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Re: Fossdroid.com: Free and open source Android applications

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Post by mlinksva »

SnaKeZ wrote: post #10
tombrossman wrote: post #7

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Why not contribute to F-Droid, rather than 'reinvent the wheel?' https://f-droid.org/contribute/ Your site looks great and I don't mean to take anything away from it, but when I see something like this I think of it as merely an art project, something I might see on Dribbble. I would never download APKs from here for example, but have no problem trusting F-Droid's APKs.

I know, it's a side project to learn Symfony 2. I love F-Droid project so i made this web app, I've contacted the authors of F-droid before doing this. Thanks :)

Your project looks great! Is its source available?

It'd be nice to add a link the the f-droid page for each application, where such a page exists.

Re: Fossdroid.com: Free and open source Android applications

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Post by mlinksva »

madez wrote: post #18
CyberShadow wrote: post #13

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Fragmentation can severely negatively impact a project as well. LLVM exists because no amount of contribution to GCC will accomplish LLVM's goals (licensing and modular design).

> Fragmentation can severely negatively impact a project as well. Natural selection. The losers die so the winners can take up more ressources. That'd be a contribution to the shared goal. > LLVM exists because no amount of contribution to GCC will accomplish LLVM's goals (licensing and modular design). The reason why the competition exists doesn't matter. But the competetive pressure that results from its existence…

I almost completely agree with CyberShadow, though the problem with fragmentation isn't only caused by forks...my rant on this http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/2013/10/22/open-source-prolifer...

But fragmentation is going to happen and occasionally something really better comes along that wouldn't have from improving existing things. So I'm just as interested in making 'natural selection' work better. Now, it's extremely hard for it to operate, because it's hard to discern differences among similar projects, let alone which is better. Popularity data might help a little bit.

Re: Fossdroid.com: Free and open source Android applications

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Post by eropple »

sarciszewski wrote: post #14
higherpurpose wrote: post #12

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And if you're going to add signatures please don't make them MD5/SHA1. I don't understand why so many sites still offer those. Is it some default feature of some software stack where developers just "check" a button for signatures and it only supports MD5/SHA1? Otherwise I can't explain it.

I recommend RSA (GnuPG) or Ed25519 signatures with two key pairs: A weekly/monthly signing key pair, and a long-term one that is only used to validate the short-term public key. https://scott.arciszewski.me/blog/2015/01/package-signing-th...

That's an excellent way to ensure nobody checks your signatures, though. Making it hard means they will be ignored.

Re: Fossdroid.com: Free and open source Android applications

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Post by phillc73 »

nextos wrote: post #27

IMHO a big missing app in FOSS Android is a good offline maps & nav program. Nokia Maps are great, but closed. QT's Marble could fill in this gap, if ported.

I use OsmAnd all the time:

http://fossdroid.com/a/osmand~.html

https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=net.osmand.plus

https://github.com/osmandapp/Osmand

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OsmAnd

The interface took a little while to become used to, but in general I've found it to be an excellent GPS navigation tool.

Maps are downloaded, so everything works offline. I've used it extensively around Europe and especially in Austria.

Re: Fossdroid.com: Free and open source Android applications

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Post by nextos »

phillc73 wrote: post #28
nextos wrote: post #27

IMHO a big missing app in FOSS Android is a good offline maps & nav program. Nokia Maps are great, but closed. QT's Marble could fill in this gap, if ported.

I use OsmAnd all the time: http://fossdroid.com/a/osmand~.html https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=net.osmand.plus https://github.com/osmandapp/Osmand http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OsmAnd The interface took a little while to become used to, but in general I've found it to be an excellent GPS navigation tool. Maps are downloaded, so everything works offline. I've used it extensively around Europe and especially…

Thanks, it was a bit buggy last time I tried. Besides, is navigation working well when offline?
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