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F-Droid is an installable catalogue of FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) applications for the Android platform. The client makes it easy to browse, install, and keep track of updates on your device.

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submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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When I visit the f-droid website, my browser offers me to save a file with a random name. I cannot view the website at all. Any hints?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I don't know if this useful, but the link works in the UK... I would be interested to hear if you have any luck with it, sorry I can't be any use beyond this.

I had the thought of trying a VPN set to other countries if you can, or different DNS settings, but I imagine you already thought of it but can't think of much else.

Best of luck with it :)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I tried to use some webproxy to test other locations and had the same result - only difference is the name offered for the file to download.

Thanks.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Curses! That's incredibly strange

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

<drumroll...>Tada!....

It suddenly is working. I didn't change a thing.

@[email protected] suggested I get suspicious about my country or ISP. Should I worry, now?!... :-(

Seriously, did the f-droid folks change anything on their end?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

That's bizarre! Glad it's working, but what the Dickens made it behave so strangely? I imagine it wouldn't be anything nefarious, especially since its only fdroid, but... Damn that's odd!

Glad it solved itself at last :)