Android has distros too, see Privacy Guides'
apps
useful apps, a lot of them are hosted on F-Droid
- Firefox: supports a ton of browser extensions
- F-droidify: better f-droid frontend
- Aurora Store: better google play store frontend
- Aves Libre: heavenly good image gallery, with excellent tag searching/filtering
- Revanced: patched youtube app (adblock, sponsorblock, dearrow, hide shorts, TONs of customization), watch for fake sites, its
revanced.app
- syncthing-fork: useful to sync obsidian notes!
- Obtainium: install and update apps directly from sources like GitHub Releases
- Musicolet: offline music player, customizable
- Fossify: simple apps
- OpenPods: AirPods battery at a glance
- p!n: pin todos and reminders as notifications with expiry
- Thunderbird: formally K-9, a mail client
- Organic Maps: Open Street Map frontend that makes google maps-style itineraries
- Parsec: supports plugging in a keyboard, plug your phone with it into a monitor, connect to your remote pc and have ultimate portability :D