweaks by #postmarketOS

  9. #Tuba (client for #Mastodon / #Fediverse)

  10. #Kasts by #KDE

  11. #DeltaChat ( #openstandards-based, #securityaudited, fast #e2ee chats over bloody #email!)

  12. Files / #Nautilus by GNOME

All #FreeSoftware /Libre, #OpenSource #FOSS / #FLOSS : )

Note: The home screen and the app drawer / search / overview is all one and the same.

#FreedomTech #LibreTech #Librem5 #LibertyPhone #LinuxMobile #MobileLinux #LinuxPhones #gnuLinux #softwarefreedom #BreakTheDuopoly

The image shows a Librem 5 Linux smartphone home screen with a dark background featuring a starry space theme. At the top, there is a status bar displaying the time as 2:39 PM, 4G connectivity, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth turned off, and a battery level of 84%. Below the status bar, there is a search bar with the text "Search apps..." in gray. The home screen is organised into a grid of app icons. The 1st row includes a green phone icon, a green messaging icon, a blue book icon with "@" symbol, and a Firefox browser icon. The 2nd row features a blue Signal Messenger icon, a gear settings icon, a smartphone icon with toggle switches, The 3rd row features a tuba musical instrument icon, a radio tower broadcast icon, a chat bubble icon with a "d" which looks like and upside down and inverted "g" (opposite of #Google?), and a blue file drawer icon. The 4th row includes an audio player icon, a timing lock icon, a lion face Brave browser icon, and a calculator icon. The 5th row shows a calendar icon, a camera icon, a camera under construction icon, and a carburetor icon. The 6th row includes a clocks icon, a terminal icon, a headphones over book (audiobook) icon, and a dinosaur icon. The 7th row features a pie chart icon, a wrench over hard disk icon, a document with eyeglasses icon, and a green circular icon with a white swirl. Provided by @altbot, edited. Missed by altbot: The bottom of the starry space-themed wallpaper shows the top of a Mars-like sandy planet.

[–] Gunk@infosec.pub 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Vivaldi - FOSS Weather - FOSS FB Reader - not FOSS but soon to be replaced with Librera FD when I finish what I'm currently reading Clock - FOSS Camera - not FOSS

[–] kersplomp@programming.dev 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Vivaldi is not open source

[–] Gunk@infosec.pub 1 points 1 month ago

Dang. I could have sworn it was. Thanks for the info.

[–] 73kk13@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I thought this was an easy one, but turns out it is not.

[–] Quik@infosec.pub 2 points 2 weeks ago

Öffi has been a joy, it took some time, but I now like the idea of a special app for public transport a lot

[–] enemenemu@lemm.ee 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don't have a fixed bottom row.

I've got maximum two pages. Folder Cover mode is much more efficient. (I hope for an immersive (full screen) mode some day)

90% foss of all apps.

What's not foss? banking, gov broadcasters, arte, ard, zdf, german train app, magic earth, ebay, dict.cc, car sharing,

[–] FQQD@lemmy.ohaa.xyz 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think they should make ard, zdf and arte open source!

[–] enemenemu@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yes! It's bonkers that they did not yet do it

I also think that they should work with the same backend and similar frontend. But they rather pay 5 people do to the same job