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Syncing tasks app with Thunderbird using CalDAV rather than your json method is one way of doing it. There may be other tasks apps out there though?..You’d need a CalDAV service for hosting the tasks…I use Posteo (email/calendar) and it supports this.

They’re not really debloatable but you can use alternatives. Newpipe can handle YouTube. Invidious instances in the browser. Something like libredirect can send you to alternate front ends for Reddit.

Very comfortable with Rofi. It’s especially nice in a window manager as it also works as a switcher or shortcut to your open programs.

The keybinds you can set up in e.g Ranger for navigating or moving files are incredibly fast and easy. Sure you could just use shell commands/aliases etc. but the visual representation of the file system that a TUI provides, I find really useful.

maybe look into udiskie for automounting/unmounting your external drives. It notifies, ejects and powers them off nicely with a terminal command you could alias, script or keybind to something real simple. Then in ranger I have ‘gm’ set as shortcut to go to media. I don’t need the GUI file manager that often anymore.

Yes probably. It’s a compromise and not ideal. I revoke internet access and on Graphene OS not tied to a Google account. We all find our own peace with this kind of thing. Florisboard looked very promising but the swipe text wasn’t implemented last I checked.

Unfortunately Gboard is still the best around. Block it’s internet access.