"Allow me to chime in, but it's a bit ridiculous to state you want "Android without Google" as I believe Android IS Google itself. If you're so anti google, why buy an android tablet anyway? Buy something else or use the hardware to install other free OS"
Why is that ridiculous? Android is an open sourced project. Do you know of any other $200 tablets that compare with the Nexus 7? If you do please let me know. On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 7:44 AM, <libreplanet-discuss-requ...@libreplanet.org > wrote: > Send libreplanet-discuss mailing list submissions to > libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > libreplanet-discuss-requ...@libreplanet.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > libreplanet-discuss-ow...@libreplanet.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of libreplanet-discuss digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Android without Google (Nikos Roussos) > 2. Re: Android without Google (cryp...@nym.hush.com) > 3. Google Docs without ODF support? > ( Micha? 'rysiek' =?utf-8?q?_Wo=C5=BAniak?=) > 4. Re: Android without Google (Robert Martinez) > 5. Re: Android without Google (Ziv Leyes) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2012 14:01:00 +0300 > From: Nikos Roussos <comzer...@fsfe.org> > To: libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org > Subject: Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Android without Google > Message-ID: > <1349780460.1934.37.ca...@ifaistos.grnet-hq.admin.grnet.gr> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > On Tue, 2012-10-09 at 12:48 +0200, Alexey Eromenko wrote: > > > 1. I have heard about 3rd party Android markets, but never used them. > > This needs some research. > > > There are several markets other than Google Play that provide > proprietary apps in case you need them. > I wouldn't call them 3rd party because they are as official to Android > Open Source Project as Google Play is. > > > > 2. Ask vendors, and Open Source projects to provide APK directly, > > bypassing Google Play. I'm sure FireFox are willing to do that. > > > Besides installing Firefox through F-Droid, Mozilla is providing a > direct download apk link for Aurora > http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/mobile/aurora/ > > > > Effectively, for best experience having a Google Play device is a > > MUST. (esp if you are not Richard Stallman, and are using some > > proprietary software...) > > I haven't installed Google Play to my phone (or any other Google app) > and I can't say I miss much. > > > -- > Nikos Roussos > Support FSFE: http://fsfe.org/support/?comzeradd > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.libreplanet.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/attachments/20121009/6466e11c/attachment.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2012 13:03:39 +0200 > From: cryp...@nym.hush.com > To: "Nikos Roussos" <comzer...@fsfe.org>, > libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org > Subject: Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Android without Google > Message-ID: <20121009110339.b7ab7e6...@smtp.hushmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > > I have a cyanogenmod phone without google for 6 months : > I use F-droid as a market. > The main advantage is that you can add other repository. > Thus I have the classical F-droid one plus the guardianproject one > but you may add others one. > > For my "evryday wihout google" life I use : > *K-9 mail (+APG) for my mails > (Apache2) *Gibberbot for XMPP conversation (it deals OTR and can even > be used in google talks ) (Apache2) *Firefox as webbrowser > (MPL2) *duckduck go apps as > search engine (Apache2) *The Diaspora > webclient > (GPLv3) *Jamendo to listen music > (Apache2) *KeePassDroid to manage my password > (GPLv2) *Offline Calendar as a calendar without synchro (he is > efficient but ugly :/) (MIT) *OsmAnd as maps and GPS > stuff (GPLv3) *Yaaic as an irc Client > (GPLv3+) > I don't have problems when browsing except on youtube.... :P > Hope this may have help you. > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.libreplanet.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/attachments/20121009/24ec316b/attachment.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2012 13:09:54 +0200 > From: " Micha? 'rysiek' =?utf-8?q?_Wo=C5=BAniak?=" <rys...@fwioo.pl> > To: libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org > Subject: [libreplanet-discuss] Google Docs without ODF support? > Message-ID: <201210091309.54895.rys...@fwioo.pl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hello all, > > Just a heads-up - there are first signs that Google is killing > OpenDocument Format support in Google Docs: > http://www.muktware.com/4529/why-google-killing-open-document-formats > > "Google Docs/Drive doesn't offer preview of ODF files; it doesn't open > ODF files. You will have to first convert it to the Google Docs > format. Google Docs also doesn't offer the export in all ODF formats. > > What Works With Google Services? > Only Microsoft's controversial OOXML formats." > > -- > Pozdrawiam > Micha? "rysiek" Wo?niak > > Fundacja Wolnego i Otwartego Oprogramowania > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: signature.asc > Type: application/pgp-signature > Size: 316 bytes > Desc: This is a digitally signed message part. > URL: < > http://lists.libreplanet.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/attachments/20121009/bbb540e4/attachment.pgp > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2012 13:11:06 +0200 > From: Robert Martinez <m...@mray.de> > To: libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org > Subject: Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Android without Google > Message-ID: <5074064a.2090...@mray.de> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > > > On 09/10/12 13:00, Alexey Eromenko wrote: > > > > Keeping the device Google-free probably means going 100% open source. > > Convincing OSS community to support APK directly should be doable. > > > > imho supporting f-droid is most important. > it's a true alternative to google play - visiting webpages and searching > for download links is so 2000 ;) > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2012 13:44:31 +0200 > From: Ziv Leyes <ziv...@gmail.com> > To: libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org > Subject: Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Android without Google > Message-ID: > < > ca+hhf-oquibp3+g2hlu3byrc0zxskyk3czkyycfeks03p07...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Allow me to chime in, but it's a bit ridiculous to state you want "Android > without Google" as I believe Android IS Google itself. > If you're so anti google, why buy an android tablet anyway? Buy something > else or use the hardware to install other free OS > *____________________________________________________________* > * > * > *Let's all help save our e-mail inboxes! Adopt the E-Mail > Charter!<http://emailcharter.org> > * > > *I'm an FSF member - Help us support software freedom! Join > us!<http://www.fsf.org/jf?referrer=2442> > * > > > > On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 12:48 PM, Alexey Eromenko <al4...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > 1. I have heard about 3rd party Android markets, but never used them. > > This needs some research. > > 2. Ask vendors, and Open Source projects to provide APK directly, > > bypassing Google Play. I'm sure FireFox are willing to do that. > > > > Effectively, for best experience having a Google Play device is a > > MUST. (esp if you are not Richard Stallman, and are using some > > proprietary software...) > > > > -- > > -Alexey Eromenko "Technologov" > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.libreplanet.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/attachments/20121009/46f43ff7/attachment.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > libreplanet-discuss mailing list > libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org > https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss > > > End of libreplanet-discuss Digest, Vol 34, Issue 17 > *************************************************** >
