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[–] digger@lemmy.ca 113 points 1 year ago (23 children)

Something worth noting is that F-Droid is both an app to download other apps but they also maintains a repository of apps. You can use alternative store apps (like Droid-ify) with the F-Droid repository OR you could use the F-Droid app with a different repository (like IzzyOnDroid). You can mix and match to meet your needs.

I use the Droid-ify app with the F-Droid, IzzyOnDroid, microG, NewPipe, and Collabora repositories.

Once you start down this rabbit hole, give Obtanium a look.

[–] 6daemonbag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Can you elaborate on what these different repos are and do? And, referring to a child comment, what is divest?

[–] digger@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

On Android, we're used the "Play Store" being both the app that facilitates downloads as well as the collection of apps available. With F-Droid, you can add additional collections of apps to make available for download.

You might add an additional repository to gain access to apps not in the main F-Droid repository. You might add a developer's repository to gain access to updates to their apps before those updates hit the main F-Droid repository.

Divest is the developer repository for app maintained by Divest OS, a fork of Lineage OS.

[–] 6daemonbag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

I have and use F-Droid but hadn't caught on to repos and their function. Just seen it mentioned. Thanks for elaborating!

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