Zen browser was my favourite but this put me off:

https://sizeof.cat/post/web-browser-telemetry-2025-edition/

alt + enter (ive never seen this behaviour before with KDE though, very strange)

same, except what I can see is horizontally cropped off, rendering it useless.

https://anytype.io/

I use this for tasks/calender & notes.

some caveats though:

• the source code is open, but not entirely foss

• its on the roadmap, but they haven’t implemented notifications yet

• theres a bit of a learning curve

fish

the best weight tracker Ive found is trale:

trale https://f-droid.org/packages/de.quantumphysique.trale

https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/02/17/privacy-is-not-dead/

(The second mindset)

Pop-up

Either a frontend or https://f-droid.org/packages/com.tasomaniac.openwith.floss/

“Divest” has stopped maintaining their apps

https://loops.video/v/4QHrmZ9J2E

Short-form videos, similar to tik tok but with (hopefully) less brain rot

Ive been meaning to flash this onto my fairphone but the websites instructions are a bit confusing (I’ve installed calyx, eos and graphene on other phones)

Its owned by Kape technologies - a former malware distributor that operates in Israel:

https://x.com/Snowden/status/1438291654239215619

Debian Stable + flatpaks. If I were to install it again, I would probably use spiral Linux.

I’ve moved to cachyOS, I’ve been getting into running local AI, and they offer an optional prebuilt SDK.

(with Debian I would have to install CUDA myself, which would cause issues on kernel updates)

• another recommendation for mullvad

dont forget tuta

https://tuta.com/

The blockchaim & finance topic doesn’t really affect me, as long as I can use it for watching videos then it works. (and I’m not helping google)

In regards to the hate content, I would rather have the ability to self censor these things (mute/block) then have the platform itself decide what I am allowed to see.

Ive been using these front ends for a while now and there are constant issues.

Ive switched to http://odysee.com

its now ad free, and Ive found that: mental outlaw, Louis Rossman, someordinarygamers, Brodie Robertson, tech lore, switched to linux, the Linux cast and loads of others are also on the platform.

+1 for crypee