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henrikx@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Open Source@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago

What lesser known free and open source software do you use daily to improve your life?

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What lesser known free and open source software do you use daily to improve your life?

henrikx@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Open Source@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago
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For me it is the note taking/PKMS tool SilverBullet.

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    Definitely Syncthing.

    Great app to sync my phone with my laptop.

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      It’s also great for sharing files with friends/family. I gave a couple of friends a folder address, and we all just drop shit in there that we want the others to see.

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        Are you self hosting?

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          There really isn’t any “hosting” with Syncthing. Everyone sharing the folder is kind of hosting.

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            How did you get to work outside your home network since you have shared folder with friends and family?

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              Try it out. It’s free. Install it on a PC or phone, set up a shared folder. Put something in it. Set up syncthing on another phone/computer and use the same folder name. The program takes care of all the network stuff.

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      I have an extensive syncthing set up but I find the mobile app a battery hungry

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        Syncthing-fork which fixes battery drain issue and others as well. I’ll just leave this here for your battery needs: https://f-droid.org/packages/com.github.catfriend1.syncthingandroid/

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          Awesome thanks!

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      And so many other things. I’ve also used it for “cloud saves” back/forth from my desktop to my steam deck on games that don’t support them for various reasons. Dyson Sphere Program being one, because the files can get quite large.

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