I'm now completely Google-free, using Lineage OS 17. The only stuff I need from the Google Play store is the Steam mobile app for two factor authentication with Steam.
Most software now comes from the F-droid store.
These are my uses for the phone:
Here are my random notes on video conferencing services and how they work with Debian Buster.
Audio and video work on all of them in the respective browser. I have not tested desktop sharing.
Continue reading Using Online Video Conferencing Services on Debian Buster...
Video conferencing with eye contact makes things much more personal. But I don't want to stare at the camera hole of my webcam, I want to look at the picture of my counterpart in the conference. So I use a teleprompter-style setup to have the video of the other side in the same place as the camera, so when I look at the video I also look into the camera.
