XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.home.repair   
   From: aardvarks@a.b.c.com   
      
   On Mon, 1 Aug 2016 21:57:54 +0000 (UTC), Aardvarks wrote:   
      
   > Or, I guess, I could add another repository.   
   > What is the repository you like best?   
      
   I'm really starting to *like* this F-Droid repo.   
      
   1. The software is KISS!   
   2. They don't ask for unnecessary permissions!   
      
   For example, I found a KISS camera and a KISS flashlight and a KISS video   
   editor, etc.   
      
   Two problems I had, both of which were probably of my own making, were:   
   a. App Backup & Restore didn't autoarchive   
   b. Fdroid wouldn't at first download anything   
      
   I'm not quite sure how I fixed the first problem that Backup and Restore   
   didn't automatically archive the APK, but I changed a few settings in App   
   Backup & Restore, and now it's automatically backing up the F-Droid apps I   
   install.   
      
   The second problem was that F-Droid didn't download *anything* but then I   
   realized I had turned on the option to always use Tor, but I didn't know I   
   had to actually have Tor running (it apparently won't start Tor on its   
   own).   
      
   So I turned that off and F-droid worked immediately thereafter.   
   (My mistake for changing the defaults.)   
      
   The third thing I did was turn on all the repos:   
   F-Droid   
   F-Droid Archive   
   Guardian Project Official Releases   
   Guardian Project Archives   
      
   Overall, F-Droid & Guardian Project are nice archives.   
   They're nothing like Google Play in that they're not flashy.   
   But their apps are KISS functional, and don't ask for unneeded permissions.   
      
   If anyone knows of another nice open-source archive, let us know.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)