Opt for Freedom Tech
Everything Open Source
Software & Hardware designed for your freedom. Free Open Source Software (FOSS)
* Stay away from Big Tech software like Mac Os and Windows as they offer convenience in return for you Privacy and Wallet. They get you locked into ecosystems that keep you busy with subscriptions, infinite payments and never ending requests to sign up for accounts and disclose more and more of your private personal life. There is another way, Here we show you how to break free on both your Mobile and Desktop devices.
See your way out below
Apps for Christians & Free People
Operating Systems
Operating Systems for computers and mobile devices.
Hardware
Software programs & applications cannot run without hardware (devices/computers).
Basics & Productivity
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
Genesis 3:19
Communication
And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men
Colossians 3:23
Education
For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse.
Romans 1:20
Media
For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
II Timothy 3:6-7
Creativity
And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.
I Chronicles 15:16
News
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things
Philippians 4:8
Navigation
They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters; These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep.
Psalms 107:23-24
Entertainment
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
Proverbs 17:22
Operating Systems
For Mobile Devices
GrapheneOS (Android Open Source Project – AOSP)
Begin Here (15 Minutes)
Androind GrapheneOs is the mobile operating system of choice
(No iOS, it is anti-freedom)
Dive into the belly of the beast, and get a Google Pixel device. Within 20 minutes (approx), you can Break Free from big tech’s snooping and companies that make a living out of disrespecting their own god, the consumer.
If you are ready Install it Immediately here using their web installer.
GrapheneOS supports Google Pixel Devices ONLY because these devices:
– Have very high hardware security
– Allow Bootloader unlocking to install a custom OS
– Quite standard in shape size and design
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For Desktop Devices
PopOs (System76), Ubuntu & Linux Mint*
Advanced Users (Look below)
The best ready out of the box Linux distributions (Distro) suitable for daily use and easy for most people with minimal learning.
They work with most computer models and come ready with most drivers needed to conduct your work without worry.
They also work on Macs but the webcam and Mic may not work
They can be easily installed via USB drive and the instructions / process are quite straight forward. The process doesn’t take long either (About half an hour).
*Linux Mint may require a little more work, Intermediate users*
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ADVANCED USER?
TECH SAVVY?
Need More Control?
Arch, Endeavour, Nix & Qubes*
For the tech savvy among us requiring extra security and control
*Qubes OS is meant to be the most secure OS out there. Used by Edward Snowden.
Advanced users only
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Hardware
Phones, Laptops, Desktops
Wash and make yourselves clean. Take your evil deeds out of my sight; stop doing wrong.
Isaiah 1:16
Basics & Productivity
Get things done
Obtainium (Android)
Download Android Apps & Updates directly From the Source.
Open Source
Install and update apps directly from their releases pages, and receive notifications when new releases are made available
*You can also install it from F-Droid
Office Suite, very powerful and releases you from the Microsoft Office ecosystem.
You don’t need to pay Microsoft annual rent to type a document
* Android: Enable Experimental mode to Edit docs – From settings
Meetings but with manners
A respectable alternative to Zoom, Microsoft Teams & Google Meet
Set up instant meetings with anyone anywhere without an account.
Zoom is a Trojan Horse. Read their privacy policy
Specie (Android)
Good Currency Converter
Candle (Android)
Real-time stock market watcher
Anytype (All Platforms)
A Powertool for advanced Personal Knowledge Management (PKM)
Private hub for all your data: docs, tasks, files, bookmarks, contacts and more. It’s built on a new architecture that protects your privacy and data sovereignty, even when working across devices. Use it to create elegant dashboards, documents, and knowledge graphs
LocalSend (All Platforms)
Open Source
Share files to nearby devices, using local wifi. Not internet required
ZipXtract (Android)
ZipXtract can extract and create archive
Communication
Communicate, Share files, Network. Privately & Securely
Emailing
MailFence (Secure Email)
Free+
Secure private email, calendar etc.
Perfect replacement for Google suite.
Only you read your emails not the entire team on their lunch break.
You’re not the product, you’re the customer.
*Avoid the following email providers: GMAIL (Google), HOTMAIL / Outlook (Microsoft), YAHOO – You can be sure that all your emails will be scanned, harvested and very not private*
Thunderbird – Email Client (Desktop Multi)
Great Email client, private and open source and you won’t be held down to proprietary files and databases. Your information is yours
Messengers
SimpleX (Open Source – All Platforms)
Best for privacy, security and anonymity
No Phone Numbers, emails or User IDs. Quantum resistant Encryption, extremely private and secure. No identifiers. Probably the best option is living in a Hostile environment or where the church is persecuted
Signal Messenger (Open Source – All Platforms)
Runner Up for privacy, security and anonymity
Accounts linked to phone numbers, has usernames. Better security and privacy than telegram. Smaller user base
Element (Matrix) – (Open Source – All Platforms)
Runner Up for privacy, security and anonymity
Powerful, versatile, bridgeable and secure. Reveals you IP address which can make you vulnerable if used in an oppressive environment or where the Church is persecuted. Risks can be mitigated by self hosting your servers. This solution is not for the average user.
Threema Messenger (Open Source – All Platforms)
PAID (1 Time payment) Good for everyday life comms. Swiss jurisdiction
No phone numbers required
Telegram Messenger (Closed Source* – All Platforms)
Best for Channels, Large Files, News, Everyday life comms
Uses phone numbers, compromised by recent detention of its owner. Encryption keys with the company and Server side code is closed source
Sample it by visiting our channel:
https://t.me/knowing_Jesus
PURE EVIL Messengers
They exploit your personal life, sell your private info, profile you, spy on you and complete disregard for your sovereignty. You are a product to profit from and you are not respected in anyway.
- Meta (Facebook)
- Facebook & Its Messenger
- WhatsApp (Owned by facebook)
- Viber: Proprietary. Closed source. At your own risk
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
James 1:19-20
Education
The Foundations
God, Language, Nature, Family
Know the True Living God
Ezra Bible – Bible Study (Desktop Multi & Android)
GreEzra Bible App works with SWORD Bible translation modules and thus enables Bible study in many languages.
Xiphos – Bible Study (Desktop Multi)
Great Bible Study app with many documents available.
BibleTime contains over 200 free Bible texts, commentaries, dictionaries and books, provided by the Crosswire Bible Society via the SWORD programming library.
Eloquent – Bible Study (Mac)
research and study of God and His Word. based on the Sword project
Languages
TranslateYou (Android)
Privacy focused translator
– more than 150 supported languages
– 9 different translation engines
– Multilingual interface
– Translation from images
– Translation history
Direct translate from their website – Boomark it
translate text into up to 16 languages: Arabic – Chinese – English – French – German – Hindi – Indonesian – Irish – Italian – Japanese – Korean – Polish – Portuguese – Russian – Spanish – Turkish – Vietnamese
Medical, Nature & Science
Weasis Dicom Medical (Desktop Multi)
View MRI images
Multipurpose standalone and web-based DICOM viewer. It is a very popular clinical viewer used in healthcare by hospitals, health networks, multicenter research trials, and patients.
Stellarium (Desktop Multi)
Planetarium for your computer. It shows a realistic sky in 3D, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope.
KStars (Desktop Multi)
Astronomy Software. It provides an accurate graphical simulation of the night sky, from any location on Earth, at any date and time. The display includes up to 100 million stars, 13,000 deep-sky objects,all 8 planets, the Sun and Moon, and thousands of comets, asteroids, supernovae, and satellites.
WhoBird (Android)
Recognize birds by their sounds, anywhere in the world!
Family Genealogy
FamilyGem (Android)
Android family tree software
Build your family tree and save it in the very versatile gedcom file on any platform.
Unlimited Family Tree Freeware
Build your family tree and save it in the bet transferable gedcom file.
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction
Proverbs 1:7
Creativity & Design
No need for money to make Money
Sweet Home 3d – Interior Design (Desktop Multi)
Draw the plan of your house, arrange furniture on it and visit the results in 3D
Tenacity – Edit Audio (Desktop Multi)
multi-track audio editor and recorder
Forked from Audacity. Fully open source and not owned by a for profit company.
Audacity – Edit Audio (Desktop Multi)
multi-track audio editor and recorder. Recently bought by Muse inc. Collects metadata for error reporting. Future of its freedom is unknown.
Blender – 2D / 3D Creations (Desktop Multi)
Adobe Premiere Pro Alternative
a new era for open source 2D/3D content creation
Watch the Show-reel HERE
GIMP – Image Manipulator (Desktop Multi)
Photoshop alternative
GIMP is a cross-platform image editor
Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of work, of the engraver, and of the cunning workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of them that do any work, and of those that devise cunning work.
Exodus 35:35
Media
Watch & Listen
Online Radio, Video & Media Players
Strawberry Music Player (Desktop Multi)
Open Source
Strawberry is the best Music Player for Linux, Mac and maybe Windows.
It is a fork of Clementine, with newer versions and more updates.
If interested, take a look at Clementine here
Freetube – Youtube Client (Desktop Multi)
Watch & Download YouTube with advanced features.
No ads, tracking or accounts.
YTDLnis – Media Downloader (Android)
Whether it’s a video, an audio, or a playlist, you can get it in seconds. Choose your preferred quality, format, and options. No ads, no limits, no hassle.
Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
Ephesians 5:19-20
News
Patterns of the World
News, Weather etc..
Knowing Jesus Browser App (Android, iOS and Web)
From your browser (Firefox, Chrome etc..), click on “Add to Home Screen” or “Install”.
And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men
Colossians 3:23
Navigation
Travel
GPS Nav, Track Recording without the spies
Magic Earth Navigation (Android & iOS)
A Magic g maps alternative
Mobile Navigation save the spying
– Turn-by-turn navigation
– OpenStreet Map
– Crowd-Sourced Traffic
– 3D maps, Satellite maps, Offline maps and Transit.
NOT OPEN SOURCE BUT Free to all end users. They sell a paid version to their business partners.
Organic Maps (Android, iOS & KDE Linux)
For travelers, tourists, hikers, and cyclists. Thank you again Open Street Maps
And the LORD, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed
Deuteronomy 31:8
Entertainment
HAVE A BREAK
Open Source
Historical Real Time Strategy (RTS) game
Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun
Ecclesiastes 8:15