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fdroidorg, 4 days ago to fdroid

This week in #FDroid (TWIF):

• Kiwix was archived, as the last version without proprietary components is unusable at the moment. But the developers are working on a fix.
• The Stork IM developers have announced that they are working on a completely new app to replace the old version
• Apps come in dozens, we have 12 new and 12^2 updated apps this week

https://f-droid.org/2024/06/06/twif.html

fdroidorg, 9 days ago to fdroid

This week in #FDroid (TWIF):

Some of the apps in our repo were affected by vulnerabilities back in October. Most have been updated, but some not. We have a list, where you can check if your apps are still affected.

Also:

• Celestia, a 3D interactive planetarium was added
• Hypatia got a new scanning feature
• wallabag was updated again

https://f-droid.org/2024/05/30/twif.html

fdroidorg, 14 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, 15 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, 15 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, 21 days ago (edited 21 days ago) to fdroid

Last week on #FDroid we've had some exciting news.

Our F-Droid client was updated to 1.20.0. This version improves the handling of repositories, and @grote wrote a dedicated blog post about that: https://f-droid.org/2024/05/16/repository-overhaul-in-client-1-20.html

TWIF:

• Thore gave a talk about F-Droid in Zürich, which also included some metrics about the most downloaded apps.
• news about some trading apps
• wallabag was downgraded
• we did a rebuild of Freedoom for arm64
• idTech4A++ and OsmAnd~ were updated

https://f-droid.org/2024/05/16/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

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

The F-Droid Board of Directors got an update with a few new faces, some remaining ones and one leaving.

https://f-droid.org/2024/04/29/board-appointments-2024.html

#FDroid

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

We have a new This week in #FDroid (TWIF) post.

Thanks to the EU's DMA, 3rd party stores will get more love and treated more equally than before.

Tailscale is doing a redesign, until that's done we've released the crash fix update.

Conversations and Quicksy have their 10th anniversary and celebrate with a design update.

Last but not least, we had 10 new and 160 updated apps this week.

https://f-droid.org/2024/04/18/twif.html

fdroidorg, 2 months 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, 2 months ago to fdroid

This week in #FDroid was published again.

You should read it if you're on Android 7 or older. For those on newer versions we have following tl;dr, but you're also welcome to read it all:

• 1.20 is in the making with even better repo handling
• custom Anti-Features will be on by default
• TetheredNet will be a new AF
• our website still has problems with localization
• Bunny Media Editor is new
• Secreto is now known as Sekreto
• 2 removals, 10 additions and 206 updates

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

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, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to random

@videolan you recently had a tweet that you can't update the app on Google Play. What about tagging a new release for F-Droid, so that we can update?

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, 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, 3 months ago to fdroid

Message from our Board of Directors:

Nominations are now open for the F-Droid board of directors!

https://f-droid.org/2024/02/28/help-advance-mobile-device-user-freedom-nominate-candidates-for-the-f-droid-board-of-directors.html

#FDroid

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

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

We talk about:

• F-Droid and F-Droid Basic 1.19.0 are now marked as "suggested" and arrive as update for every user
• a blog post from the Guardian Project regarding repos in F-Droid
• TorServices in our repo
• ZipXtract FD with fewer features
• Jami looks better
• Organic Maps was updated again
• Stitch is back again
• and a note about the boring wall of further app updates

https://f-droid.org/2024/02/22/twif.html

#FDroid

fdroidorg, 3 months ago to fdroid

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

tl,dr:

• Aurora Store got a huge update
• Conversations and Quicksy's "fun" with the Play Store
• Spring cleaning removed 2 apps
• 7 new apps were added (Broker 1961, Chooser, DailyLog, Oblique Strategies, Oshi Uploader, Play Deals, WG Auto Connect)
• 174 updated apps

https://f-droid.org/2024/02/15/twif.html

#FDroid

fdroidorg, 4 months ago to fdroid

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

We explain the "unattended upgrades for everyone" in 1.19.0 of our client in more depth.

Additionally:

• we talk about Acode editor - Android code editor, MRepo, PiliPala, SIYuan, K-9 Mail, Rocket.Chat and SimpleX Chat.
• big apps like Gao&Blaze, TuxPaint and Katawa Shoujo: Re-Engineered got their own paragraph
• the spring-cleaning continues
• our recap of FOSDEM is also linked

https://f-droid.org/2024/02/08/twif.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, 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, 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

fdroidorg, 4 months ago to fdroid

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

We have a lot of information in it, so jump right in: https://f-droid.org/2024/01/25/twif.html

In short:

• FOSDEM is around the corner.
• We specifically talk about the following apps: Money Manager Ex, Open Video Editor, Tachiyomi, Fossify Phone, KOReader, OnionShare, Organic Maps and OsmAnd~.
• The spring-cleaning of our repo is underway, and we have found some proprietary dependencies. The affected versions were removed.

#FDroid