I like using Lubuntu because it’s lightweight and feels pretty snappy on my 2009 laptop.

This is more scary than creepy, but I got stuck in a tropical depression on an island. Thunder everywhere, pouring rain. No shelter other than a tarp. Only way to get off the island is a canoe.

Listening to music in a different key or pitch can make it sound quite different, almost like you haven’t heard it before. I mostly use it for fun.

I have 240 total apps on my phone, so probably about 210 non system apps.

For apps I use the most currently, here is my guess:

1. Firefox
2. Jerboa to kill time. This used to be Reddit.
3. Music Speed Changer: An app to playback local audio with a different speed and pitch with minimal distortion. This is my primary music player.
4. FX file manager. I use it to look at photos and local videos.
5. An app to get directions from point A to point B using public transit in my city.
6. GSMArena: An app for phone news and reviews. One of the rare cases where the app is actually naturally better than the mobile website.
7. Google maps. I want to degoogle but I literally use this app for work.
8. Messages. For text messages.
9. Camera. Interesting that it’s this far down.
10. NewPipe for background playback of music found only on YouTube. It barely edges out the official YT app to get on this list, as the amount of ads on mobile YT is too much (especially the homepage, ugh) unless I’m watching a creator that I know deserves the ad revenue.

1. Firefox with uBlock origin (a must for browsing the web)
2. Bitwarden (for passwords)
3. FX file manager (fast and powerful file manager)

Honorable mention to Music speed changer (uses an advanced algorithm to change the pitch and speed of locally stored audio with minimal distortion)

#1, #3, and the honorable mention are Android only. This is a huge reason why I stay on Android.

I disabled the Google app on my phone and my phone still seems to work fine

It’s everywhere in the US. People really care about this, and this is why iPhones have 90% market share in both my high school and at my university.

Android 12 on my Moto G Stylus 5G (2022).

This phone is an overall excellent value in the US. A drawback to some is the paucity of Android updates, but the new restrictions present in Android 14 have me relieved that I bought a phone that will never “upgrade” to that OS.

So this is why it’s so slow to load basic menus?

The 1 IV is known to have overheating issues with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1. I’d recommend an Xperia 5 V instead.