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How do you get F-Droid on Linux Mint for NewPipe?

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I managed to get the F-droid app store on my android phone and was wondering if I can get it on my Linux Laptop running LinuxMint?

Is there like an app/program that can get F-droid for my laptop so I can use NewPipe to watch YouTube vids?

Or if there is another way to get NewPipe cuz I couldn't find it in the linuxmint repository or the whatever the linuxmint app store thingy is (Forgot what it's official name was, clearly I'm still a noobie).

I would like to use NewPipe but if it's not possible is there another way to Watch YouTube with privacy in mind?

Here are the links to F-droid and newpipe

[F-Droid] - https://f-droid.org/

[NewPipe] - https://newpipe.net/#history
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Re: How do you get F-Droid on Linux Mint for NewPipe?

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You could try Anbox, it's a compatibility layer to use Android apps on desktop Linux systems. But I'm not sure how well it works. Worth a try, I think!

It's probably easier and more reliable to find a native Linux program that offers what you like about NewPipe. Since you care about privacy, try FreeTube. There is a .deb file that installs easily: https://freetubeapp.io/
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Re: How do you get F-Droid on Linux Mint for NewPipe?

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Or you could use Invidio.us (https://redirect.invidious.io/)
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Re: How do you get F-Droid on Linux Mint for NewPipe?

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As moem says there are Linux alternatives, smplayer makes one too. I see many people here who seem to think that because Android is Linux based then they can run Android apps. Linux as in Mint is actually GNU/Linux. ANdroid uses a Linux kernel in a proprietary wrapper.
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Re: How do you get F-Droid on Linux Mint for NewPipe?

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Thank you Moem, I will look in to trying out anbox.

Thank You Bzzz. How Does it Actually Work though It Looks Awesome, I've never heard of it until now.

Hoser Rob, Well I'm new and I learning something new everyday so Thank You for the Info.
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Re: How do you get F-Droid on Linux Mint for NewPipe?

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Are there any alternatives like this that support 32 bit systems?
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