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Vanilla OS 2.0 Adds Android Container Support (github.com)
submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by gonzoknowsdotcom1@monero.town to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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Implements support for waydroid in vso, this includes creating and deleting a waydroid container, as well as using fdroid repositories to install and search for applications.

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[-] Pantherina@feddit.de 24 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

This is huge! Just integrating F-Droid into their mix package manager is really badass.

Because the only good way to autoupdate the Android apps is from the PC host using waydroid app install. But F-Droids release images are totally random and also not as secure as using the API. Having repo support is waaay better.

[-] gonzoknowsdotcom1@monero.town 14 points 11 months ago

yes vanilla os 2.0 is huge and it's now on debian

[-] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 0 points 11 months ago

Now add Obtainium

[-] rush@lemm.ee 6 points 11 months ago

Eh, obtainium doesn't verify signatures, it quite literally just scrapes sources.

[-] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 3 points 11 months ago

When F-Droid builds direct from repo, signs and downloads to your phone, is it really that different from pulling the APK directly from the original repo?

[-] rush@lemm.ee 5 points 11 months ago

It doesn't sign it locally, it verifies the file you downloaded is already signed properly as it should be. This ensures the download isn't broken but also that the app is from who they claim it is.

[-] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 1 points 11 months ago

But they need that because they are not the source, right? I feel like I'm missing something. Developer makes app on say, GitHub, how is going through F-Droid more trustworthy than the source?

[-] rush@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

because obtainium gets many apps directly from F-Droid.org too, not just github

And for those downloads, it does no verification

Not on GitHub either, where signatures are often attached together with the APK.

[-] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 1 points 11 months ago

Oh I follow now. Interesting. Perhaps this will become a PR if I ever have time.

[-] Pantherina@feddit.de 1 points 11 months ago

Isnt that just a semi working feedreader for Github and other sources?

[-] redd@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 11 months ago

Does it also follow the rule to not allow closed source API? (Notification,Location,..)

[-] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 1 points 11 months ago

No, it gives the user the choice to pull whichever versions they want.

[-] Secret300@sh.itjust.works 10 points 11 months ago

I was curious about vanilla os but nows it's gonna be based on Debian and everything else I'm hears I kinda wanna switch to it for at least a month

[-] gonzoknowsdotcom1@monero.town 5 points 11 months ago

Currently, been using it for the past year for work & school studies. Haven't had any big issues and far less when I used windows. Waiting for the Alpha to go to beta

[-] warmaster@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Will they update GNOME like Ubuntu or will they wait for Debian to do it?

[-] Secret300@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago

In the road map they said they have gnome 44 for vanilla os 2.0

[-] warmaster@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Damn, it would be impressive if they accomplish that

[-] Grass@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

What was it before?

[-] Secret300@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago

Ubuntu based

[-] Grass@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

This is a good change

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