Notices by F-Droid (fdroidorg@mastodon.technology), page 11

#introductions
Hi this is going to be an official account for FOSDEM.org in the future #patience-please #Free #Libre #Open-source

A new version of my favourite privacy friendly web browser called Privacy Browser for Android has just been released.

It blocks JavaScript, cookies and all other goodies by default and it supports both global and per-domain settings for everything you can think of, like JavaScripts, trackers and cookies.

It makes browsing the modern web on my 3 year old phone actually decently fast.

https://www.stoutner.com/privacy-browser-2-13/

And it's available via @fdroidorg. :)

#Android #Privacy

Research of almost 1m Android apps reveals how data from smartphones are harvested and shared, with nearly 90 per cent of apps set up to transfer information back to Google. Best get all your apps from @fdroidorg - guaranteed no data sharing with Google! 😀
https://arxiv.org/pdf/1804.03603.pdf

I published the release 1.18.1 that fixes the crash when the app starts.
I am really sorry, it affects a lot of #fdroid users. That's due to a mistake with a db migration between two releases.
If you don't care to lose your bookmarks and followed instances, just reinstall the app. Otherwise, please wait for the fix. #mastalab

Liberapay is far from perfect and hasn't fully recovered from the Mangopay crisis yet, but it's still great in many ways and I am proud of it. #Liberapay

Using an F-Droid app called Waistline to maintain a calorie deficit.

#fdroid #weightloss

Is there an app on F-Droid that can read out loud (TTS) ebooks?

I think LineageOS comes with a built-in TTS engine called Pico TTS. I'd be happy to find an app (like an epub or pdf reader) that can at least leverage Pico TTS and read out text. Really missing the Google Play books TTS after the switch to LineageOS + F-Droid.

#lineageOS #FDroid #TTS #Android #AudioBooks

@Zykino @fdroidorg
MuPDF does the work great!
https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.artifex.mupdf.viewer.app/

@danrabbit this simple one from @fdroidorg: Shopping List https://f-droid.org/app/com.woefe.shoppinglist I want to have my shopping list quickly acessible and separate from my todos

We are looking for more maintainers for specific apps in #FDroid. Here is a list of some that would need some love:

* GNU #Ring
* #VLC
* #Fennec
* #Vespuccio
* #GhostCommander
* #Linphone

If you know how to build software in general, no particular Android experience is required. This can be picked up as you go :)

All of those already have working recipes available but all of them also have quirks that require manual action when updating.

Please get in contact, if you use one of these and are interested!

The Linux Journal posted an interesting article about our recent @fdroidorg release and the challenges we had to overcome to make this happen. #FOSS #opensource #FDroid #Tutanota Read it here: https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/foss-project-spotlight-tutanota-first-encrypted-email-service-app-f-droid

Just in case you missed it:

Manyverse, the mobile app for the off-the-grid social network Scuttlebutt, has now been released on F-droid:

https://f-droid.org/packages/se.manyver/

#ScuttleButt #SSB #Manyverse #OffTheGrid #MeshNetworks #SocialNetworks

(via @sifr )

Hey Mastodon. I'm looking for a #FOSS app for #android to edit photos.

I would like to do basic editing such has cut and paste part of the image, filters ...
Light curve and cloning tool would be a nice extra.

I found nothing on #fdroid but maybe some of you know something !

Boost appreciated 😃