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Just installed #grapheneOS on a Pixel.

No #fdroid?

Head to the forum, and most people are recommending google play inside the app sandbox. In there I found and read this long article detailing F-droid issues by @wonderfall (thanks!)

Interested to hear from other Graphene users how they are doing apps and why.

#grapheneos #fdroid @wonderfall

João Azevedo 2 Jahre her •

you have a link to that article?

@wonderfall

@wonderfall

Doug Webb 2 Jahre her •

@wonderfall ahh https://wonderfall.dev/fdroid-issues/ 🙈

A brief and informal analysis of F-Droid security

F-Droid is a popular alternative app repository for Android, especially known for its main repository dedicated to free and open-source software.

^{Wonderfall (Wonder's Lab)}

@wonderfall

KawaiiPunk 2 Jahre her •

I use F-Droid in my main profile then Play Store in another profile

Doug Webb 2 Jahre her •

oh that's an interesting approach!

KawaiiPunk 2 Jahre her •

look up the info about profiles on Graphene site. It's the recommended approach. Profiles are awesome!

Doug Belshaw 2 Jahre her •

@wonderfall So I bought a Pixel 6 earlier this year specifically to run #GrapheneOS on.

I run Google Play in a sandbox and, to be honest, most of the time, forget about it. Great to know I'm more protected than stock Android!

#grapheneos @wonderfall

Doug Webb 2 Jahre her •

the topic is kind of new for me, and I'm not a computer scientist 🙃 still cool to hear you're happy with fdroid

Doug Webb 2 Jahre her •

thanks for explaining! I am really grateful for all the work people put in to all and any alternatives to capitalism-at-large.

It was the first time I saw such a detailed, critical piece on fdroid, and coupled with comments from the grapheneOS forum, my opinions were challenged. Just trying to make sense of things and happy to hear from you.

j.r / Julian 2 Jahre her •

@wonderfall also devs could enable Reproducible builds and the issue is also wrong for the main repo then...

@wonderfall

j.r / Julian 2 Jahre her •

and also GOS devs contribute to this hostile environment by just spreading the same FUD over and over again...

Wonderfall 2 Jahre her •

Yes, but like, both reproducible builds and third-party repos are mentioned in my article. The point is that most people will get non-reproducible builds from the main repo.

j.r / Julian 2 Jahre her •

be aware that the GOS devs somehow seems to love hating F-Droid instead of improving the few flaws it has...

Wonderfall 2 Jahre her •

I'm not sure you understand that reproducible builds have been available for quite some time and still represent a handful number of apps at most.

John Mierau 2 Jahre her •

I use graphene os on two old phones: on one I activated the shipped-dormant google play drop-in replacement and on the other I use it with droidify (installed from the f-droid store, then de-activated f-droid for security concerns). Love it. But occasionally I get ping-spammed by play services for messages.

winglet 2 Jahre her •

I use the Aurora Store, a FOSS interface to the Play Store. You can either get it through #fdroid, or download the apk directly from the Aurora Store site. It's also Step 12 in this guide, which I found useful when I was getting started with #grapheneOS https://redandblack.io/blog/2020/how-to-set-up-grapheneos/

How to set up GrapheneOS

From a fresh install to a ready-to-use phone.

^{Red & Black}

#grapheneos #fdroid

Mamus 2 Jahre her •

it's a really difficult question which installation method one should use. The average android user should probably just stick to google play. My Main profile has no google services but the work profile does, just in case I need it. I don't really need it that often. The preferred method is github, then fdroid and then aurora store.

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