Google Maps works just fine on GrapheneOS, the only thing that doesn't work is GPay.
RCS is a pile of garbage for many reasons. On Android, it's locked behind Google's proprietary, privacy-invasive Messages app, and there is no API for third-party RCS clients (like with SMS). The encryption is also implemented in that proprietary client, offering no transparency and meaning that it's probably backdoored. No one should ever trust encryption software if its source code isn't public. People should use actual private messengers like Signal, with open source applications available for all platforms, as well as all of the features you mentioned. The only thing it obviously lacks is SMS fallback, but it's really unnecessary, because Wi-Fi or cell data are literally available everywhere nowadays.
Yes, I use and recommend Clock You: https://f-droid.org/packages/com.bnyro.clock/
+1 for the Minecraft Clock mentioned in another comment tho
It's only compatible with modern Pixel devices, so unless you're old tablet is a Google Pixel Tablet, you can't install it anyway. But the installer is super easy to use (if you have a compatible device). It's literally all in your web browser.
Deleting messages is still a thing. If there is a message you need to preserve, take a screenshot. If you are worried that someone might think that the screenshot is fake, take a screen recording, or even better, use your phones camera to physically record your screen.
Both Wells Fargo and Discover work fine on GrapheneOS:
https://github.com/PrivSec-dev/banking-apps-compat-report/issues/63
https://github.com/PrivSec-dev/banking-apps-compat-report/issues/64
From https://privsec.dev/posts/android/banking-applications-compatibility-with-grapheneos/
Just want to mention that TrueNAS is FOSS and unRAID is not. And I wouldn't necessarily say that unRAID is much easier.
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Home Assistant
There's no fucking way I'm using a cloud service to control parts of my home, that just feels so wrong to me on so many levels -
Nextcloud
There's no way I'm saving my files on someone else's computer (the Cloud). Even with encryption, it's expensive. Hard drives are cheap. Put them in a server, install Nextcloud and you have your private, cheap, independent cloud service. -
Immich (currently migrating to Ente) for my photos
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Jellyfin + arr Stack
I'm not paying $100/month for 5 different streaming services to have access to all the content I like. -
Navidrome for my (pirated) music
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Audiobookshelf for audiobooks and podcasts
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Pi-Hole with Unbound set up as a recursive resolver, cause why should I trust someone else with DNS?
I also self-host Matrix or Revolt servers as well as game servers for me and my friends, because it's much cheaper than getting VPS or a hosted option, and I already have this server that I use for a bunch of other stuff, so I can also just use it for that.
No, absolutely nothing wrong with that. Just want to let everyone know that it's not some random distro, but it actually uses a stable, reliable and well tested base distribution.
What Magisk modules do you need to use?
Unraid would be my first suggestion as well. But if you prefer something FOSS, check out TrueNAS Scale. (It is important that you go with TrueNAS Scale, not Core. TrueNAS Core is the continuation of the former FreeNAS, which is based on FreeBSD. Since it's not a Linux system, it doesn't support Docker. TrueNAS Scale is based on Debian Linux and much closer to Unraid, it has full support for KVM Virtualization and Docker containers.)
Fuck Discord