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F-Droid gets its biggest update in a decade with new UI and smoother app installs
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F-Droid gets its biggest update in a decade with new UI and smoother app installs
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/09/f-droid-gets-its-biggest-update-in-a-decade-with-new-ui-and-smoother-app-installs/Replying to @return2ozma@lemmy.world
Isn’t everybody using Droid-ify anyway?
No. Team neo store represent
Replying to @amlor@piefed.social
+1 for neo store. I wonder if the new f-droid overhaul catches up as neo is pretty fantastic.
Edit, just looked at the screenshots, looks better than before but I’ll stick with neo.
Replying to @amlor@piefed.social
Does Neo Store have a way to make apps only use the official F-Droid repo for updates unless you downloaded them from a different one? Because it seems to just want to update from any repo, so I ended up splitting F-Droid Basic for official F-Droid apps and Neo Store for IzzyOnDroid and other third party repos.
Haven’t noticed it doing that, maybe they fixed it? There was a new release a few days ago
I’ve just been rawdoggin it with the OG f-droid app
Replying to @ShutUpWesley@piefed.zip
mines been on no updates for years after they removed the ability to downgrade apps inexplicably.
Replying to @statelesz@slrpnk.net
I get pretty much everything through obtainium
Replying to @xylol@leminal.space
It is a chore to re obtain everything on a new phone… If you didn’t make a backup.
Replying to @statelesz@slrpnk.net
I love that I’ve never heard of Droidify. Open source offers a buffet of alternatives.
Honestly the new ui is nice enough I may be switching back to the official F-droid app.
We’ll see where I stay. I love the simplicity of droid-ify but sometimes have some issues with minor jank
Replying to @Cris_Citrus@piefed.zip
That was the reason I switched back to F-Droid. Had serious problems with updating and stuff, no problems with F-Droid so far. I don’t use it that much anyways, most of my apps are already installed. When searching for new apps F-Droid has a big category selection which is nice.
I’ve mostly been happy to just put up with the jank but if I get a nice interface without any I won’t complain :)
Plus it feels nice for the f-droid projects own app to be in a good state and I’m excited for that ☺️
Yup
Replying to @statelesz@slrpnk.net
First I've heard of it tbh. I'll check it out, thankyou
Replying to @statelesz@slrpnk.net
Foxy Droid here.
Replying to @statelesz@slrpnk.net
Yes, but now I want a comparison of F-droid 2 vs Droid-ify.
Replying to @statelesz@slrpnk.net
I’m using F-Droid Basic.
Replying to @statelesz@slrpnk.net
I tried it but i ended back up with the official fdroid for some reason i don’t recall.
Replying to @statelesz@slrpnk.net
I’ve tried alternative apps but they sometimes just break or stop working with the f droid repo, so I gave up and went with f droid basic.