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#title Dancing Robot Death Machines

* Useful Free Software for Android

We all like Free Software here right?

As per the request of my dearest friend emacsen I bring you a list of
Free Software I use on Android. Nowadays, I'd point folks toward
[[http://f-droid.org][F-Droid]], the **excellent** market for Free Software applications. During
2012 it made huge steps forward, and now contains software for
basically every common task (even a [[http://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdfilter=nyan&fdid=com.powerje.nyan][Nyan Cat live background]], if
you're into that sort of thing).


** Network

 - [[http://code.google.com/p/k9mail/][K-9 Mail]] Replacement for the builtin Email app that has a few more
   features that make it much nicer to use.
 - [[http://code.google.com/p/connectbot/][ConnectBot]] Very useful ssh/telnet and local shell terminal
   emulator.

** Utilities

 - [[http://www.openintents.org/en/download][OpenIntents Applications]] A basic notepad, todo list, file manager,
   news reader, countdown timer, flashlight, and encryption thing. You
   can put shortcuts to notes on the homescreen which is quite handy.

** Games

 - [[market://search?q=pname:com.netthreads.android.noiz2][Noiz2]] (market link). Pretty fun. [[http://ccgi.arutherford.plus.com/blog/wordpress/projects/][netthreads]] has more projects that
   might be useful too.
 - [[http://m.smsbox.ch/pro/frozenbubble][Frozen Bubble]] Productivity, farewell.
 - [[http://code.google.com/p/doom-for-android/][Doom for Android]] This is actually playable on a g1.

** Development

 - [[http://www.gnu.org/software/kawa/][Kawa Scheme]] can indeed [[http://per.bothner.com/blog/2009/AndroidHelloScheme/][be used to write Android applications]]
   (mildly out of date, but useful nonetheless). I swear, I've done
   it, and I'll do it again.
 - [[http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/EmacsOnAndroid][Emacs on Android]]. Why not?
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8e08bca2	1	#title Dancing Robot Death Machines
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	3	* Useful Free Software for Android
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	5	We all like Free Software here right?
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	7	As per the request of my dearest friend emacsen I bring you a list of
73746768	8	Free Software I use on Android. Nowadays, I'd point folks toward
	9	[[http://f-droid.org][F-Droid]], the excellent market for Free Software applications. During
	10	2012 it made huge steps forward, and now contains software for
	11	basically every common task (even a [[http://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdfilter=nyan&fdid=com.powerje.nyan][Nyan Cat live background]], if
	12	you're into that sort of thing).
	13
8e08bca2	14
	15	** Network
	16
	17	- [[http://code.google.com/p/k9mail/][K-9 Mail]] Replacement for the builtin Email app that has a few more
	18	features that make it much nicer to use.
	19	- [[http://code.google.com/p/connectbot/][ConnectBot]] Very useful ssh/telnet and local shell terminal
	20	emulator.
	21
	22	** Utilities
	23
	24	- [[http://www.openintents.org/en/download][OpenIntents Applications]] A basic notepad, todo list, file manager,
	25	news reader, countdown timer, flashlight, and encryption thing. You
	26	can put shortcuts to notes on the homescreen which is quite handy.
	27
	28	** Games
	29
	30	- [[market://search?q=pname:com.netthreads.android.noiz2][Noiz2]] (market link). Pretty fun. [[http://ccgi.arutherford.plus.com/blog/wordpress/projects/][netthreads]] has more projects that
	31	might be useful too.
	32	- [[http://m.smsbox.ch/pro/frozenbubble][Frozen Bubble]] Productivity, farewell.
	33	- [[http://code.google.com/p/doom-for-android/][Doom for Android]] This is actually playable on a g1.
3ad051b6	34
	35	** Development
	36
	37	- [[http://www.gnu.org/software/kawa/][Kawa Scheme]] can indeed [[http://per.bothner.com/blog/2009/AndroidHelloScheme/][be used to write Android applications]]
	38	(mildly out of date, but useful nonetheless). I swear, I've done
	39	it, and I'll do it again.
	40	- [[http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/EmacsOnAndroid][Emacs on Android]]. Why not?