• Audiobookshelf - Self-hosted Audible. I cannot believe how smooth this is. I set up the docker container, tweaked the ID3 tags on my audiobooks (to group series), and that was it. The Android app is listed as alpha, but it has been nearly flawless for me. I am astonished.
• Tailscale - A slick low-config VPN solution. Probably everybody knew about this except for me, but I recently tried it and it’s great. I had to tweak several things to fit my exact setup, but once I figured it out, it has been exactly what I hoped for. No more messing with dynamic DNS or opening ports. I just start the client and I’m home. I’m hoping I’ll have some extra time soon, and if so I’ll try to go full FOSS and attempt to use Headscale on a VPS.

A few I haven’t seen mentioned:

• Moon+ Reader - My favorite ebook reader of all time.
• Tea Time - Simple timer widgets
• Simple Time Tracker - Track what you do
• NES.emu, Snes9x EX+, M64+ FZ - Emulators
• Thunder - Lemmy
• Root Explorer - file explorer
• Lichess - Chess, free of ads, no fees. Almost entirely FOSS.

Also +1 to the usual favorites: Firefox, Termux, Nova, etc.

Kubuntu currently is working really well for me. I’m not a hardcore Linux user (used it lightly for many years, daily driver for only couple), so it’s nice to use Ubuntu where there’s plenty of online answers. Plus I like KDE. So Kubuntu is a good fit.

I recently tried Fedora for a while, but I just had problem after problem with my hardware. It was good aside from that.