Post #253645
2026-02-10 11:40 UTC
Replies (40)
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@unknown1234_5@kbin.earth 2026-02-10 23:36
i use Niagara and I like it, but its a little different. if you want a more traditional one ive heard lawnchair is good.
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@muxika@lemmy.world 2026-02-10 11:49
I wish they were sold in the States at a more reasonable price. Murena’s prices are ridiculous.
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@shneancy@lemmy.world 2026-02-10 11:55
ew an ad
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@Schorsch@feddit.org 2026-02-10 12:02
Good luck to you for the next decade. I have a Fairphone for my job and it’s an absolute pile of (responsibly produced) garbage. It would be way easier to use a Pixel for 10 years than this sluggish outdated mess is.
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@DmMacniel@feddit.org 2026-02-10 12:06
Fairphone is nice. Flashed /e/os on it, now its even without 99% google shit :D
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@amos@slrpnk.net 2026-02-10 12:08
KISS: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/fr.neamar.kiss/
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@flandish@lemmy.world 2026-02-10 12:10
have they come up with a reasonably priced “dumb” phone with an eink display?
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@RmDebArc_5@feddit.org 2026-02-10 12:15
I’m personally using Kvaesitso, but it isn’t necessarily for everyone. Otherwise Lawnchair is quite good and stable (for a beta). It’s not on fdroid but it is on izzyondroid
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@n3cr0@lemmy.world 2026-02-10 12:15
I couldn’t be happier than with my Fairphone. Of course, I ditched the original firmware and went for something more lean and privacy-focused. It has lots of storage which I also extended with micro SD. Now I have my whole music collection for offline-listening. I can even turn the phone completely off by pulling the battery. If you complain about your FP, you may wanna try flashing /e/OS or CalyxOS (once they are back) or GrapheneOS (They will port it, soon for the device).
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@exu@feditown.com 2026-02-10 12:15
I just switched to Dragon-Launcher and like it a lot. Gestures are great to use and the devs are super responsive.
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@nightm4re@feddit.org 2026-02-10 12:17
Check out lawnchair. 😊
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@linkinkampf19@lemmy.world 2026-02-10 12:22
Been using Octopi Launcher, and it’s a decently solid replacement for Nova. I actually think it’s more flexible as you have customization tucked behind the single long press on your home screen. With Nova I always had to figure out the best way to swipe up from the bottom and more than half the time end up opening the app drawer.
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@cRazi_man@europe.pub 2026-02-10 12:35
Use this table and try a few. Find one you like. You can check the privacy report for trackers etc on the Exodus site. I tried a whole bunch of launchers and settled on Pear launcher. I keep KISS launcher solely for the search (launch KISS search on double tapping the home button). Neo launcher was on its way to greatness, but then development was abandoned…. So if anyone has the skills/time/interest in forking that, that would be great.
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@TheGiantKorean@lemmy.today 2026-02-10 12:40
Octopus Launcher has been great so far!
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@Una@europe.pub 2026-02-10 12:53
Why not both? Fuck I misread bottom text
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@Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 2026-02-10 12:54
Checkout Yantra, a minimal launcher that mimic a command line, distraction free but still has a lot of features and is open source!
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@mortalic@lemmy.world 2026-02-10 15:14
Really hard to beat the Fossify launcher. Very similar to vanilla android, available on F-Droid… Far superior to /e/os having icons scattered everywhere.
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@j4yc33@piefed.social 2026-02-10 15:56
Based. posted from my Fairphone 5
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@javalps@mastodon.social 2026-02-10 15:58
@Grail play.google.com/store/apps/det
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@xx3rawr@sh.itjust.works 2026-02-10 16:00
I wish Fairphone is availabke in my country. Well at least he still have HMD/Nokia, but looks like they recently limited the models they sell here
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@pkjqpg1h@lemmy.zip 2026-02-10 16:01
check out Kvaesitso and KISS
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@GlenRambo@jlai.lu 2026-02-10 16:08
Faiphone is being frog marched out of Australia. Each telco is shutting it down and blocking IMEIs. Sucks for the people that imported them. Cant even use it as data only. So unless you use it as puerly on WiFi it’s going to landfill. 🙃. Also. Lawnchair nightly/beta.
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@HulkSmashBurgers@reddthat.com 2026-02-10 16:16
kvaesitso is pretty nice and is what I use https://f-droid.org/packages/de.mm20.launcher2.release/
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@bitwolf@sh.itjust.works 2026-02-10 17:38
I wish they’d get their security in order. It would be the perfect Graphene phone if they did. To answer OP, Niagara Launcher.
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@roscoe@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-02-10 18:41
Try out Niagara. It only takes about 5 minutes to set up. If you’re like me, you’ll think it’s too simplistic, you think you want all that nova launcher shit. But do yourself a favor and give it a try. Pick a background, pick an icon pack, select a few favorites and that’s all you need to try it out. After that if you want to really dig in there isn’t much (some of these things are pro features, I can’t remember which because I decided to get it so soon after trying it out), it’s like 45 minutes at the most to customize your clock, do the custom widget (multiple widgets can share space, you just swipe through), decide if you want music controls on the home screen, and set up pop-ups (like a folder but more, can be in your favorites or your app list), and hide apps from the list (either because they’re in a pop-up or you just never use it). And then…that’s it, there’s nothing else to do. I tried it out a while ago when the original developer for nova quit the company that bought nova. Did a quick setup, played around for 30 minutes and bought pro right away. I was very surprised at how much I liked a simplistic launcher. You’ve got nothing to lose but 30 minutes, check it out. Edited for clarity about the nova developer quitting.
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@HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works 2026-02-10 18:59
You’re the real MVP mate
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@7101334@lemmy.world 2026-02-10 19:11
So, I use Nova on my Galaxy Note 9. Nova asked me to allow ads. I just kept closing the message until it stopped popping up. I don’t see ads anywhere on my phone. Where are the ads supposed to be? Or is the concern more data harvesting than actually displaying ads?
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@YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 2026-02-10 19:12
Just discovered graphene runs on my two year old Motorola. Very cool that they support multiple manufacturers.
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@DarthFrodo@lemmy.world 2026-02-10 19:20
I’d like to buy a Fairphone, but the missing IP68 rating is concerning to me. I really don’t want to have to worry about my phone dying if I get into a rainstorm for example, especially while traveling.
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@Turret3857@infosec.pub 2026-02-10 23:52
bring back USB3.0/DP out on the FP7 and I’ll bite. The FP6 going to USB2.0 screwed the pooch for me.
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@Gloomy@mander.xyz 2026-02-11 00:03
I use Pie Launcher on mine, but then again i am a bit strange at times. Here is how it looks like for me.
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@knobbysideup@sh.itjust.works 2026-02-11 00:06
Tried several and landed on action launcher.
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@GalacticGrapefruit@lemmy.world 2026-02-11 00:45
Pear Launcher is nice. Fossify Home is good, too. I prefer Pear since it lets you use icon themes.
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@titanicx@lemmy.zip 2026-02-11 01:54
I just tried total launcher. Love most of it, but still trying to figure out things like multiple docks, etc.
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@enbiousenvy@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-02-11 02:15
lawnchair
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@ZkhqrD5o@lemmy.world 2026-02-11 08:07
Dragon Launcher. You’d be surprised of how well Radial menus actually work with touchscreens. It’s great, you don’t want to go back afterwards. Edit: radial
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@TheSteadyParadox@lemmy.world 2026-02-11 09:58
Lawnchair
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@nieminen@lemmy.world 2026-02-11 12:37
I really like octopi launcher
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@Ashiette@lemmy.world 2026-02-11 18:16
Kvaesitso is really nice ! And it’s open source
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@maturelemontree@lemmy.zip 2026-02-11 19:09
Is there something wrong with the Nova Launcher that I should know about?