💭 ᴍɪɴʏᴀᴇɴ@lemmy.ml to F-Droid@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 months agoFavorite FOSS apps - favorite finds of 2024message-squaremessage-square41linkfedilinkarrow-up1132file-text
arrow-up1132message-squareFavorite FOSS apps - favorite finds of 2024💭 ᴍɪɴʏᴀᴇɴ@lemmy.ml to F-Droid@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square41linkfedilinkfile-text
What are your favorite FOSS app finds of this year? Ente Auth Thunderbird Heliboard Weather Master Obtainium Openkeychain
minus-squareAnna@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up8·4 months agoI’m not switching to Thunderbird I’m sticking with K-9
minus-squareQuazarOmega@lemy.lollinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 months agoIs there an explanation of the differences?
minus-squareAnna@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 months agoK-9 was it’s own thing, Mozilla came along gave them a lots of money and just forked there project and just renamed it and added their logo
minus-squareQuazarOmega@lemy.lollinkfedilinkarrow-up5·4 months agoSo it’s just a branding thing? That was my understanding already, I thought you meant there were functional differences
minus-squareleanleft@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoi’m thinking the mozilla version will be better maintained and have stuff added to it, in the future
minus-squareQuazarOmega@lemy.lollinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoIt believe that too, the project just received more backing, it hasn’t been taken over by a random new group
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoI’m in the same boat. It is completely fine since the apps only have cosmetic differences.
I’m not switching to Thunderbird I’m sticking with K-9
Aren’t they the same now?
Yes and no
Is there an explanation of the differences?
K-9 was it’s own thing, Mozilla came along gave them a lots of money and just forked there project and just renamed it and added their logo
So it’s just a branding thing? That was my understanding already, I thought you meant there were functional differences
i’m thinking the mozilla version will be better maintained and have stuff added to it, in the future
It believe that too, the project just received more backing, it hasn’t been taken over by a random new group
I’m in the same boat. It is completely fine since the apps only have cosmetic differences.