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Torsten Grote @grote.chaos.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

RE: chaos.social/@grote/117326410716031… F-Droid 2.0 is slowly rolling out. By now users of F-Droid Basic have received the new version. Also, the download link on the homepage was updated. Soon all existing users will automatically receive the update as well.

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Torsten Grote @grote.chaos.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

After buying a giant non-curved monitor, I finally understand why curved monitors are a thing now. Without curved you get the impression it is curving away from you, so I guess an actual curve towards you fixes that.

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Torsten Grote @grote.chaos.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

After lots of hard work, F-Droid 2.0 was finally published 🎉 🥳 ⛓️‍💥 🎈 f-droid.org/2026/09/24/f-droid-2.0-… This is a major update, so many things have changed. Good to get familiar with the new app and revise your settings. Soon, everybody will […]

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Torsten Grote @grote.chaos.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/05/2026

Someone created a tool to inspect, extract and verify Seedvault backups on your desktop: github.com/Baltram/seednaut#seednaut

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Torsten Grote @grote.chaos.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/04/2026

Big news: F-Droid 2.0 is now also available as an alpha for users of regular #fdroid. You can opt-in to receiving those updates:

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Torsten Grote @grote.chaos.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/04/2026

Big news: F-Droid 2.0 is now also available as an alpha for users of regular #fdroid. You can opt-in to receiving those updates:

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Torsten Grote @grote.chaos.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/03/2026

I wonder how many perfectly good laptops are thrown away each year, just because they are full of dust and dirt.

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Matthias Kirschner @kirschner.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/03/2026

RE: chaos.social/@grote/116257002625921… Thanks to @grote (who many years ago started @fsfe 's #FreeYourAndroid ) for this summary relevant for #FreeSoftware #OpenSource users on #Android .

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Torsten Grote @grote.chaos.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/03/2026

Google has news on what you will need to do for still being able to sideload apps: * enable developer option * confirm prompt that you are not tricked * restart phone and re-authenticate * wait one day doing nothing * confirm with biometrics or device PIN that you know what you are doing * […]

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Torsten Grote @grote.chaos.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/02/2026

The @torproject VPN app for Android is now available in @fdroidorg and therefore guaranteed to be fully Free Software, rebuilt from source.

A screenshot of TorVPN app in F-Droid app.

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Torsten Grote @grote.chaos.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/02/2026

I made a (ugly) page showing the most downloaded apps from @fdroidorg servers: grote.gitlab.io/fdroid-metrics-dist… It exposes some JSON endpoints as well.

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