For anyone that uses android, DON'T USE THE PLAYSTORE! Use F-droid.
"F-Droid is an installable catalogue of FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) applications for the Android platform"
Don't know how? Follow this tutorial.
https://invidio.us/watch?v=7FfWz1NRQJQ
#fdroid #privacy #thehatedone #opensource #datacollection #foss #gafam #surveillancecapitalism
@markosaric I replaced Google Analytics with a web server running on my phone.
https://lbrito1.github.io/blog/2020/07/replacing_google_analytics_android.html
The censorship in #fdroid is really annoying. There were 5 new apps in the last cycle. The F-Droid app shows only one of them. A 'feature' not a bug! For unfiltered experience people have to use G-Droid. #gdroid does not filter by quality or political agenda. G-Droid does what it says 'newest' shows all newest apps. To hide low quality apps G-Droid has a wide range of additional features. #Android #foss
Vortrag zu F-Droid und vorfeiern des ILoveFS Tages
Heute Abend treffen sich die Unterstützerïnnen der #FSFE und andere an #FreierSoftware interessierte Menschen in #Berlin zum regulären Treffen der lokalen Unterstützerïnnen Gruppe der FSFE im Februar. Wir freuen uns sehr, dass @marcus uns etwas über @F-Droid erzählen wird.
> F-Droid ist ein installierbarer Katalog mit FOSS-Apps (Free and Open Source Software) für Android. Der Client vereinfacht die Suche und Installation von Apps und behält den Überblick über Aktualisierungen.
Marcus wird uns über den aktuellen Stand bei F-Droid berichten; was für die Zukunft geplant ist; und wie wir alle helfen können F-Droid zu verbessern.
https://chaos.social/users/Bubu
https://mastodon.technology/users/fdroidorg https://libranet.de/display/0b6b25a8-195e-44ed-f10a-f6a032409818
🇬🇧 Call to contributors on a collaborative documentation focused on how to extend the lifespan of hardware abandoned by the manufacturers.
https://hackmd.io/@arthurlutz/awesome-software-running-on-old-hardware/edit?both
Boosts & retweets appreciated to extend the call. Any feedback welcome.
One of my side-projects is an alternative #FDroid client resurrecting the classic UI from before the 1.0 release.
Here's the list of things still to be fixed before an initial release: https://gitlab.com/Bubu/fdroidclassic/issues/1
One of the missing pieces is a proper icon which should resemble a retro/lo-fi version of the F-Droid robot. Anyone up for giving this a go?
I'm not a designer, so if nobody steps up the icon will be replaced by programmer art before release :D.
Hier soir j'ai viré le compte g..gl. de mon Archos et j'ai installé aurora. Je me suis couché plus serein ! Il en faut peu pour être heureux. Très peu ...@fdroidorg @gdroid
@gdroid #de_westnordost_streetcomplete #fdroid_app_comments
Using the app is a lot of fun! Very much like catching Pokemon, but useful ;)
Helped me get involved in OpenStreetMap community
@everlastingrocks
No, @gdroid gives some useful features for Fdroid.
Yes, it's low (total users) because the paid app is quite new and a lot of users switched to the fdroid version (that was also a goal)
#GitHub is blocking users based on national origin, citing US trade controls law restrictions....
People from #Iran, #Syria, #Crimea, #Cuba, and North Korea woke up one day to lose access to all their public and private repositories. There's reporting that even people *who traveled* to any of those countries in the last 2 years are losing their data...
And #GitHub has not said ONE WORD ABOUT IT.
Before I go off to celebrate Midsummer by being in bed sick (Swedish woes), I want to share a small update.
#Tusky will keep blocking servers which actively promote fascism. This in particular means Gab.
We will get our next release out just in time for the 4th of July.
Don't even try to debate us about Free Speech. This is our speech, exercising #ANTIFA views. And we will keep doing it
We will post a bigger update at a later time about what this all really means.
Blog post on everything Tusky and rickrolling, a one-stop-shop of all of my rebuttals against the common arguments I've seen over the past week or so.
@__h2__ offered a 50€ bounty for proper Android TV support.
If that's of any interest to you, maybe you want to add to that bounty. Or maybe you want to implement the missing bits.
Fun fact:
The instance social.masto.host is indirectly funded by LineageOS + F-Droid.
Earlier, I was replacing my phone every 2 years with a new version of the same series. But last year, when my phone was ready for replacement (too slow, no Android updates), I flashed LineageOS + F-Droid on it instead.
I saved € 187.5 by not buying a new phone. This instance costs € 5 per month.
P.S. I know the exact cost because I bought one for a family member.
G-Droid is an alternative client to browse the F-Droid repository. This Mastodon account belongs the the main developer of G-Droid.