This listing collects a set of Free Software Applications which you can use as replacements and alternatives to default Android applications which are proprietary (nonfree) software. For example, you have a Xiaomi Redmi phone with set of applications such as Calculator, it will raise a question like "what is the free software replacement to this program?" and the answers are listed below. We wish this benefits to you all.

Why not proprietary software? See Why Not section at the end of this article with beneficial references you can learn.

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This tutorial will help you to connect, control, show and mirror your Android Phone on Ubuntu 24.04 computer using Screen Copy technology. With this, on Ubuntu you can control Android phone with mouse clicks, with computer keyboard, while the phone display fully shown on desktop. This article is a continuation to our tutorial two years ago Ubuntu Controls Android Screen. We hope this benefits you the best. Now let's start trying it out!

(Ubuntu 24.04 "Noble Numbat" showing controllable Android "Lollypop" screen)

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This tutorial will help you to use Scrcpy (screen copy) program so you can remotely and visually control your Android phone from Ubuntu laptop. Fortunately, it is available on Ubuntu and does not require root to work. This is useful for surprisingly many purposes will be explained below, including being helpful when your screen is damaged. Now let's try this excellent program!

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This article is for you who want to know about free software phones. They are mobile devices with GNU/Linux or Android family operating systems inside with more libre software, less proprietary ones and made safer from surveillance. Today, talking about these also involves talking about the software systems inside. This article lists out several the top of them namely Librem 5, Ubuntu Phones, /e/ Fairphone, PinePhone, NitroPhone and mentions also several related software projects like microG. I write this in twenty twenty one so in the future we would certainly see changes going in and out in the world and this article might become obsolete quick. Nevertheless, I hope you would enjoy this!

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Primitive FTP is an Android app to enable your phone to transfer files from and to Ubuntu computer and other devices over wifi or USB tethering. It is very easy to setup and do. Let's try!

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Persepolis and Download Navi are two download manager apps for Ubuntu and Android, respectively. They can help the users accelerate download speed and keep track of what files had been saved. This tutorial will explain how to use them to download files from the internet after installing them to desktop and phone. I hope this tutorial helps Ubuntu users who have computer and phone altogether.

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This is a simple how to use F-Droid App Store for Android users everyone can practice. I hope this helps Ubuntu users who have Android devices!

There are Ubuntu and Android two similar but distinct computer operating systems. The main difference lies on Ubuntu being known for desktop while Android being known for phone. There are other differences such as Companies behind, how Publishing done, Hardware Architectures supported, actual Systems inside, and more. 

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Continuing email beginner's guide, now we Ubuntu users who have Android can read our emails anywhere anytime in both devices. It's a wonderful experience. On computer we use Thunderbird, while on phone we use K-9, both are free software. This tutorial uses Disroot email account as example, thanks to its gratis IMAP feature. Now, let's go!

Try Session! This new Australia based messenger is like a combination of Signal security and Tor anonymity and BitCoin network plus requiring no phone number. It's available for both your desktop and phone platforms. Interesting, right? So now this tutorial will show you how to have Session in both devices Ubuntu desktop and Android phone. 

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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!

FreeTube - a desktop app to enjoy youtube comfortably

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I've got a new handheld device Sony Ericsson Xperia ST25i with Android operating system recently. This device has internal storage only, it has no external storage. I tried to connect it in my Ubuntu 12.04 but my file manager (Dolphin) could only read and could not write into its storage. And you know, Sony PC Companion program (tool for transferring files into Xperia) is not available for Linux until today. So, I try Ubuntu 15.04 today. You may do it from LiveCD. Out of the box, Ubuntu detects my Xperia easily and I can read or write any files (create folder, copy MP3, copy images, etc.) into my Xperia. You don't need to install anything. By using this, you don't need Sony PC Companion again. I want to share it here.

LiveWallpaper is a simple application which replaces our boring default wallpaper with a completely animated OpenGL wallpaper. At this moment, LiveWallpaper only comes with two animated wallpapers: Nexus and Galaxy.

Nexus

Now, I'm sitting for a short course about Android Programming for five days. So, I'd like to share my experience setting up Android SDK with Eclipse on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin with you. Let's get started.

Hello readers! Today I'd like to write a post on how to convert video for Android using HandBrake. HandBrake is an open-source, GPL-licensed, multipaltform, multithreaded video transcoder which is available for Windows, Linux, and Mac OSX. It comes with some presets for quick access to some common tasks.

There two built-in presets for Android: small screen device and bigger screen device. You can use those presets either via CLI (Command Line Interface) or via GUI (Graphical User Interface).