Hi all,

As Aurora Store, team behind & its user base grows, the requirement to keep things going on for free and open source also increases.

This made me make an autocratic decision to include promotional app in Aurora, these apps will be more of sponsors and are intended to help Aurora OSS project financially.

The Promotional Apps will appear in For You page and is completely optional.
You don't want to see it, you can disable it from Settings -> Customization. This section would also allow us to add all apps that have been banned on PlayStore for some reason, but only if the dev wants to add.

For now, there is a single app 1XBet more will likely come soon. Use the promo-code 1XAURORA if you would like to try it out.

A detailed proceeding regarding the same will be updated to the wiki & policy soon.

Thanks
- Aurora OSS

Get latest build here : https://t.me/AuroraSupport/218733

Latest release Freetube - An electron Youtube client that blocks ads (but can't avoid Google's YouTube censorship) now comes with support for sponsorblock

https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube/releases/tag/v0.13.0-beta

#freetube #yt #YouTube

SpotiFlyer

Kotlin Multiplatform Music Downloader ,supports Spotify, Youtube, Gaana.
Supports- Playlist, Albums, Tracks

Currently running on:
Android (Jetpack Compose)
Desktop (Compose for Desktop) β
Web (Kotlin/JS + React Wrapper) β
(WIP) IOS SOON (SWIFTUI)

https://github.com/Shabinder/SpotiFlyer/

NymphCast – open-source Chromecast Alternative

https://github.com/MayaPosch/NymphCast

Comments

#cast #chromecast

Berty is a secure peer-to-peer messaging app that works with or without internet access, cellular data or trust in the network – https://github.com/berty/berty

Berty · Berty Technologies – https://berty.tech/


#berty #messaging #im #p2p #Privacy #ResilientNetwork

Ventoy

https://www.ventoy.net/en/index.html

Ventoy is an open source tool to create bootable USB drive for ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI files. 

With ventoy, you don't need to format the disk over and over, you just need to copy the ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI files to the USB drive and boot them directly.

You can copy many files at a time and ventoy will give you a boot menu to select them (screenshot). 

x86 Legacy BIOS, IA32 UEFI, x86_64 UEFI, ARM64 UEFI and MIPS64EL UEFI are supported in the same way. 

Most type of OS supported (Windows/WinPE/Linux/Unix/VMware/Xen...) 

#Ventoy #bootableUSBdrive #ISO #OpenSource

me_cleaner

Python script able to modify an Intel ME firmware image with the final purpose of reducing its ability to interact with the system.

https://github.com/corna/me_cleaner

Intel ME
Intel ME is a co-processor integrated in all post-2006 Intel boards, which is the base hardware for many Intel features like Intel AMT, Intel Boot Guard, Intel PAVP and many others. To provide such features, it requires full access to the system, including memory (through DMA) and network access (transparent to the user).

Unlike many other firmware components, the Intel ME firmware can't be neither disabled nor reimplemented, as it is tightly integrated in the boot process and it is signed.

This poses an issue both to the free firmware implementations like coreboot, which are forced to rely on a proprietary, obscure and always-on blob, and to the privacy-aware users, who are reasonably worried about such firmware, running on the lowest privilege ring on x86.

What can be done
Before Nehalem (ME version 6, 2008/2009) the ME firmware could be removed completely from the flash chip by setting a couple of bits inside the flash descriptor, effectively disabling it.

Starting from Nehalem the Intel ME firmware can't be removed anymore: without a valid firmware the PC shuts off forcefully after 30 minutes, probably as an attempt to enforce the Intel Anti-Theft policies.

However, while Intel ME can't be turned off completely, it is still possible to modify its firmware up to a point where Intel ME is active only during the boot process, effectively disabling it during the normal operation, which is what me_cleaner tries to accomplish.

#intel #me #mecleaner

— LibreCellular 21.04 documentation – https://librecellular.org/

The LibreCellular project aims to make it easier to create #4G cellular #networks with open source software and low cost software-defined radio (#SDR) hardware. Seeking to achieve this via validated hardware and software configurations that are subjected to rigorous testing, together with additional tooling and #documentation for repeatable deployment.

LibreCellular will build on the work of numerous existing open source software and hardware projects, related to both the #cellular platform itself and associated test #infrastructure. Where necessary additional components will be developed, with any software source code and #hardware designs published under #opensource licences. The focus is very much on integration, testing, packaging and documentation, reusing and building upon existing solutions..

#LibreCellular #CellulaireLibre

Bromite add-on from BiTGApps

It includes latest version of both Bromite WebView and Browser.
It installs in system, no ota survival

Download both files and install bromite zip

https://bitgapps.ga/addon/non-config/BiTGApps-addon-bromite-R15_signed.zip

https://bitgapps.ga/config/bitgapps-config.prop (place it anywhere)

Notes:

• With next update, bromite addon will be independent of config and ota survival will be added

• Nanodroid Bromite SystemWebView zip isn't updated from several months and only includes WebView not Browser

#bromite

BlackHole

Music Player made with Flutter

Features
Best Streaming Quality (320kbps)
Music Search
Trending Songs
Support 15+ music languages
Local and Global Top Spotify songs
Add Songs to Favorite
Playlists support
Import Playlists from Spotify
Sleep timer
Lyrics Support
Listening history record
Dark mode / accent color
Download for offline play (320kbps with ID3 tags)
Play Online as well as Offline Songs
Queue Management
Auto Update Check
Cache support
No Subscription
No Ads

More to come...

Download https://github.com/Sangwan5688/BlackHole/releases

Channel @blackhole_channel

Group https://t.me/joinchat/fHDC1AWnOhw0ZmI9


#BlackHole #Music #Player

Changelog : v4.0.6 (37)
• Removed promotional apps
• Fixed background update/install issues
• Bug fixes & improvements
• Updated Translations

Now KDE Connect can hook up your Windows machine as well!

KDE Community @ https://www.twitter.com/kdecommunity/status/1409808049116700673/

The Windows version of KDE Connect gets official support and you can get the beta version right now from the Microsoft Store. Exclusive link-only access: https://microsoft.com/store/apps/9N93MRMSXBF0

https://kdeconnect.kde.org

https://f-droid.org/repo/org.kde.kdeconnect_tp


#kdeconnect #transfer #windows

Off the Grid Messenger

Off The Grid (OTG) Messenger is an easy way for people to communicate through text messages when in remote areas. With a theoretical transmission range of 10 miles (16kms), OTG messenger can be used by groups of people to stay connected when they are in areas not serviced by mobile connectivity.

For portability and low power purposes, the device was created by re-purposing an old Nokia e63 phone I had laying around. The enclosure, LCD, keypad, backlighting and speaker have been re-used however the motherboard was re-designed from the ground up with low power components, a modern STM32 H7 microcontroller, an ISM LoRA radio and expanded flash memory.

https://github.com/TrevorAttema/OTGMessenger

Comments
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27659105

#otg #offthegrid #grid #im #messenger #alternatives #cellphone #mobile #nokia

Changelog : v4.0.7 (38)
• Fixed Aurora Services install
• Updated Translations

PlantNet

Identify flowers and trees with this open source mobile app

Combines open source technology with crowdsourced knowledge to help you become an amateur botanist.

https://opensource.com/article/21/7/open-source-plantnet

https://plantnet.org

Android app
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.plantnet

Web version https://identify.plantnet.org

https://github.com/plantnet


📡 @libreware 📡 @nogoolag
#plantnet #plants #fruit #trees

Fruit Radar

Find plants and share them online!
You have your phone with you all the time. When you find an edible plant, you like to share with others, you can record location, type and a photo. Later, when you have Internet, you can upload it to the map of free plants to eat: Mundraub.org

Features:
-Collect all plant data offline
-Integrated map to find plants
-Notifications when plants are nearby
-Plants and map in offline mode
-Plant sources: FruitMap.org, Mundraub.org, Na-Ovoce.cz
-Publish plants to Mundraub.org and Na-Ovoce.cz

https://www.f-droid.org/en/packages/eu.quelltext.mundraub/

https://github.com/niccokunzmann/mundraub-android


📡 @libreware 📡 @nogoolag
#fruitradar #plants #fruit #trees