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NauticalNoodle ,

LiGNUx, VLC, Firefox w/Ublock, KDE Connect, Dolphin, Kate, KDE. Vim, i3wm, Keepasses, yt-dlp, deluge, freecad, librecad, slic3r/cura. Some of these are clearly redundant or overlap.

Non-foss: Steam library. Duolingo.podcast addict.

I wouldn’t spend so much time on the PC if I had to pay a premium for every little thing much like I’ve experienced with my arts-related hobbies.

user224 ,
@user224@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

Termux on Android.

I’ve got some videos on my phone I might want to watch on random computers, so I serve them up with NGINX. I’ve got wget-created mirrors of some old websites on my phone, so I serve them up with NGINX. Other files I may want to move out from my phone to untrusted computers on the network can too be served up simply by NGINX.
I’ve got the full Wikipedia zim file from Kiwix on my Micro SD card, so I run kiwix-serve (behind NGINX).
I’ve got all the music on my phone, naturally the phone is then running my Navidrome server (behind NGINX).
Of course, I may want to manage this from a computer, so it’s running SSH server.
My phone is always connected to VPN and uses NextDNS, naturally I may want to use this with other computers, but I can’t install software to computers I don’t own (I mean, I can, but … it would be disliked), naturally it is then running Tiniproxy HTTP proxy server.
Some desktop GUI apps can be useful on a phone too. noaa-apt, Kid3, Audacity, desktop Firefox, Handbrake because I am too dumb for ffmpeg, so I run XFCE DE on it. Naturally, I can access it from a computer (I know) too, after all it’s accessed via a VNC server.
Am I stupid enough to expose something using HTTP protocol running on my phone to the internet? Of course I am! I can use cloudflared.
Do I want to encrypt a file? I can use GPG.
Do I want to create a compressed archive? I’ve got TAr and GZip.
Do I want to browse Gopher? I’ve got Lynx.
SSH or telnet somewhere? The clients are there.

Mr_Blott ,

Christ on a bike, this comment reads like I’m having a stroke

gears ,

Why on earth do you run this all on your phone as opposed to on a home server?

user224 ,
@user224@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

Because… I can.

And it’s portable.

Lepsea ,

On foss category KDE connect. I use my phone as keyboard and mouse to navigate my laptop/PC while sleeping on my beanbag. You could use wireless mouse or keyboard but i find KDE more convenient. Also i can control the media from there

For non foss believe it or not it was google lenses, i used to use Accessibility Button setting floating bubble just for lense easy access from google assistant. They removed it and change it to “Gemini AI” now you need to screenshot and open the separate app.

Before that you just open it from accessibility and just search the screen. Translate, searching products from your screen, copy paste text from image you can do it from there no need for screenshot.

Edit : Just found out that you can change the default assistant function from the assistant app. I can use the lens with accessibility setting again *Horay

tortina_original ,

OpenSSH

vext01 ,
@vext01@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

Or OpenBSD in general. I’ve used it on my desktop for about 25 years.

MerchantsOfMisery ,

I’m bored so I’m just going to make a list:

  • Lightroom Classic (I’ve tried Darktable, just not for me. I take a lot of photos on my DSLR and I’ve been using Lightroom since 2015 so for me it’s worth eating the awful monthly subscription that I split with someone else.)
  • Anki (flashcard app, very popular among med school students and folks trying to learn new languages. Open source and tons of useful decks available. I’ve aced plenty of exams thanks to Anki.)
  • Bitwarden (finally caved and got a password manager-- could not be happier)
  • CHIRP (the best for programming handheld, mobile and base station radios)
  • CrystalDiskInfo (great for checking the health of SSDs and HDDs)
  • DaVinci Resolve (love using this for video editing-- pirated copy was easy to find)
  • Deluge (great for torrenting)
  • foobar2000 (I love it for music)
  • Greenshot (useful screencapture software)
  • inSSIDer (great for wifi analysis)
  • IrfanView (very good for photo management)
  • MusicBrainz Picard (amaaaaaaaaazing god tier music management software to get all the correct metadata/album art)
  • reWASD ($7 but it’s so good for no BS macro’ing of keyboard/mouse/gamepad shortcuts and profiles. I have two PCs and two mice + gamepad attached to my PC and this software is very helpful. I think the license is for life.)
  • WizTree (SSD/HDD visualization tool that is useful for figuring out what’s taking up too much space on your drive)
scarecrw ,

Is there a particular draw for foobar2000? I remember a while back I was looking for a music player and that kept coming up, but I found it underwhelming when trying it. I’ve been using MusicBee for a long while now, and have found it excellent, so I don’t plan on switching, just curious if there’s something I’m missing.

Appoxo ,
@Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Three stages of a passwort manager

Stage 1: I do not need a passwort manager
Stage 2: Maybe I need a password manager
Stage: Why didnt I setup one way earlier???

altima_neo ,
@altima_neo@lemmy.zip avatar

Firefox. I hate how inflexible other browser are.

SubArcticTundra ,
@SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml avatar

Speaking of which, user scripts. So useful at un-enshittifying the web. Or just personalizing it to scratch those little design itches that annoy you.

CanadaPlus ,

Others browsers, plural?

I guess Lynx exists…

Xiisadaddy ,
@Xiisadaddy@lemmygrad.ml avatar

Have you tried out LibreWolf? By default its a bit hard to use since it doesnt save passwords or history or cookies or anything, but you can turn all that on. Its a fork of firefox meant to be more privacy focused. You can still use your firefox account and everything im pretty sure.

Appoxo ,
@Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

The fact, that you can install plugins on a mobile browser
head blown gif

Appoxo ,
@Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Jellyfin, NZB360, HortusFox, HomeAssistant (soon), Docker?

ArtVandelay ,
@ArtVandelay@lemmy.world avatar

Python, Jupyter, Freetube

GingeyBook ,

We used Jupyter Notebook in school, we’d have assignments where each again was broken out by block and then we’d have to solve it. I don’t see much of a use outside of an education setting

What is your use from it?

Danitos ,

Jupyter is great for data analysis.

bob_lemon ,

The jupyter console is just a better version of the interactive shell. Great for just trying out some lines of code.

I also use notebooks at work to try out some APIs, to skip the tedium of the initial setup or some other routines.

Alsephina ,

My first instinct was to say GIMP or Firefox, but I could still use Krita or Chromium in those cases.

I’d say Anki then. I don’t know of any other FOSS flashcard app this good, and I have so much saved on it that losing it would be devastating.

Schorsch ,

uBlock origin

xmunk ,

And sponsorblock!

joelfromaus ,
@joelfromaus@aussie.zone avatar

And DeArrow!

A must for actually knowing the content of LMG videos past the click-bait headlines/thumbnails.

Wistful ,
@Wistful@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

On Android, it’s probably a little utility software called Quick Cursor (it’s not FOSS). It’s incredibly convenient being able to spawn a cursor on your phone from thin air that you can use to reach the “unreachable” portions of your screen, especially if you are holding your phone with one hand. Besides being a “phone touchpad” it has a bunch of ways of triggering actions/shortcuts, for example: volume or brightness control, launching app (I use it for launching a floating calculator, notes…), opening notification shade, copying text (it can copy any text that is under the cursor, even if it’s not selecteable)…

It’s not that I couldn’t go without it, but it changed the way I use my phone and it would feel really weird without it. It feels like it should be a part of the OS.

Cyanogenmon ,
@Cyanogenmon@lemmy.world avatar

Used this for all of 10 seconds and fell in love.

RabbitMix ,

wow this will legitimately improve my life daily, thanks for sharing

modifier ,

That may be the single most intuitive, and intuitively useful, app I have used in years.

Wow, instant default install.

JackGreenEarth ,

Android. As bad as it is, if I had to use iOS or Linux phones it would be even worse, at least with the current state of Linux phones.

But actually, maybe if Android didn’t exist, the FOSS community would focus more on Linux phones and they would be an actually good option. Maybe Android shouldn’t exist?

Rai ,

For me it’s iOS, funnily enough. I use Windows for all of our video game machines and Linux for everything else, but I don’t use any Google products or services. After messing around on my computers all the time, I don’t want to even have to THINK about doing things to my phone to make it go. My current phone is six years old and the only reason I’m upgrading this year is to get a 120hz screen, USB-C, and for better low light pictures of cats. And a terabyte would be nice.

JackGreenEarth , (edited )

Google is a bad company, and Apple isn’t any better. Probably the best option for you would be GrapheneOS on one of the latest pixels, they have intuitive software, 120hz screens, have had USB-C for years, a good camera, lots of storage, and most importantly GrapheneOS doesn’t use Google or Apple, it’s FOSS.

Rai ,

GrapheneOS is awesome, but like I said, no google products and I don’t want to fuck with my phone at all. Apple isn’t perfect, but it’s leagues better than stock Google with app permissions and overall privacy. My six year old phone is still fully supported for at least another year, and I enjoy the OS for the very few things I do on my phone. This is definitely the best option for me.

M500 ,

My biggest concern with graphene is that I don’t really trust that my apps will work on it.

I haven’t looked into it for years, but I do need to use apps like Microsoftone drive, WeChat, banks, etc.

Even if they work I’m concerned that they will see I’m on some modified OS and block my account.

I_Miss_Daniel ,

Maybe just a feature phone and tether it to a laptop?

scarecrw ,

JPEGView It’s a simple but powerful image viewer (don’t be misled by the name, it can view most any standard image formats).

It feels weird to even have an opinion on such a simple piece of software, but this is the type of tool that reminds you of what software could be like. When you open an image, you see the image. No loading time. No unnecessary toolbars. No fucking pop-ups to update the software to get the latest AI tools.

Don’t get me wrong, it’s plenty powerful. It’s got all the tools you’d expect: viewing EXIF data, cropping, rotating, brightness/color correction. It even has some more advanced tools: navigating collections of photos (including nested folders), viewing a collection as a slideshow or movie, perspective correction, batch-renaming… The impressive part is that it does all this without getting in the way of it’s job: viewing images.

Unfortunately, the project has been abandoned, though it appears to have been forked here (I haven’t actually used this version, but hopefully they haven’t changed too much).

Zier ,
@Zier@fedia.io avatar

Firefox, uBlock Origin, uBlacklist
KDE, Dolphin, Kate, LibreOffice, CherryTree
Kid3, Flacon, LosslesCut, qBittorrent, VLC
Musicolet, Simplenote, F-Droid, AuroraStore

Dhrystone ,
@Dhrystone@infosec.pub avatar

Shove-it, an ancient Windows utility by Phord Software that shoves any half-offscreen windows back onto the monitor so that you can get to all the gadgets. Phenomenally useful. First thing I install on any new build.

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