F-Droid Awarded Open Technology Fund's FOSS Sustainability Grant

Well deserved. Though, I have problems in "discovering" apps for a particular purpose. It would have helped if there was a vote-based curated app categories section.

My current strategy is googling for "[category (e.g. 2FA or note-taking)] + reddit + open-source" then opening up each suggestion's git source and manually look for things like tech stack or project stars or number of contributors.

Re: F-Droid Awarded Open Technology Fund's FOSS Sustainability Grant

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Post by captainepoch » Wed, Feb 05, 2025, 2:15 PM UTC

_imnothere wrote: post #4

F-Droid is indeed a nice alternative for Play Store, but still, it's not perfect. https://privsec.dev/posts/android/f-droid-security-issues/

I hope they use the money to improve all the issues people have arised over the years. It can be a really good platform, if they're open to change. Otherwise, it might be dead in the future.

Re: F-Droid Awarded Open Technology Fund's FOSS Sustainability Grant

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Post by bityard » Wed, Feb 05, 2025, 2:21 PM UTC

amelius wrote: post #3

simonmales wrote: post #2

For me, F-Droid is the apt of Android.

Is that good or bad?

For me, it's good. Apt is famous for installing the software you want quickly, easily, and with no fuss.

Re: F-Droid Awarded Open Technology Fund's FOSS Sustainability Grant

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Post by ZYbCRq22HbJ2y7 » Wed, Feb 05, 2025, 2:21 PM UTC

simonmales wrote: post #2

For me, F-Droid is the apt of Android.

What does that mean? Its a package manager? Or something deeper?

Re: F-Droid Awarded Open Technology Fund's FOSS Sustainability Grant

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Post by fsflover » Wed, Feb 05, 2025, 2:33 PM UTC

bityard wrote: post #7

amelius wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is that good or bad?

For me, it's good. Apt is famous for installing the software you want quickly, easily, and with no fuss.

And with no malware whatsoever.

Re: F-Droid Awarded Open Technology Fund's FOSS Sustainability Grant

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Post by amelius » Wed, Feb 05, 2025, 2:38 PM UTC

bityard wrote: post #7

amelius wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is that good or bad?

For me, it's good. Apt is famous for installing the software you want quickly, easily, and with no fuss.

For me Apt means that every time I install something, I have to be ready to give up my system because of resulting internal inconsistencies and because there is no rollback.