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Anti‑Features like in F‑Droid

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
python
Domain
desktop

Research direction

Start by reviewing F-Droid’s Anti-Features documentation and how mintinstall represents repository packages and featured packages. The work is complete when applicable closed-source packages or aspects are visibly marked so users can make informed installation decisions.

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Description

Almost everything in Linux Mint’s System Repository is free/libre and open‑Source.

But some Packages — including featured Packages — are closed‑Source or have closed‑Source Aspects.

So that i can make more informed Decisions to install or avoid certain Packages, i would love deserving Packages to be marked with Anti‑Features like these:

https://f-droid.org/docs/Anti-Features/

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Python
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