Heading headwind with FOSS solutions
Posted on Nov 14, 2024 by
paulali
This Week in F-Droid
TWIF curated on Thursday, 14 Nov 2024, Week 46
Community News
Inter Profile Sharing, Easily share media and text between Android user profiles, was newly added, allowing you to share data between Android User profiles. User profiles come in several forms, most common one is the Work Profile and Android expanded over the years how these function and different manufacturers choose different ways to support them (eg. some have a ‘Clone apps’ feature). Profiles allow separation between apps and data, as the user sees fit, but if need arises to throw files and data over the fence to another profile, the newly added app will surely help.
Headwind MDM Agent was updated to 6.11, making the proposition for a FOSS Mobile Device Management (MDM) System for Android. We usually see proprietary solutions for this type of software, and while we’d be against limiting users freedom in using their devices, this might make sense in some situations.
Minetest was updated to 5.10.0 but now it bares a new name: Luanti. The whole name thing was the subject of discussions since Minetest started and you can read more about the decision in the team blog post. Latest version also brings some nice features, detailed in a separate post.
OSM Dashboard for OpenTracks and OSM Dashboard Offline for OpenTracks were updated to 5.0.0, and upgraded to reproducible builds. What does this mean? F-Droid now hosts the developer signed packages, but this also entails the need for its past users to uninstall old versions and reinstall the new one.
Removed Apps
12 apps were removed
ForRunners, Track your personal fitness, hasn’t seen an update since 2018.
We’ve covered the issue of the famously orange Simple Mobile Tools suite a year ago, and during this time, the green Fossify suite grew to completion. So the time has come to say our goodbyes to the following apps: Simple Calculator, Simple Calendar Pro, Simple Camera, Simple Clock, Simple Contacts Pro, Simple File Manager Pro, Simple Keyboard, Simple Launcher, Simple Music Player, Simple Notes Pro and Simple Voice Recorder.
The apps are now archived, so if you want them you can still get them, but we encourage everyone to embrace the green suite and switch already.
Newly Added Apps
8 more apps were newly added
- Drawpile: A collaborative drawing program
- Human Benchmark: Test and compare your cognitive abilities with fun challenges
- Muse - Text to Speech: Convert text to natural-speaking audio with custom voices and pauses
- Paranoid’s Pal - Privacy Lock: Unlock Privacy, Secure Your World
- ProseReader: ProseReader for Android Ebook/EPUB Viewer
- RecollDroid: UI for the Recoll full-text search engine
- Recurring Expense Tracker: Keep track of your monthly spending
- Zimly S3 Backup: Synchronize your media to any S3 compatible storage
Updated Apps
148 more apps were updated
(expand for the full list)
- 37C3 Schedule was updated to
1.67.0 - AAAAXY was updated to
1.5.220+20241104.3539.1d12f7d2 - Audile was updated to
1.7.1 - Audio Recorder was updated to
3.5.23 - Audio Share was updated to
0.2.1 - Blitzortung Lightning Monitor was updated to
2.2.6 - Blood pressure monitor was updated to
1.8.2 - Box, Box! was updated to
0.8.2 - Brume Wallet was updated to
0.6.529 - Butterfly was updated to
2.2.2 - Caffeinate was updated to
1.7.2 - CAPod - Companion for AirPods was updated to
2.16.0-rc0 - Capy Reader was updated to
2024.11.1070 - Cardabase was updated to
1.1.2 - Chance was updated to
1.2.3 - ChatLaunch for WhatsApp was updated to
v0.14.0 - Cheogram was updated to
2.17.2-2+free - Citrine was updated to
0.5.5 - Ciyue was updated to
0.11.2 - Clash Meta For Android was updated to
2.11.2.Meta - Commons was updated to
5.1.0 - Cuppa - Tea Timer was updated to
2.8.2 - Cuscon was updated to
4.0.4.1 - Dahdidahdit - the Morse Trainer was updated to
1.12.0 - Dart Checker was updated to
0.7.10 - DeepL was updated to
8.6 - Delta Chat was updated to
1.48.3 - drip. menstrual cycle and fertility tracking was updated to
1.2410.29 - EasySSHFS was updated to
0.5.13 - EasySync was updated to
1.14 - eduVPN was updated to
3.3.4 - EinkBro was updated to
14.0.0 - Element X - Secure Chat & Call was updated to
0.7.3 - Ente Auth was updated to
4.1.0 - Ente Photos - Open source, end-to-end encrypted al was updated to
0.9.58 - Etar - OpenSource Calendar was updated to
1.0.48 - Exfilac was updated to
1.1.3 - F-Droid Build Status was updated to
5.7.1 - FairEmail was updated to
1.2245 - floccus bookmark sync was updated to
5.3.3 - FOSS4G 2024 Schedule was updated to
1.67.0-FOSS4G2024-Edition - Frigoligo was updated to
2.0.0 - FTPClient was updated to
2.11.0 - Gallery was updated to
3.0.1 - Geto was updated to
1.16.3 - Graph 89 was updated to
1.1.8 - Green: Bitcoin Wallet was updated to
4.0.37 - Harmony Music was updated to
1.10.31 - Infomaniak kDrive was updated to
5.2.2 - Infomaniak Mail was updated to
1.6.4 - InviZible Pro: increase your security, protect you was updated to
6.9.0 - Jami was updated to
20241105-01 - Joplin was updated to
3.2.1 - jtx Board journals|notes|tasks was updated to
2.09.02.ose - Karbon was updated to
2.8.0 - kitshn (for Tandoor) was updated to
1.0.0-alpha.11 - Kitsune was updated to
2.0.2-1 - Kotatsu was updated to
7.6.7 - Kwik EFIS was updated to
6.22 - LabLog was updated to
1.4 - Librera Reader was updated to
8.9.182-fdroid - LinkDroid for Linkwarden was updated to
1.4.0 - Linwood Butterfly Nightly was updated to
2.2.2 - Lissen: Audiobookshelf client was updated to
1.0.28 - LocalSend was updated to
1.16.1 - LogFox was updated to
2.0.4 - Lyrion was updated to
0.8.3 - MedTimer was updated to
1.11.0 - Mill was updated to
5.4.2 - MoasdaWiki App was updated to
3.9.1.1 - Money Manager Ex was updated to
2024.11.10 - MonsterMusic was updated to
0.1.40 - Mullvad VPN: privacy is a universal right was updated to
2024.8 - MusicSearch was updated to
1.8.0-beta.13 - Mute reminder was updated to
2.13 - Network Survey was updated to
1.31 - Nextcloud Dev was updated to
20241110 - ntodotxt was updated to
0.11.0 - Obtainium was updated to
1.1.30 - OpenTopoMap Viewer was updated to
1.20 - Orgro was updated to
1.47.0 - Orgzly Revived was updated to
1.8.30 - Pagan was updated to
1.5.12 - PCAPdroid was updated to
1.7.5 - Peristyle was updated to
v5.2.0 - Persian Calendar was updated to
9.4.0 - Phase10Counter was updated to
3.1.0 - Phonograph Plus was updated to
1.8.5.1 - PiliPala was updated to
1.0.24 - PinPoi was updated to
1.11.3 - PipePipe was updated to
3.9.0 - plees-tracker was updated to
24.8.1 - Podcini.R - Podcast instrument was updated to
6.13.8 - Prayer Book was updated to
0.5.0 - Prepaid Balance was updated to
2.10 - Proton Pass: Password Manager was updated to
1.27.0 - QRAlarm was updated to
2.0 - QuickWeather was updated to
2.7.5 - Rabbit Escape was updated to
0.13.4 - RailTrip was updated to
1.5.3 - RiMusic was updated to
0.6.59 - Rush was updated to
2.3.5 - Saber was updated to
0.25.2 - Satunes was updated to
2.4.5 - SDK Monitor was updated to
0.99 - Seafile was updated to
3.0.5 - Seers Lodge was updated to
1.1.2 - Sensor Server was updated to
6.4.0 - Share 2 Archive Today was updated to
2.9 - SimpleMarkdown was updated to
2024.11.0-free - SimpleTextEditor was updated to
1.26.3 - SiYuan was updated to
3.1.11 - Sky Map was updated to
1.10.4 - RC1 - Sleep Timer was updated to
1.3.2 - Solar was updated to
1.0.3 - SpamBlocker (Call & SMS) was updated to
3.4 - Standard Notes was updated to
3.195.13 - Stroke Input Method (筆畫輸入法) was updated to
1.4.0 - Suntimes was updated to
0.16.3 - Symphony was updated to
2024.11.114 - taz was updated to
1.9.5 - Thumb-Key was updated to
4.0.3 - TimeLimit.io was updated to
7.2.2 - tower was updated to
2.11.1 - Trail Sense was updated to
6.5.0 - Transdroid was updated to
2.5.25 - Transdrone was updated to
2.5.25 - Transito was updated to
0.8.2.5 - Tuta Calendar was updated to
251.241108.0 - Tuta Mail was updated to
251.241108.0 - Tux Paint was updated to
0.9.34 - Unciv was updated to
4.14.5 - Unstoppable Crypto Wallet was updated to
0.40.2 - URLCheck was updated to
3.0 - Vernet - Network Analyzer was updated to
1.0.9 - VolumeLockr was updated to
1.6.1 - Voyager for Lemmy was updated to
2.18.5 - WG Tunnel was updated to
3.6.0 - wger Workout Manager was updated to
1.7.7 - WiFi Widget was updated to
1.6.0.1 - Wikipedia was updated to
r/2.7.50508-r-2024-11-06 - WikiReader was updated to
1.6.2 - wX was updated to
55920 - Xray was updated to
8.1.0 - Xtra was updated to
2.38.0 - Youamp was updated to
1.0.3 - zSMTH was updated to
24.11.07 - µLauncher was updated to
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