FreeTube for trisquel
Dear community
I would like to install an adblocker on youtube or an app like Freetube.
If I understand well i should never install anything out of the internet (?) but is there an aquivalent in the repository? I didnt find anything...
Thank you very much in forward.
Cathie
I have yt-dlp and mpv and watch videos straight from youtube with mpv. MPV will let you watch videos, but if you want to download one use yt-dlp.
I would like to install an adblocker on youtube or an app like Freetube.
Have you installed https://gnuzilla.gnu.org/extension.php?id=607454 (uBlock Origin) yet? It is probably the most famous ad blocker. However, like prospero, I use Invidious.
If I understand well i should never install anything out of the internet (?) but is there an aquivalent in the repository?
There is no DRM in Trisquel: you are free to install whatever you wish on your system. If you take software out of Trisquel's repository, you are on your own though! If you decide to do so, then, for your own sake, you should check if it is free software. Notice that it may even be malware.
Flathub is a popular third-party repository that allows to some extent to filter out proprietary software (but it will still include free software to launch proprietary software: Trisquel would not have those in its repository!). To install Flatpak and setup Flathub's "floss" subset, execute in a terminal:
$ sudo apt install flatpak
$ flatpak remote-add --subset=floss flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
A free graphical interface to youtube-dl may please you: https://flathub.org/en/apps/search?q=youtube-dl