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What lesser known free and open source software do you use daily to improve your life? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 8 months ago by henrikx@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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For me it is the note taking/PKMS tool SilverBullet.

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[-] chay@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 8 months ago

Readeck

[-] archchan@lemmy.ml 8 points 8 months ago

Recently, UnifiedPush where I can (currently just Megalodon for Mastodon sadly) as an alternative to using Google's push notifications.

[-] featured@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 8 months ago

If you use signal, the fork Molly has UP support now

[-] lseif@sopuli.xyz 7 points 8 months ago

linux

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[-] dataprolet@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 8 months ago

Secure file sending: croc
Dedjplication: Czkawka
Sorting tool: Phockup
OCR: OCRmyPDF

[-] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 7 points 8 months ago

Next cloud and only office. Bye bye google drive

Jellyfin bye bye Plex and Netflix

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[-] beyond@linkage.ds8.zone 6 points 8 months ago

I use the Unison file sync tool to keep backups of all my important files on flash drives and servers. For mobile devices I do use Syncthing because MTP is painfully slow and taking the SD card out of the device to plug it in is too much of a hassle, but I would rather use Unison.

[-] skilltheamps@feddit.de 5 points 8 months ago

Why do you prefer it over syncthing?

[-] beyond@linkage.ds8.zone 4 points 8 months ago

With Unison syncing is a manual process, I run it and it tells me what's changed on each side and I can make changes as appropriate. Syncthing is a bit too automatic for my taste and its conflict resolution is a bit more involved.

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[-] Pantherina@feddit.de 6 points 8 months ago

Android

Podcini
deku sms
carrion
linksheet
florisboard beta
gptassist
grayjay
[mastodon, lemmy, peertube] redirect
markor
german only: kleine wettervorschau, öffi
saveto... + shelter/island
wormhole, localsend: sending files over internet or local wifi (when creating a hotspot it works without wifi too)

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[-] tyler@programming.dev 5 points 8 months ago

Hammerspoon. Pretty necessary Mac software to make it work the way you want.

[-] Wes_Dev@lemmy.ml 5 points 8 months ago

SC-Controller, although it seems to have been abandoned.

Gpodder-adaptive

[-] Theharpyeagle@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

I got a Brother embroidery machine only to find that making anything other than the most basic patterns required a very pricey proprietary program. Thankfully I found Ink/Stitch, an open source plug-in for InkScape. It's still a little rough around the edges, but after getting used to its foibles, it's very capable with the right amount of elbow grease. The main dev is active and very helpful in their issues.

[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 8 months ago

I live and die by Simplenote. It's one of the apps I'm in multiple times per day every day of my life.

[-] Schlemmy@lemmy.ml 4 points 8 months ago

QGIS

Powerful mapping and geographic analysis software.

[-] featured@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 8 months ago

Helix text editor has been in my rotation recently, I like it a lot as a regular nvim user.

Just migrated from Arch to NixOS recently. Nix+Flakes+Home-manager define my entire system, including config files and pinned package versions, using three files. My system has never felt more stable and reproducible. I even found a flake which lets you declaratively manage Flatpaks (nix-flatpak).

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[-] OpenTTD@lemmy.zip 4 points 8 months ago

ChimeraOS. If you have a non-steam gamerdeck, I recommend backing up the Windows 11 install and replacing it with this outright. It's based on the Steam Deck OS and makes the process of selecting a game much faster because Windows 11 is bloated as shit.