Simple tools need complex maintenance
Posted on Dec 07, 2023 by Licaon_Kter
TWIF generated on Thursday, 07 Dec 2023, Week 49 F-Droid core @hans brings news from the mirror universe: We reviewed lots of f-droid.org mirrors, and selected some new ones to add: http://dotsrccccbidkzg7oc7oj4ugxrlfbt64qebyunxbrgqhxiwj3nl6vcad.onion/fdroid http://mirror.ossplanetnyou5xifr6liw5vhzwc2g2fmmlohza25wwgnnaw65ytfsad.onion/fdroid https://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/android/fdroid (Germany) https://mirror.kumi.systems/fdroid (Austria) https://mirror.level66.network/fdroid (Germany) https://mirrors.dotsrc.org/fdroid (Denmark) https://opencolo.mm.fcix.net/fdroid (California) In the future we plan to add...
Delta chat and end-to-end encryption
Posted on Nov 30, 2023 by linsui
TWIF generated on Thursday, 30 Nov 2023, Week 48 F-Droid Core There is a new release of F-Droid. It is still in alpha at version 1.19.0-alpha2 and it has the following improvements: New settings to give user control over IPFS HTTP Gateways Enable per-app language selection (@licaon-kter) Material Design 2...
New F-Droid releases on IPFS
Posted on Nov 23, 2023 by paulali
TWIF generated on Thursday, 23 Nov 2023, Week 47 F-Droid core Android Apps now on IPFS New app releases on F-Droid are now being pushed to IPFS too, providing an additional mirroring channel that can be managed more flexibly. If this goes smoothly, we intend to upload all releases on...
F-Droid Alphas and good news for CJK users
Posted on Nov 16, 2023 by Licaon_Kter
TWIF generated on Thursday, 16 Nov 2023, Week 46 F-Droid core F-Droid Basic and F-Droid were updated to 1.19.0-alpha1 as development continues. Note that this is still in beta so brave users need to install this manually (enable Beta updates for the app or from Client expert settings). Community News...
New language: Arabic
Posted on Nov 12, 2023 by jonnysemon
The F-Droid website is now also available in the Arabic language. Thanks for everyone that contributed! While the website is translated, there are still some other components that are currently in progress. Those interested in contributing to F-Droid’s contribution efforts, are encouraged to contribute via Weblate. If you happen to...
Let us compete on trustworthiness and an Arcticons special release
Posted on Nov 09, 2023 by paulali
TWIF generated on Thursday, 09 Nov 2023, Weeks 45 & 44 F-Droid core Let us compete on trustworthiness This Thursday, 10 jurors were selected in San Francisco. Their verdict - which is expected around mid-December - could change the way Google controls apps and their distribution. This is a result...
Contributor Highlights
Posted on Oct 26, 2023 by paulali
TWIF generated on Thursday, 26 Oct 2023 ,Week 43 F-Droid core F-Droid and F-Droid Basic were updated from 1.18.0 to 1.19.0-alpha0, now with support for automatic background updates on Android 12+ as announced last week. Note that this is still in beta so brave users need to install this manually...
F-Droid Client 1.19 alpha and KDE Connect
Posted on Oct 19, 2023 by paulali
TWIF generated on Thursday, 19 Oct 2023, Week 42 F-Droid core F-Droid Client 1.19 F-Droid Client 1.19.0-alpha is almost here. You aren’t ready for this release; please prepare :) Some of the updates in this client release include: Completely overhauled adding repositories and mirrors, both the user experience and the...