So I am trying to get into these OSes like Graphene, Callyx, e OS…etc. If need be, I will try to de Google the phone too. Anyway, I understand that you can install apps using stores like Amazo, Fdroid, Acrescent, Aurora…etc, instead of relying on Google Play Store.

If an app I need relies on Play Store, then so be it; I think OS like Graphene allows you to run a profile with Google Play stuff?

Otherwise, I can just use apps from Fdroid, Aurora…etc. Say I have Firefox installed from Fdroid and it requires a serious security update, which store will get the update first: the Play Store or they come at the same time even to Fdroid?

Or I am a dev and I need to send an update for my app, where do I send it first?

  • unexposedhazardEnglish
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    7 months ago

    What do they mean by “reproducible builds” then? https://f-droid.org/en/2025/05/21/making-reproducible-builds-visible.html

    On f-droid.org, the app’s metadata can include a Binaries: URL where the original developer can post their own signed releases. The build process downloads the signed release from there in order to compare it to the version that was just built on our buildserver.

    Sounds a lot like reproducible builds to me…

    You can also see this in practice in their regular blog posts like recently:

    https://f-droid.org/en/2025/08/21/twif.html

    But we also host Element X and its fork SchildiChat Next which are not yet updated as these hit reproducibility issues that hamper determinism.