[chiglug] Thoughts on Android variants? (In particular, Copperhead OS?)

[Dan Krol]

Oh and I forgot my favorite part of OSMAnd - I can download an entire
region of *wikipedia articles*. Again the interface for getting to them
sucks, but it's cool to have that all offline, especially traveling around.

On Mon, Nov 7, 2016 at 7:30 AM, Dan Krol <orblivion at gmail.com> wrote:

> OSMand, because it's available on F-Droid. At least I used to use it for
> navigation; the interface isn't great. But I still use it to walk around,
> and it's really nice to be able to download an entire region.
>
> I heard maps.me had a really good interface (it's commercial) and that
> it's (pretty much?) FOSS, and also uses OSM, but it didn't qualify for
> F-Droid yet. I think because of a dispute about using their servers (much
> like Signal). https://f-droid.org/forums/topic/maps-me/
>
> On Mon, Nov 7, 2016 at 7:23 AM, sten <me at sud0.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 7, 2016, 09:15 Dan Krol <orblivion at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Considering it. I'm just scoping things out for my next phone. I would
>>> need expensive new hardware to use Copperhead. It'd be nice to find
>>> something new and reliable with actual updates that works on my HTC One.
>>>
>>
>> Just on this last point, Copperhead is currently available for the Nexus
>> 9, 5X and 6P. There's no download for the Pixel on their download page.
>> While more expensive than not buying a new phone, you can find the 5X
>> between $200-300 these days.
>>
>> I'm looking at Copperhead, but I get my work email and calendar from
>> GMail (grr) so I need to stick with Google services for now.
>>
>> <thread hijack>What are folks using for navigation these days when not
>> using Google services?</thread hijack>
>>
>>>
>
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