Re: Speedify Apk
Christian Erdmann
Installing Speedify on Ubuntu and Raspberry Pi OS is easy! First, if you don't have one already, get started by purchasing an Unlimited Speedify plan from the Speedify Store. The Speedify software is distributed via a repository server, which means that it integrates with the package management tools that are built into your Debian/Ubuntu/Raspberry Pi OS-based distribution and will install the correct software depending on the environment.
These distributions are supported on both 32-bit and 64-bit ARM processors, and on 64 bit AMD/Intel processors. This includes Raspberry Pi and laptops and servers running Ubuntu. Speedify on Linux supports both the full user interface and a headless mode where it is controlled via the speedify_cli. Note that Speedify does not currently support the OpenWRT or DD-WRT distributions or MIPS processors.
This will download and install the correct version of Speedify for your system. If your system has a desktop environment, then this includes the Speedify user interface. In either case, it will include the Speedify command-line interface to allow you to interact with Speedify from the terminal.
Now when you reboot your device, Speedify will automatically start and connect. It will also enable sharing features, if you have it configured, so you can have your bonding device ready to go without any user interaction.
Recently I have been reading about how to install Speedify on Linux (Ubuntu and Raspberry Pi OS). I have found that both "speedify" and "speedifyui" now exist within the Synaptic library and when I do a dpkg test, both packages are already installed. Unfortunately neither package has an active command and there are no man pages for either package as well.
The web page telling me how to install Speedify on Linux starts out with both installation and account configuration. Speedify is already installed on Ubuntu but on my RPi4 board when I try to follow the manual install steps, I cannot install Speedify there either.
Is the source code available? Or is the code proprietary/secret? Do hundreds of people routinely audit the code to make sure it's safe and bug free, or is there a shadow/unknown process that perhaps only one or two people are responsible for?
Who develops, maintains, audits, and secures the code? Is it a reputable organization who knows how to write secure software? Or is it one or two opportunistic people looking to make a buck who hacked together an app that works on the surface but is full of bad unsafe code?
What is the motivation of the people who produce this software? Is this a for profit venture seeking to maximize profit? Or is the software developed by a community for the good of a community?
What access do I have to provide this software? Will the software be able to access your network stack? Will it make changes to your system configuration? Or does the software run in a container isolated from your root system and need no privileges?
Further research showed that speedify (and speedifyui) were both installed on one of my computers since I had installed them there! (not Canonical) Another computer of mine, that I had not used recently, did not have either of the speedify installs on it.
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