No limits!
This release brings with it a major change, made possible by extending support for "torsocks" as an optional (not mandatory) dependency, but if present in the system, it will break the API access limits of some sites with time restrictions, allowing unlimited updates and installations!
"Torsocks allows you to use most applications in a safe way with Tor. It ensures that DNS requests are handled safely and explicitly rejects any traffic other than TCP from the application you're using."
NOTE: you can reach super-fast connections as well as slow-as-hell ones.
Below are the advantages of this implementation in "AM" and "AppMan".
Option -u or update
In this screenshot, I reached API access limit for a website where three applications are hosted, so the update fails... so this is the message that would appear if "torsocks" is not installed.
Here's what happens when you have "torsocks" installed in these cases.
From now on, you will know for sure when updates will be possible for a certain application hosted on a specific site... and how to bypass these restrictions!
Option -i or install
Same goes for applications to install! No more error skulls if "torsocks" is installed on the system!
Without "torsocks"...
...and with "torsocks" (note my slow connection for this 4 MB app)
Options -e or extra and -ia or install-appimage
Since the options -e or extra(to install Appimages from github.com outside this database) and -ia or install-appimage (to install only AppImages-related scripts from this database) are based on -i or install, they will enjoy the same benefits of -i or install and -u or update, thanks to "torsocks"!
How to install "torsocks"
Search "torsocks" in your system package manager.
About "torsocks"
I attach some useful links here:
- TOR Project official site https://www.torproject.org/
- TOR Project official site (reference) https://support.torproject.org/glossary/torsocks/
- Official repository https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/torsocks/
- Repology.org https://repology.org/project/torsocks/versions
- Pkgs.org https://pkgs.org/download/torsocks
- Arch Linux Wiki https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Tor#Torsocks
Other changes
Our database has grown with the addition of 140 new programs to install since the previous release : 2400 unique apps, and of these, 2054 are Appimage packages and 346 are standalone/portable programs! Thanks @Sush-ruta !
Visit https://portable-linux-apps.github.io for more!
Full Changelog: 8.2.1...8.3
