[PLUG] F-Droid

[JP Vossen <jp@jpsdomain.org>]

I just learned about this and it's awesome.

	* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-Droid
	* https://f-droid.org/
	* https://f-droid.org/wiki/page/Antifeatures
	* https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/

Per Wikipedia: "F-Droid is a software repository (or "app store") for 
Android applications; it functions similarly to the Google Play store, 
but only contains free and open-source software. The apps can be browsed 
and installed from the F-Droid website or directly from the F-Droid 
client app (which is not available in the Google Play store, but can be 
installed by sideloading)."

Note "Sideloading of apps is only possible if the user allowed "Unknown 
Sources" in their Security Settings."

Very cool, I see something over 1,000 apps, though some of those are 
language packs for keyboards and such.

Later,
JP
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