Fused news read by an LLM
Posted on Dec 05, 2024 by
paulali
This Week in F-Droid
TWIF curated on Thursday, 05 Dec 2024, Week 49
F-Droid core
F-Droid and F-Droid Basic version 1.21.1 were deemed stable enough to be marked as suggested so by now most of you might already have gotten the update. If you’ve missed past TWIF info on what’s new, do read the one from October 3. /PS: Verify your “Included AntiFeatures” setting, make sure “Tethered” and “Other” are checked.
Community News
Feeder was updated to 2.7.1 and improves in that pain point that you’ve been feeling for a while: Why can’t an LLM summarize my feeds for me? Stay calm, now it can, powered by OpenAI or Perplexity AI (API keys needed).
LogFox was updated to 2.0.6 and it fixed a rather nasty bug as the previous version was draining the battery for no good reason.
Organic Maps: Hike, Bike, Drive Offline was updated to 2024.11.27-12-FDroid bringing Fused Location support to the fully FOSS version of the app too. How? It uses the microG Project re-implementation of Google’s proprietary Android libraries so even without Google running services on your device you can still enjoy the Fused location gathering benefits. It’s off by default and, if you want it, you need to have either Google Play Services installed or microG setup (in your custom Android distribution) as a location provider. Note that you’ll need microG version 0.3.4 or later installed, expand Versions in F-Droid client and install the newest version from the microG repo.
SchildiChat Next, Next-generation SchildiChat Matrix messenger (Preview), was just added trailing not far from its base Element X. You can read here what’s improved on top of Element X and you can find some FAQ answers here. The app is build reproducible and as a step up above upstream Element X, its dependency libs are built at the same time too. As with upstream Element X, this is a new separate app, so you’ll have to login and allow access to your history as needed. We will add more info regarding the old-vs-new status as the news reaches us.
“Old”SchildiChat was updated too, at 1.6.24.sc82 based on the latest Element code.
TalkBack was updated to TfPu_release_15_1-2024_10_17_0000 thanks to @Uldiniad after a 3 year pause. The issue is that the app is based on upstream Google code that needs some heavy cleaning up.
Removed Apps
1 app was removed
mLauncher, Minimal and Clutter Free launcher, was archived as the developer focuses on Easy Launcher - Minimal launcher instead. This one has already been updated to 0.3.0 too.
Newly Added Apps
8 more apps were newly added
- Alex vs Bus: The Race: A platform runner game in which Alex needs to catch the bus on time
- Bookaccio Book Tracker: Your Personal Book Tracker
- Mafia: A Mafia party game app for Android +4
- Mindful Attention Awareness Scale: Find out how mindful you are on a scale of 1 to 6
- OnTime: Presentation timer for speakers at live events
- Phocid: A modern offline music player with familiar designs
- α-Remote: Bluetooth remote for Sony Cameras
- 🌜 LunaTracker 🌛: LunaTracker is a newborn baby tracking app
Updated Apps
88 more apps were updated
(expand for the full list)
- 38C3 Schedule was updated to
1.68.0 - AndBible: Bible Study was updated to
5.0.833 - AnkiDroid: Flashcards was updated to
2.19.3 - AppListBackup was updated to
1.0.4 - Audile was updated to
1.7.2 - baresip+ was updated to
49.1.0 - Better Internet Tiles was updated to
3.1.0-fdroid - Brume Wallet was updated to
0.6.531 - Casio G-Shock Smart Sync was updated to
20.9 - Celestia was updated to
1.7.10 - Cirrus was updated to
3.5 - Citrine was updated to
0.5.6 - Ciyue was updated to
0.13.0 - Clipious was updated to
1.22.3 - Com-Phone Story Maker was updated to
1.7.6 - Conversations was updated to
2.17.4+free - DanXi was updated to
1.4.5 - DAVx⁵ was updated to
4.4.4-ose - EnforceDoze was updated to
1.6.1 - Ente Photos - Open source, end-to-end encrypted al was updated to
0.9.65 - EP Mobile was updated to
2.34.0 - Fennec F-Droid was updated to
133.0.0 - FFUpdater was updated to
79.3.1 - Fitness Calendar was updated to
2024.11.1 - Flipper Mobile App was updated to
1.8.1 - Geo Share was updated to
1.5.1 - Green: Bitcoin Wallet was updated to
4.1.0 - Home Medkit was updated to
1.5.8 - Human Benchmark was updated to
1.0.5 - Jami was updated to
20241126-01 - kitshn (for Tandoor) was updated to
1.0.0-alpha.12.1 - Kotatsu was updated to
7.7 - LabLog was updated to
1.7 - Ladefuchs was updated to
3.1.7 - Lissen: Audiobookshelf client was updated to
1.1.13 - Léon – The URL Cleaner was updated to
47 - Mull was updated to
133.0.0 - MuPDF mini was updated to
1.25.1a - MuPDF viewer was updated to
1.25.1a - MusicSearch was updated to
1.9.0-beta.2 - Nextcloud Dev was updated to
20241127 - Nextcloud Talk was updated to
20.0.6 - Nighthawk Wallet was updated to
2.2.16 - Notesnook - Private notes app was updated to
3.0.23 - Oinkoin was updated to
1.0.73 - Opus 1 Music Player was updated to
2.64 - Pachli for Mastodon was updated to
2.9.0 - Password Generator was updated to
1.8.1 - Peristyle was updated to
v6.1.0 - Petals was updated to
3.31.0 - Podcini.R - Podcast instrument was updated to
6.15.0 - Proton Pass: Password Manager was updated to
1.28.2 - PTO - Plaintext Organizer was updated to
3.2.0 - QRAlarm was updated to
2.0.5 - Quicksy was updated to
2.17.4+free - Raccoon for Friendica was updated to
0.3.1 - Read You was updated to
0.11.1 - Reader for Selfoss was updated to
124113311-github - RiMusic was updated to
0.6.62 - Robot36 - SSTV Image Decoder was updated to
2.14 - Rush was updated to
2.3.8 - RustDesk was updated to
1.3.3 - SatDump was updated to
1.2.2 - SD Maid 2/SE - System Cleaner was updated to
1.3.1-rc0 - Seafile was updated to
3.0.6 - sing-box was updated to
1.10.3 - Smart Card Reader was updated to
2.4 - Snapcast - multi-room audio in perfect sync was updated to
0.29.0.1 - SocksTun was updated to
2.7 - Souvenirs was updated to
2.9.5 - Squeeze Client was updated to
1.3 - Squeezer was updated to
2.3.7 - Swiss Bitcoin Pay was updated to
2.2.3 - Tasks.org: Open-source To-Do Lists & Reminders was updated to
14.1 - The One App was updated to
2.2.0 - Thumb-Key was updated to
4.0.6 - Tilde Friends was updated to
0.0.25 - TimePlanner was updated to
1.0.1 - TorrServe was updated to
MatriX.135.F-Droid - Tower Collector was updated to
2.15.3 - Tuta Mail was updated to
253.241126.2 - Unchained was updated to
1.3.5 - Unciv was updated to
4.14.11 - Vespucci was updated to
20.2.0.0 - VRChat Android Assistant was updated to
2.1.5 - WikiReader was updated to
1.8.0 - Xtra was updated to
2.39.2 - yetCalc was updated to
2.0.2 - µLauncher was updated to
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