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Alright boys, I've been converted to the light side and have installed F-Droid. Now what? (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Basically title. I waited on installing F droid for a long time because my phone threw many scary warnings when I tried a long time ago. But now I have it, and I got some fossify apps, but since there is no "Editor's Picks" on F- droid I dont really know where to go from here.

What apps do you recommend I install first to remove my dependence on closed ecosystems?

What is my vulnerability surface ie, which sort of apps should I watch out for?

Are there any bad faith companies in the open source sphere?

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (16 children)

Important note: app developers don't publish their apps on the official F-Droid repository. Other people (maintainers) download source code and compiling these apps. Therefore, updates are delayed by a week. You cannot update the app from other source because F-Droid version signed by a different key, so you must reinstall the app, deleting all the data.

I started using Obtainium to get updates directly from GitHub. It also has support for F-Droid and many other sources. I use F-Droid website mostly to discover apps.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (9 children)

Oh wait so its going to be lesser hassle the sooner I move to Obtainium?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

If your new, just install and use Droidify (is a lot faster than F-droid).

Now I use:

Obtanium 4 things that aren't in F-droid or prefer faster update (like Newpipe).

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

Isn't FFUpdater redundant when you can just put browsers' repository links in Obtainium?

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