Possibly linux to F-Droid@lemmy.mlEnglish • 9 months agoLemmy apps on F-droidmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up132arrow-down11file-text
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minus-squarefmstratAlinkEnglish9•9 months agoThunder (and Eternity) can be put in Fdroid via Izzy. However I would consider Obtainium over FDroid these days.
minus-squarePossibly linuxOPlinkfedilinkEnglish5•9 months agoWe need more software in the F-droid main repos
minus-squarefmstratAlinkEnglish2•9 months agoMy understanding is it is usually due to libraries. Want to support the official Google push notifications? Not in F-Droid.
minus-squarePossibly linuxOPlinkfedilinkEnglish4•9 months agoWell I don’t use proprietary services on my phone so that’s not a big deal
minus-square@brckd@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink5•9 months agoit allows you to install apps directly from their git repos, so you get updates quicker and more apps at the cost of adding the sources manually
minus-squarefmstratAlinkEnglish3•9 months agoIn addition to the other commenter, not just GitHub, but lots of sources including F-Droid and Izzy. It can also background install on newer Android versions, which I don’t believe F-Droid does yet.
minus-square@Eheran@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink0•9 months agoHm okay, can not simply find it and install it. Assuming I need to root, which will not happen for banking reasons.
minus-squarefmstratAlinkEnglish2•edit-29 months agoIt was the first google result for me: https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium Under Releases (assets dropdown) And no need for root.
Thunder (and Eternity) can be put in Fdroid via Izzy. However I would consider Obtainium over FDroid these days.
We need more software in the F-droid main repos
My understanding is it is usually due to libraries. Want to support the official Google push notifications? Not in F-Droid.
Well I don’t use proprietary services on my phone so that’s not a big deal
Never heard of Obtainium, how is it better?
it allows you to install apps directly from their git repos, so you get updates quicker and more apps at the cost of adding the sources manually
In addition to the other commenter, not just GitHub, but lots of sources including F-Droid and Izzy.
It can also background install on newer Android versions, which I don’t believe F-Droid does yet.
Hm okay, can not simply find it and install it. Assuming I need to root, which will not happen for banking reasons.
It was the first google result for me: https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium
Under Releases (assets dropdown)
And no need for root.