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fdroidorg, to fdroid
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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

fdroidorg, to random
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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 grant.

https://nlnet.nl/mobifree/

newhinton,
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@fdroidorg

Is there more information out there from people who did take such grants in the past? I find it really hard to wrap my head around how to allocate and estimate such a grant for my project.

larma,
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@chfkch @fdroidorg That's not quite correct. subgrant projects must be related to the partner projects, that doesn't rule out projects useful to . Some ideas:

  • A free software driver for some phone hardware that can be used for @e_mydata and Linux Mobile.
  • Improvements to Ubuntu Touch or others that are beneficial to @delta, either @deltatouch or the regular Linux version.
  • Android-compatibility layers for Linux Mobile (e.g. an Android flatpak runtime).
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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

wolfytuga,
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@fdroidorg @grote
I have version 1.20 on both devices Android 8 and Android 10 (see first picture):

  • On Android 8 I have all the changelogs as shown on F-Droid page for that app (on both examples it shows the changelogs as expected);
  • On Android 10 it shows only a portion of them (it doesn't show on Conversations but on Delta Icon Pack it's there). The weird part is the fact it actually shows some of them but not all...
    I only notice this difference on 1.20, sorry!

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grote,
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@wolfytuga @fdroidorg For Conversations, if you expand the versions list at the bottom, can you send screenshots of that showing the installed version? Also, what happens when you press that MORE button above the screenshots on Android 10?

fdroidorg, (edited ) to fdroid
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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

amarok,
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@fdroidorg
I still have 1.19.1 and there's no update of the F-Droid client available 🙁 Will it come later to the official repo?
@grote

fdroidorg,
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@amarok @grote 1.20.0 is released but not yet marked as suggested version to give us some time to react on possible bugs.

However, you should see it under versions in the details of the F-Droid app.

It should become the suggested version in one of the next index updates.

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This week in (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, to fdroid
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This week in (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

ButterflyOfFire,
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@fdroidorg Thank you 🙏

fdroidorg, to fdroid
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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

fdroidorg, (edited ) to fdroid
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This week in 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

el_haych2024,
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@fdroidorg bit worried how open source apps that aren't on the play store will go once Android 15 arrives

fdroidorg,
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@el_haych2024 We track the EU DMA process in weeklies on https://f-droid.org/news. EU wants to open the mobile ecosystems, to empower their users. Apps will be fine in 15 and onward.

fdroidorg, (edited ) to fdroid
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We have a new This week in (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

bart,
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@fdroidorg Great changes! I do wonder, with the DMA now forcing Apple to open up and allow more stores, is there any interest at all in making an F-Droid version for iOS?

It would be so much easier to develop iOS apps for internal testing if we can just ship them as a F-Droid repository. I was thinking of setting that up for Android but right now having the same distribution method for both platforms (Firebase) is more convenient.

fdroidorg,
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@bart
There are plenty of people working on app stores on iOS, but using F-Droid repository as a base might be a goal.

For example:
https://chaos.social/@uniqx/112297141269472893

fdroidorg, to fdroid
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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

t_aus_m,
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@fdroidorg Damn, HeliBoard looks good already!

thopan,
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@t_aus_m I was about to say something similar!

fdroidorg, to random
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PSA: The panic button features built into F-Droid break when targeting newer Android SDK versions (e.g. ) due to new restrictions.

It might be possible to get them working again, but we currently do not have the bandwidth to maintain this. We welcome contributions to get it going again. Until then, removing the panic features looks to be our only responsible course of action. includes built-in panic features like app removal, so that is a recommended replacement.

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This week in 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, to fdroid
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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

AAMfP,
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@fdroidorg
Thanks. 🙏🏻
I'll fix TKCompanionApp ad soon as I can.

fdroidorg, (edited ) to random
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@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, to fdroid
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This week in F-Droid (TWIF) :fdroid: was published again!

We talk about our current upgrade of Debian, and that it slows down current app builds a bit. So please be patient.

Other news:

  • ente apps were updated, and they open sourced their server
  • Delta Chat with an update and more details from the developers
  • the Material Files update has a few broken features
  • PipePipe with update checker
  • Quicksy and Conversations no longer for Android 5

https://f-droid.org/2024/03/21/twif.html

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