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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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[–] [email protected] 17 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Source, for the Obtainium users

Pretty cool, the advantage over LocalSend is likely, that no Wifi network is needed.

(With localsend this can be circumvented by creating a hotspot on one device and using that in the other. And Localsend has a well made Flatpak)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Thanks for sharing. I didn't realize that localsend also works on iOS, but I guess the more the merrier for open source quality and choice development.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Localsend works reliably via wifi, not sure about this ad hoc wifi, no idea how that works

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Ad Hoc is like the real AirDrop. It creates a Network between the two devices that gets disconnected afterwords. The Advantage is that you dont need wifi or to activate a hotspot.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I never heard of that, is this a thing present on AOSP and Linux?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Ad-hoc wifi networks are old, they just aren't usually used for much

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

I use kdeconnect, but I'm going to give this a try.

Edit: app is not on the Fdroid store.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Did you refresh ? The app just landed on F-Droid, I got it from here https://fossdroid.com/ with its home page : https://f-droid.org/packages/dev.spiegl.flyingcarpet/

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I did refresh. Both links you provided don't work. First one goes to an empty page and the second just comes back here. I got it directly from github, though. I use obtanium.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

it opens the F-droid listing just fine here.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I don't know then. I got it on Obtainium, though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Can KDE support air drop between iOS and Android devices?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

I don't know about Android to iOS or vice versa, but it definitely works between two Android devices.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Haven't tried it between phones to be honest, but I know the app is available for both Android and ios.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

This seems great, i use localsend but if this adds the option to send from the share sheet I’ll switch over. I just wish the name and domain weren’t so bad and long

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

has anyone had any experience with this one? good, bad, other?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

I couldnt get it to work between macOS and Android. It's also a bit complicated to use, you need to enter a auto generated password and ssid. Not exactly the easy solution I was hoping it to be...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

What do you guys use this for?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago

Besides bend over backwards to make apple "just work" with all the relatives?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

If only this also could be compatible with the Apple AirDrop, so we Linux users can receive files from Apple devices or send files from non-Apple to Apple without having to install something on the Apple device.