Want a Degoogled Tablet? Murena’s Got You Covered
Paris‑based Murena and Germany’s Volla are teaming up on a tablet for people who want Android hardware without Google’s software. The post Want a Degoogled Tablet? Murena’s Got You Covered appeared...
View ArticleMurena’s DeGoogled Android Alternative Upgraded to /e/OS 3.0
Murena is out with a new major release of its deGoogled and improved version of Android -- /e/OS 3.O The post Murena’s DeGoogled Android Alternative Upgraded to /e/OS 3.0 appeared first on FOSS Force.
View ArticleGoogle Caves on Nextcloud App Permissions
After Google removed needed permissions from the Nextcloud app, it refused to return them for months -- which quickly changed when the press got involved. The post Google Caves on Nextcloud App...
View ArticleAndroid Alternative /e/OS Announces ‘Better Than Google’ Parental Controls
As you might expect from the folks at the eFoundation, the new Parental Controls do a better job of protecting child users than the controls that Google ships with Android. The post Android Alternative...
View ArticleOlympic Games Apps That Collect Data and Sell It on the Marketplace
As Paris attracts crowds sports tourists for the 2024 games, mobile apps marketed to attendees are tracking them, collecting their private data, and then hawking it to advertisers and big tech. The...
View ArticleEcoVadis Awards Fairphone for Being Good for the Environment and Labor
Fairphone, the Dutch-based company behind the eponymous branded mobile phone, has announced that it's received the highest ranking for sustainability that any mobile phone maker has ever received. The...
View ArticleMitigating Android’s “AutoSpill”/Autofill Credentials Leak
Are you afraid that someone's out to steal your passwords from your phone? Well, they might be, but they're probably not. Ars has published an article that explains it all. The post Mitigating...
View ArticleFOSS Week in Review: Window Maker Live Adopts Systemd, New Tails on the Down...
In this week's news roundup we look at the release of three Linux-based operating systems -- one focused on privacy, one on the desktop, and the third for going mobile. The post FOSS Week in Review:...
View ArticleIndia’s New Indigenous BharOS Is Basically DeGoogled Android
India's new Android-based mobile operating system, BharOS, was publicly tested on Tuesday. It's part of a project to make India less dependent on technology developed outside the country. The post...
View ArticleIs Freedom Phone the Trump University of Mobile Devices?
It appears that Erik Finman has been paying attention to the examples being set by a certain former president on how to run a successful business. The post Is Freedom Phone the Trump University of...
View ArticleGoogle Chrome Alternative, Vivaldi, Has Released 5.0 for Desktop and Mobile
Vivaldi's 5.0 release might be seen as the release of two browsers -- one finely tuned for the desktop, and one designed for a wide range of Android devices. The post Google Chrome Alternative,...
View ArticleHuawei and Other Mobile ‘Tech Giants’: You Should (Really) Break Free from...
The founder of the privacy respecting version of Android, /e/, says the time is right for phone makers to adopt an operating system that isn't dependent on a single company. [...] Continue reading...
View ArticleEelo: Gaël Duval’s Open Source, Privacy Respecting Android Phone Clone
The man behind the first user-friendly Linux distribution now seeks to produce a free-as-you-want-it-to-be Android phone that respects user rights. Are you ready for a new operating system for your...
View ArticleImagine an Android Phone Without Linux Inside
Google has plans to replace Linux-based Android with its own built-from-scratch operating system, Fuchsia. Why? Mainly, it seems, to get away from the GPL. Roblimo’s Hideaway Google Fuchsia first saw...
View ArticleAn Introduction to Open Data Kit
With just a little imagination, you could easily make yourself a pretty cool mobile app using Open Data Kit. The Screening Room Open Data Kit is a free and open source set of tools which help...
View ArticleOpen Source Eye for the Android Guy
Android may be a free operating system, but unlike GNU/Linux, keeping it free is next to impossible if you want to make it useful. Roblimo’s Hideaway Do you ever look at your Android phone and wonder...
View ArticleMonetizing Freemium Apps on Google Play
There are three basic models for monetizing digital goods on Google Play — freemium, paid apps and advertising supported using Google’s AdMob service. The Video Screening Room In this video from a...
View ArticleJay Beale: Linux Security and Remembering Bastille Linux
“Secure by design” doesn’t mean that Linux users should take a carefree approach to security. On the Internet, somebody’s always hiding behind the firewall trying to pick the lock. The FOSS Force...
View ArticleMoodle App Could Be a Game Changer for Community Organizations
Many free and open source projects put power into our hands that once was reserved for elite players with deep pockets. A great example is the Moodle mobile app, which could be a big game changer for...
View ArticleNeeded: A Linux Three in One Distro
If FOSS is to have a future, we must embrace both mobile and the Chromebook model and develop a distro that’s equally at home on a phone, a low resource cloud based computer and on a traditional PC....
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