Just a heads up, GOS doesn’t recommend the F-droid app as apparently there’s some security concerns. SideOfBurritos on YouTube talks more about it. An app like Droidify or Neo Store would be better and still uses the same F-Droid repositories. I use and really like Obtanium which allows you to download and manage apps directly from their websites, GitHub, F-Droid, & more.
Seconded on Obtainium. Basically any FOSS app is gonna have a repo there with releases regardless, and you can always just use an f-droid repository if they only publish releases there.
Plus, way easier to export a list of installed apps to restore them at a later date!
I don’t really know much about it to be honest, and the video is pretty old, and someone in the comments says the issue is fixed but I haven’t seen that anywhere else. I just use Obtanium anyway since you can get most FOSS apps from GitHub, a for ones that don’t, you can still find F-Droid apps. SideOfBurritos also has a more recent video about how to set up and use Obtanium if you’re interested.
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Just a heads up, GOS doesn’t recommend the F-droid app as apparently there’s some security concerns. SideOfBurritos on YouTube talks more about it. An app like Droidify or Neo Store would be better and still uses the same F-Droid repositories. I use and really like Obtanium which allows you to download and manage apps directly from their websites, GitHub, F-Droid, & more.
Seconded on Obtainium. Basically any FOSS app is gonna have a repo there with releases regardless, and you can always just use an f-droid repository if they only publish releases there.
Plus, way easier to export a list of installed apps to restore them at a later date!
So Obtainium users can install F-Droid apps through Obtainium?
Yes, Obtainium supports installing from F-Droid repos. It’s a bit more of a pain compared to using something like F-Droid, though.
Good to know. Any informative reads on this? I like burritos but prefer them as the main dish.
Here’s the Side of Burritos video with two followup videos in the description (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzpVI4zaso0)
I don’t really know much about it to be honest, and the video is pretty old, and someone in the comments says the issue is fixed but I haven’t seen that anywhere else. I just use Obtanium anyway since you can get most FOSS apps from GitHub, a for ones that don’t, you can still find F-Droid apps. SideOfBurritos also has a more recent video about how to set up and use Obtanium if you’re interested.
I’ve been meaning to try out Obtanium anyway since the Linux Unplugged podcast talked about it.