I’ve started using the profiles feature on my phone, so all of the nasty proprietary apps now live under Elgoog, for which I created an anonymous Google account, leaving my main profile Play Services free.
I also successfully installed Gentoo (with IceWM) on my Raspberry Pi and, while I could not have full disk encryption, I did manage to encrypt my home directory with eCryptFS. It’s updating right now, though, so I’m praying that it doesn’t all fall apart tomorrow.
Here’s a screenshot:
