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fdroidorg, 1 year ago to random

We regret to inform you that Mastodon has decided to leave the F-Droid Reproducible Builds project.

Going forward, Mastodon updates on F-Droid will be maintained by the F-Droid team and signed with an unique per-app key generated by F-Droid.

If you installed Mastodon through F-Droid, please uninstall and reinstall it to keep receiving updates.

fdroidorg, 10 months ago to random

Unlike Google, F-Droid does not force developers to publicize their name or address information.

We understand that people have many reasons to develop under another name than their legal one and to keep their personal information private. And that what matters is the trust between user and developer, not private details of their lives.

For more information on how we designed F-Droid to protect your privacy, see https://f-droid.org/2022/02/28/no-user-accounts-by-design.html.

fdroidorg, 14 days ago to random

Friendly reminder if you're an open source developer in the mobile ecosystem:

You still have time until 1st of June to apply for a #mobifree grant.

https://nlnet.nl/mobifree/

fdroidorg, 6 months ago to fdroid

This week in F-Droid (TWIF) was just published.

We have new mirrors and some news about Simple Mobile Tools.
Also, we wrote about DiskUsage, Sithakuru and Karma Firewall.

https://f-droid.org/en/2023/12/07/twif.html

#FDroid

fdroidorg, 6 months ago to fdroid

This week in F-Droid (TWIF) was published again. On the technical side, it is about a new F-Droid client beta release and an update to Delta Chats E2E encryption.

Unfortunately, we want to let you know, that our Community Council (ComCo) resigned, and two important members left the project, while another is on indefinite break. This is their statement: https://gitlab.com/fdroid/admin/-/issues/447
Thank you for all you have done for F-Droid, we will miss you!

https://f-droid.org/de/2023/11/30/twif-delta-chat-e2e-encryption.html

#FDroid

fdroidorg, 4 months ago to random

We have defined a secure and usable architecture for decentralized package repositories that any mobile user can use and understand possible risks.

The next official release of the official F-Droid client will widely deploy this to our users. We then plan to make a final architecture document, so others can understand the whole model.

We would love any kind of feedback, our drafts are here: https://gitlab.com/fdroid/wiki/-/wikis/Repository-Management-Overhaul#architecture-and-ux-considerations

fdroidorg, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to fdroid

This week in #FDroid was published again :fdroid:

Our topics today:

• Keyboards that can be used to spy on their users. But the ones in our repo don't do that.
• BreezyWeather with Fused location support
• a new app from the YouApps Suite
• a LabCoat update, which took a while
• maid for LLMs on your phone
• Proton Pass finally available
• and more Proton news regarding Standard Notes and SimpleLogin

Plus 13 more new apps and 153 more updates.

https://f-droid.org/2024/04/25/twif.html

fdroidorg, 14 days ago to fdroid

This week in #FDroid was published again.

We would be happy, when some more users install 1.20 of our client for more testing before we mark it as suggested for all users.

Also:

• aFreeRDP, LibreOffice & OpenOffice document reader and Green were updated again
• Frigoligo is a new wallabag app
• Principia is a new sandbox building game
• Tailscale was completely rebuilt
• Conversations and Quicksy were updated
• ente Photos with self hosted support

https://f-droid.org/2024/05/23/twif.html

fdroidorg, 12 days ago to fdroid

We have a new blog post about the Mobifree project and our role in it.

In short, it's a human-centered, ethical alternative, that champions privacy over profit and believes in collaboration, sustainability and inclusiveness.

https://f-droid.org/2024/05/24/mobifree.html

#FDroid #mobifree

fdroidorg, 9 months ago to random

Are you at #CCCamp23? Come join us this Friday 14:00 local time at ChaosZone for a casual F-Droid community meetup!

https://events.ccc.de/camp/2023/hub/camp23/en/event/f-droid-community-meetup/

fdroidorg, 9 months ago to fdroid

Read about #ReproducibleBuilds, signing keys, and binary repos in the latest #FDroid blog post which tells you about the advantages and caveats, as well as important lessons learned. And remember to back up your keys! Especially the keystore used to sign your apps 😉

https://f-droid.org/2023/09/03/reproducible-builds-signing-keys-and-binary-repos.html

fdroidorg, 8 months ago to fdroid

Another month has passed, time for another update to our overview of F-Droid apps published with Reproducible Builds (now featuring a list of all RB apps as well): September saw 10 new RB apps added, 1 existing app switch to RB, 2 RB apps archived, and 1 disabled, making 199 RB apps in total.

https://gitlab.com/obfusk/fdroid-misc-scripts/-/blob/master/reproducible/overview.md

#FDroid #ReproducibleBuilds

Graph "New apps (not 100% accurate)", showing new apps added per month from 2022-11-01 to 2023-10-01, with an average of about 25 new apps per month, with the fraction of those being reproducible rising from about half to over two thirds.

fdroidorg, 6 months ago to random

Upcoming releases of F-Droid will change how repositories are added. We are interested in feedback about this overhaul.

Please tell us (if you already have the latest F-Droid or F-Droid Basic 1.19.0-alpha installed):

• Does adding repos still work for you?
• And did adding repos became easier or harder?

If you don't have 1.19.0 yet: Note that this is still in beta, so brave users need to install this manually (enable Beta updates for the app or from Client expert settings).

fdroidorg, 5 months ago (edited 5 months ago) to fdroid

In This week in F-Droid (TWIF) we talk about:

• SimpleMobileTools and its fork Fossify, and specially about the Gallery app
• SimpleX Chat update only for armv7
• the Arcticons apps are now reproducible and have to be reinstalled
• Screenshot sharer was replaced by QuickShot
• Tux Paint is now almost 250 MB big
• NewPipe has a 2023 recap blog post and maintainer changes

Total we had 2 more apps added and 138 more apps updated.

https://f-droid.org/2024/01/04/twif.html

#FDroid

fdroidorg, 4 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to fdroid

Do you share F-Droid repos with the NFC feature in our client app?

Background: the support for Android NFC Beam was removed in Android 14, so we probably have to remove this feature in the future. We want to know if anybody is impacted by this.

#FDroid

fdroidorg, 2 months ago to fdroid

We have a new blog post :fdroid:.

@uniqx wrote about how we handle our servers to protect your privacy: https://f-droid.org/2024/03/08/privacy-design-of-fdroid.org-webservers.html #FDroid

fdroidorg, 4 months ago to random

Hi @protonvpn We already have Proton VPN on F-Droid. And our users are looking forward to getting more Proton apps on F-Droid. Do you also want that?

Both Drive ( https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroiddata/-/merge_requests/12721 ) and Pass (https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroiddata/-/merge_requests/13312 ) are waiting for your help to be finalized.

fdroidorg, 2 months ago to fdroid

We've just published another This week in F-Droid (TWIF):

In short:

• our Debian upgrade is complete
  -Libre Memory Game is back
• TKCompagnionApp was updated but you should skip it
• Notesnook - Private notes app was updated but not for all architectures
• ProtonVPN - Secure and Free VPN was updated, but got a new Anti-Feature
• BlackHole was removed
• 2 more new apps and 141 more updated apps

https://f-droid.org/2024/03/28/twif.html

#FDroid

fdroidorg, 1 month ago to fdroid

This week in F-Droid (TWIF) was just published :fdroid:

We talk about

• a new F-Droid / F-Droid Basic 1.20.0 alpha version for brave testers
• Breezy Weather was added as replacement for Geometric Weather
• HeliBoard can now replace OpenBoard
• Proton Pass was added. Unfortunately, it crashes at startup, so please be a bit patient until a fix is available.
• also, we got 1 app removal, 5 more additions and 113 updated

https://f-droid.org/2024/04/11/twif.html

#FDroid

fdroidorg, 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago) to fdroid

This week in F-Droid (TWIF) was published again.

Our highlight this week:

F-Droid and F-Droid Basic were updated to the stable version 1.19.0. It brings automatic background updates and a new and better workflow for adding repositories. Please note: this version is not yet the suggested version, so you need to enable beta updates, if you don't want to wait any longer.

Also we talk about notable updates of some apps and the ongoing spring cleaning.

https://f-droid.org/2024/02/01/twif.html
#FDroid

gnulinux, 14 days ago to android German

Datensparsames Android mit der Android Debug Bridge. Teil 3: Weitere Geräte und Plattformen

Die an einem Samsung Stock-ROM beschriebenen Methoden aus den ersten beiden Teilen werden auf Google Pixel und Xiaomi Smartphones, Android TV und einen Tolino Ebook-Reader angewandt, teils mit mehr, teils mit weniger Erfolg.

#Android #AndroidDebugBridge #AndroidTV #EBookReader #Tolino #NVIDIA #Debloat #Privacy #Datenschutz #FDroid #Linux

https://gnulinux.ch/datensparsames-android-mit-der-android-debug-bridge-teil-3-weitere-geraete-und-plattformen

fdroidorg, 3 months ago to fdroid

This week in F-Droid (TWIF) was published again :fdroid:

We try to explain the "app was developed for an older version of android and can not be upgraded automatically" banner for some apps (including F-Droid itself).

Also, we talk a bit about the current localization problems on our website.

On the apps side:

• new Aurora Store version
• Element and SchildiChat were updated to fix two vulnerabilities.
• OpenKeychain was updated
• sing-box was added

https://f-droid.org/2024/02/29/twif.html

#FDroid

fdroidorg, 1 month ago to fdroid

This week in #FDroid (TWIF) was published a few hours ago.

The current topics include the redesign of how to enable the archive repositories, and that it's not ideal yet.

Also, we have 3 updates:

• Aurora Store is ready for manual update and will be the suggested version on the next index update
• Grazer Linuxtage had to rename their application ID, so you probably have to re-install it
• NewPipe is finally reproducible again, and 0.27.0 fixes a lot of bugs

https://f-droid.org/2024/05/02/twif.html

fdroidorg, 1 month ago to fdroid

This week in #FDroid (TWIF) just landed.

We've had interesting behavior with phones that did not tell the truth about their capabilities, and fun debugging armv7 / arm64 builds of SimpleX.

Also, we have 4 new apps:

• Kitsune - for your Kitsu.io library
• Open Biking - Bluetooth application for generating training on an indoor bike
• Self Attendance Tracker - Attendance Tracker for students
• mensen - App for Dresden’s canteens

https://f-droid.org/2024/05/09/twif.html

dansup, 25 days ago to random

Oh man, the new Pixelfed app keeps getting better and better!

I’m now finishing up Push Notifications support, which is the most requested feature besides share intents (which I shipped earlier tonight)

Not only is it fast, lightweight and open source, but also packed with many long overdue features like Push Notifications 😎

It’s everything you wanted, plus more ✨