Kvasaeito
this post was submitted on 30 Oct 2023
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No one is able to write the name right ๐ . It's Kvaesitso. I mean no bad. It's pretty uncommon name. It just makes me smile to see it written wrong more often than right.
I actually gave this a go (or 6, over the past year) but it was a bit too radical for my taste
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Pie Launcher https://www.f-droid.org/packages/de.markusfisch.android.pielauncher/
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Fast Draw https://www.f-droid.org/packages/peterfajdiga.fastdraw/
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Open Launcher https://www.f-droid.org/packages/com.benny.openlauncher/
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Discreet Launcher https://www.f-droid.org/packages/com.vincent_falzon.discreetlauncher/
Using Lawnchair atm. It's okay-ish which is enough for me, but I really like Niagara, although the double-tap-to-lock feature behind a paywall was a huge dealbreaker.
feature behind a paywall was a huge dealbreaker
Devs got to eat. And, if I remember right, for less than price of a meal for something you use, probably multiple times a day.
I've been using neo launcher since nova was sold. What kind of bugs have you encountered?
Every UI setup change needs a launcher restart to take effect
I think I've run into this bug a couple of times. For some reason, the grid can become unaligned and I'd have to restart the launcher from the advanced options to fix it. I wish development was faster but that's how open source goes sometimes.
I have had the chance to use it on a few different devices and ROMs. Been with it since before name change.
Performance, especially bugginess is highly variable. I don't know if it's the phone, the ROM, other apps, settings or what. Sometimes it is smooth and you forget its there. other times it is crashing every 5 mins, sometimes without being fully recoverable. Like on a certain set up my widgets would disappear when it crashed and widgets aren't in the backup so you have to redo them from scratch.
If it doesn't work on you current device just don't give up on it and whenever you get a new one give it a spin again.
Maybe I'm leaving myself hanging out, but I'm still using lawnchair because I like it! Perhaps worth using again?
I really like having a plain home screen that I can put widgets onto, so that leaves Niagara out
Sorry, I didn't know lawnchair was related to Niagara.
Woops sorry I think I replied to the wrong comment. Lawnchair is pretty great, but I shifted to Neo where at least the community is a little active.
I've also been looking around but there are no good FOSS launchers currently.
I'm using Trebuchet (default Lineage launcher) with Launcher30 Lposed module. It's simple, it's very stock, no nonsense, just launcher.
This came installed with my rom too, but I really need the option to sort the app drawer into categories or folders
wow, thanks for this
Neolauncher FTW
https://github.com/NeoApplications/Neo-Launcher
Do an image search for screenshots, the repo doesnt really do it justice.
On f droid.
Well...if you want something that eat little ram and supports icon packs, Mini Desktop launcher
Simple Launcher - basic but gets stuff done