I had a chat wtih @eighthave about @fdroidorg on @OpenSourceSecurity
We cover how it works, the security angles for running an app store, and talk about some of the changes that are coming for Android that will make F-Droid's job a lot harder
I learned a ton from Hans, it's a great discussion
https://opensourcesecurity.io/2026/2026-05-fdroid-hans-steiner/
@joshbressers Thanks for this. I never really thought about f-droid as a distro but it makes a lot of sense.
@eighthave seems like a really cool guy.
@iooioio @joshbressers Thanks! I'd really like to see a lot more discussion about how valuable distros are. In the past decade, there was a big swing to package registries without review, and we've seen what a disaster that has been. All sorts of projects can be more distro-like. For example, I think Flathub started out more like a registry and rightly now is moving more in the direction of being a distro.
@eighthave @iooioio
100%
This was a topic that came up when I spoke with @Foxboron and @anthraxx
The distros solved a number of our current "problems"
I'm very open to any guest suggestions!