This article introduces you to Free Software for Android Phones. We listed below a number of applications and games for you who love application hunting so you can recognize, appreciate, use and hopefully later contribute to Free Software projects whos the apps you use everyday. We want to connect between Ubuntu and GNU/Linux to Android and the users alike because we all as a whole is one Free Software Community. We started here with explaining what is free software then Ubuntu Touch then F-Droid and the rest of apps and games we believe you will love to use.

 

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Do you know Android-x86? It is a version of Android OS that runs on your PC and laptop rather than phone. It is a Free, Open Source Software of its kind that is actively developed. You might find it very similar to Ubuntu thanks to its LiveCD feature although it is not a GNU/Linux. This article introduces you to it by downloading, running, and trying it out on a real computer as well as a virtual machine. We will take benefit of it to run completely Free Software apps by adding F-Droid, an alternative play store. To give you the bigger picture, we will try running web browser, video player, YouTube downloader and other apps on it with software freedom. Finally, I hope someday we could enjoy a Replicant-x86 perhaps by someone reading this article. Now let's try!

Enjoying YouTube without YouTube means you can watch and download all videos from it everywhere by alternative ways so that you don't run nonfree software or surrender your privacy. There are good news I want to share with you as there are already Invidious and CloudTube for computer users while NewPipe for phone users. They are all free libre open source software developed by community you can trust. I am happy with these solution so I want you to share my happiness as well. Enjoy!