Archive.org has vhs rips of tons of stuff, however its up to you to discover.

Antennapod is dope, you can follow your favourites, no sign up, downloads. excellent app!

Alternative To was invaluable when I degoogled, not perfect though as it still lists some apps that invade and track even when you select the Privacy focused option in the search options, but it DOES give you somewhere to start from with all the info you need.

I’m currently running lineage on my phone, tablet and now working on a lineage streaming box to replace firestick. Good luck!

Went with the Pi4, still looking into a cooling solution. Updated original post to show my progress.

This was what I ended up doing, I updated the main post to show my progress

So following up I have some options, all fairly affordable.

1. Acquaintance has a **barely used Pi4 with the official case + power supply. **

• 2GB RAM memory.
• Uses micro-hdmi for display, they may have an adapter (if it can be found)
• Need a micro SD.
• Very cheap

2.On a local marketplace style website, Used Micro Linux PC is powered by a Raspberry Pi 5

• Processor: Raspberry Pi 5
• 4GB RAM Memory
• Case: Custom Cube with RGB lighting
• Operating System: Linux (pre-installed)
• Connectivity: USB, Ethernet, HDMI
• Custom Noctua Fans
• Custom heatsink w/ rgb fan
• 128gb Patriot NVME running at pcie 3.0
• Affordable

3. Large Marketplace website, Lenovo M910q Tiny Mini PC i5 7500T 16GB 240GB SSD Win11 Pro WiFi

• Hard Drive Capacity 240 GB
• Processor Intel Core i5-7500T
• Graphics Processing Type Integrated/On-Board Graphics
• RAM Size 16 GB
• SSD Capacity 240GB
• GPU Intel HD Graphics 630
• Processor Speed 3.30 GHz
• Connectivity HDMI, USB 3.0, DisplayPort, RJ-45
• Operating System Windows 11 Pro ( I can put a linux os on this I’m assuming)
• Features Built-in Bluetooth Adapter, Built-in Wi-Fi Adapter, Slim, Ultra-Slim
• Affordable

I’m leaning towards Option 2. With my limited knowledge, Option 1 doesn’t seem like enough and Option 3 seems like too much. I’m getting many different thoughts and opinions from alot of places, I am but a simpleton, trying to stop my TV from spying on me. I’d love to hear your thoughts.

Update: Option 1 it is! Cheap enough that I can screw it up.

Hey, that’s pretty cool!

Out of curiosity, what other uses does Pi4 have outside streaming?

Oooh! Thankyou! It’s android so theoretically it should be able to get Smart tube. This is an advanced user guide but it certainly will help when I get to this point.

I’m still at the “So, Pi is a green circuit board?” part of my learning.

Aw cool! Glad you wanted to share!

I noticed there’s some thoughts that maybe these types of posts don’t have a place in the Linux phones. I’m new to Lemmy and found help here and wanted to thank the community. Changing over was work and I’m proud of myself, but recognize those who chimed in when I needed it.

So I propose the positive aspect of a show-your-home-screen post.

They can help start a discussion for those of who are curious about the process of running a non mainstream OS. If you are a degoogler, it’s important to know what life without Gapps is like. It may provide folks with feedback on better app options as well if they are struggling. Switching over is a process with inherent risk so it can be really scary and there are few places that have real human feedback.

Anyhow, my newb two cents. Is my OS proper Linux? I don’t know, I’m new, looking for help, and it brought me here.

It’s all about usage and what you are willing to give up. I never had any use for those things beforehand and I value my privacy more if I did. So it was an easy choice.

My phone is as Degoogled as I could get it with Lineage, & I don’t use any banking apps on mobile, so I can’t give too much info there. For 2 factor Auth Apps, I use the Proton one and it works a treat!

Edit: Blerg!!! I have been having issues with the Proton Authenticator, You need Gapps or MicroG to get it to work properly.

Edit 2: Aegis works

No doubt, I found a good balance between display and text size and while some of the longer text will still scroll, it’s not everything scrolling at once.

That helped, thankyou!

Thanks, I found the right combo that works for me 👍

It’s all the text of the option that’s too long to fit under the icon. Scrolls and stops then scrolls again, mildly distracting.

I really enjoyed doing it with the pixel 1! I love a good tinker and it’s good practice, might even switch over to it as my main phone. I’m looking into finding a used pixel 6 so I can try out Graphene and ditching the S8 altogether. Next project is tablets though.👏

Lineage installed and it works beautifully.

I’m going to try LineageOS first, but do you have any thoughts about CalyxOS? I’m in my last stages of degoogling so the further away I am from Google, the better. I’d love to use GrapheneOS but I can’t afford a Pixel that’s new enough to run it.