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    Smartphones: Planned obsolescence, Right to Repair and Fairphone’s model as a solution?

    by Manish Gehlot/e/AndroidDigital FreedomiOS, tvOS and watchOSLineageOSSmartphonesSeptember 21, 2020September 21, 2020

    Planned obsolescence Obsolescence describes the process of a device becoming unusable for its original functionality, usually caused by aging, often abbreviated as EOL, End of Life. In the case of…

    Life Cycle Assessment of a Smartphone

    by Manish GehlotAndroidiOS, tvOS and watchOSSeptember 21, 2020September 21, 2020

    Life-Cycle-Assessments, also known as life cycle analysis, is a method of environmental science to determine the environmental impact of a product over the entire life cycle. Production as well as…

    Relevance of custom ROMs and alternatives in sustainability of Smartphones

    by Manish Gehlot/e/AndroidLineageOSSeptember 21, 2020September 21, 2020

    As an everyday object and replacement for computers, our smartphone is an important tool for most of the daily needs in lives of many people to the point that it…

    MicroG: A libre Google Apps and libraries’ replacement and their battle with SafetyNet

    by Manish GehlotAndroidAOSPDigital FreedomFree SoftwareLineageOSOpen SourceOpinionSeptember 17, 2020September 17, 2020

    MicroG is a free and open replacement of Google’s proprietary Android user space apps and libraries. Wait! Is not Android an open-source mobile OS already? Yes and no. While, Android…

    How to set up and use Wacom and Huion pen tablets in Linux

    by Mahbub HasanAndroidLinuxProductivityTutorialsSeptember 17, 2020September 17, 2020

    Before getting into this article I want to share that I have previously written some articles for those who want to learn creative works on Linux. You can find these…

    15 interesting and extremely useful open source android apps

    by Mahbub HasanAndroidApplicationsOpen SourceAugust 25, 2020August 25, 2020

    Android open source applications are low on numbers compared to *nix open-source software. That’s because, while Android is open source, everything that is related to Android, and its devices are…

    Pixel 4a: Great cam, balanced specs in budget for West. Mostly misunderstood in East.

    by Manish GehlotAndroidNewsOpinionAugust 7, 2020August 7, 2020

    Yes, like many of you I lost all hope regarding the release of the much awaited Google phone. Pixel 4a of the only phones in under 400 USD price bracket…

    If you insist buying a Xiaomi phone, do yourself a favor – Uninstall bloatware and pre-installed apps

    by Mahbub HasanAndroidMIUIAugust 7, 2020

    In this article, I will teach you how to get rid of the bloatware on your Xiaomi device and keep your phone well and reduce tracking Xiaomi is currently the…

    Growing penetration of Smartphones in our life: Alarming or good use of tech?

    by Manish GehlotAndroidiOS, tvOS and watchOSOpinionAugust 2, 2020

    Smartphones are everywhere and are being used by a large number of people. Smartphones actually made its debut in 1992, It was called the Simon Personal Communicator, and it was…

    Riot changed name, Mozilla releases VPN – And many more on nixFAQ News Roundup

    by Mahbub HasanAndroidFree SoftwareNewsProductivitySDKVPNJuly 17, 2020July 17, 2020

    It looks like a secure matrix messaging client Riot has rebranded itself, again. The latest name change for it was announced to be Element. In a blog post from Matthew…

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