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

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by Tangent5280 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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[–] hiramfromthechi 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I use Obtanium too, but I can't figure out how to install apps that are hosted on GitLab.

What do you have to change in Obtanium?

Here's Mull, for example: https://gitlab.com/divested-mobile/mull-fenix

[–] mea_rah 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

That specific repository has no releases so it won't work AFAIK. You need a repository with releases, that have apk attached. (Typically the developer would set up a CI workflow to build and attach apk for every release)

Edit: For example AuroraStore has releases with apks. So you can just enter gitlab repo for AuroraStore into Obtainium and it will install it and keep it updated.

[–] hiramfromthechi 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Any benefit over just downloading the APK directly without managing it through Obtanium? I ask cause I'm guessing that for Mull, since there are no releases on its GitLab repo, it'll just have to be downloaded directly.

[–] mea_rah 2 points 10 months ago

Obtainium will check regularly for new versions and update automatically. So that's definitely a benefit if you'd like to keep the apps updated.

As for Mull, you could add its f-droid link into Obtainium if you'd like to have all updates via a single app.