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i've been trying to get rid of non-foss garbage as much as possible but i haven't found anything to replace the microsoft launcher yet, a few good candidates but they were all either underbaked or too unstable to use. Any suggestions?

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I've never heard of Microsoft Launcher before... A lot of people seem to like Nova Launcher, I've used Lawnchair in the past, but nowadays I just don't care anymore, I use the Pixel default. I try to use as little Google stuff as possible, but the launcher is hassle free.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

im on oneplus and i hate default launcher. nova launcher does not seem to be open source

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Lawnchair has done the trick since I switched from Nova

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

I've been eyeing lawnchair to replace my nova setup for a while but neither aurora/play-store nor F-droid have the newest release, is there a repo/manager to download from that doesn't involve manually going to the GitHub and installing it? Edit: lawnchair is one word

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

It pulls the binary from GitHub

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

I really wanted to like the ms launcher. very customizable, and frankly it is kind of awesome. but I didn't stick with it. I was using oneui for years when I started shopping for launchers, and I landed on kiss.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I switched from Nova to Kvaesitso when I found out they were owned by a spyware corp. It takes a little getting used to as it does most things differently, but it's actually good once you get past that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

I did the exact same!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

I still use Nova, however, I use AFWall+ to deny internet access to it. As well, as give it as little permissions as necessary.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

And here was I attempting to type "oh yeah there are a lot of great options to Microsoft's Minecraft Launcher. Try out Prism Launcher."

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

honestly, none really fit that bill IMO