http://f-droid.org/ The f-droid repository appears to only have 8 pages of applications, that would be 240 apps or less. Obviously we need to have a wider range of apps there. It seems that there are free apps which aren't in f-droid, the Serval and "c:geo opensource" people seem to be committed to free software but don't have their apps there. Also some app developers haven't published any interest in free software but have aims which match - the Marine Traffic app is one example where the developers should be FOSS friendly. So some f-droid and FOSS on Android advocacy would probably help.
It seems to me that f-droid makes for a usable phone. It has applications of enough of the important categories to get by, I could potentially delete all my Google Play apps and install only f-droid stuff and have a useful system - one that would allow me to do my current web surfing and do all the things that my clients require me to do (IE the ConnectBot for ssh access). It would be really good if we had more games on f-droid. There are currently no games in the business simulation, action shooting (like 1942), cannon shooting (like Angry Birds), and tower defense genres. I now have a general plan to make my main Android phone have only f-droid apps at some future time for security reasons among other things. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/ _______________________________________________ Free-software-melb mailing list Free-software-melb@lists.softwarefreedom.com.au http://lists.softwarefreedom.com.au/mailman/listinfo/free-software-melb
