Mine is Local Send which is a FOSS alternative similar to air drop that works across a variety of devices.

  • sun_is_ra@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    123·
    4 months ago

    Mine is kdeconnect which does what local send does plus so much more.

    • using phone to control laptop
    • getting phone notifications send to your pc
    • can browse phone’s storage directly from pc
    • find my phone function
    • Shape4985@lemmy.mlOP
      161·
      4 months ago

      Kde connect is great, iv always thought about using it but never got round to it as im current using a wm instead of a desktop environment. If i was to switch to a desktop environment kde would be my first choice as it has so many features.

    • theshatterstone54@feddit.uk
      8·
      4 months ago

      I’ve had issues with it for file sharing, so far that I’m sticking to LocalSend, but I really need to explore KDEConnect further, as I haven’t explored the rest of its features.

      • jbk@discuss.tchncs.de
        2·
        3 months ago

        There’s also a still in-development rival for GNOME, Valent. And it’s a native program and not just a shell extension. I prefer it, and maybe it even has more features.

    • Otter@lemmy.caEnglish
      2·
      4 months ago

      I found it to be more than I needed. I still have it installed, but use localsend more often

  • Sterile_Technique@lemmy.worldEnglish
    752·
    4 months ago

    Zotero

    If you’re in any flavor of academics from middle school to doctorate program or otherwise writing papers that require strict citation formatting, drop what you’re doing and click that link.

    Or probably YouTube it or something first so you can see why it’s so much better than your standard internet citation generators.

    Don’t forget to share the intel with your classmates!

    Edit - honorable mention to Desmos for 99% of your calculator needs… with the unfortunate exception of exams, cuz phone.

  • Bronzie@sh.itjust.works
    73·
    4 months ago

    Jellyfin and the .arr suite.

    It’s absolutely incredible and I am so greatful to anyone with the skillset and dedication to develop and maintain things like these.

    Currently playing with Proxmox and HomeAssistant too.

    Hat of to all of you legends involved in FOSS

    • MeatsOfRage@lemmy.world
      10·
      3 months ago

      Same. I’m still primarily a Plex user for the player (it’s just easier for sharing libraries with everyone) but I love the arr stuff. Just got readarr setup for audio books and audiobookshelf for the player which is really nice.

      Probably my favorite feature of the arr suite is in Radarr and list subscribing. I’ve got mine connected to some good letterboxd lists along with things like tmdb popular to keep my library up to date with recent stuff. Also there’s some podcasts I listen to like The Rewatchables. I just subscribe to the lists of movies on letterboxd and I can easily keep up with the podcast.

    • SGG@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      4 months ago

      Make sure you get a reputable VPN to avoid issues with any “questionably acquired” content.

        • Passerby6497@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          3 months ago

          I’ve never been able to figure out how to use usenet. Do you have any suggestions on how to get started?

            • TunaLobster@lemmy.world
              2·
              3 months ago

              I’ve been very happy with a couple of indexers that I have paid for. I haven’t needed to really jump into the invite only world. There really is A LOT of content available easily. I’m sure more niche content might need more select access, but for me I haven’t gotten there. There was one Charlie Brown I have on VHS that took forever to find a better copy of, but I did eventually get a better version.

      • Scrollone@feddit.it
        1·
        3 months ago

        Only some countries need VPNs. If your country doesn’t care about piracy (e.g. Italy, Spain or Eastern Europe) just don’t bother paying for a VPN.

  • IamG0rb@infosec.pub
    65·
    4 months ago

    HomeAssistant, it’s such an awesome Tool. You want to combine your plant sensors with air quality sensors and an plant light? Easily done. You want to forward your mastodon follower count to an mqtt-LED-Pixel-Clock? No problem.

    It’s just an amazing piece of software.

    • xantoxis@lemmy.worldEnglish
      35·
      4 months ago

      My favorite thing I’ve done with hass is put a color-changing light bulb by my front door. It’s connected to the weather forecast. I know what the weather will be at a glance without a website or going outside. (Where I live, it’s not always obvious when I’m gonna get rained on.)

    • Graphy@lemmy.world
      6·
      3 months ago

      Oh nice I was wondering if there was like an all in one place to put my shitty automations. I’ve been oddly fixated on automating my blinds.

    • maiskanzler@feddit.nlDeutsch
      3·
      3 months ago

      Pretty cool, I use it as well. Works with basically everything thanks to the big community.

      I just wish it allowed for proper programming of the automations. I despise the YAML-as-code hack they are using. I get it, it’s much easier to offer a GUI editor for such a format. It feels very limited and cumbersome compared to regular programming though.

    • bastion@feddit.nl
      1·
      3 months ago

      Yeah, as far as FOSS I almost actually can’t live without: HomeAssistant controls my spring pump to the cistern so that the pipes don’t freeze.

  • Meltrax@lemmy.world
    53·
    3 months ago

    Jellyfin. Use it daily. Dropping more and more atreamjnf services, it’s been awesome.

    Honorable mentioned to Revanced.

  • ᗪᗩᗰᑎ@lemmy.ml
    53·
    3 months ago

    Notesnook.

    I was previously using Obsidian, which is great! but didn’t like that it was closed source. I then went on to try various options [0] but none of them felt “right”. I eventually found notesnook and it hit everything I was looking for [1]. It’s only gotten better in the last year I started using it and just recently they introduced the ability to host your own sync server, which is one of the requirements it didn’t initially make, but was on their roadmap.

    [0] Obsidian, Standard Notes, OneDrive, VSCode with addons, Joplin, Google Keep, Simple Notes, Crypt.ee, CryptPad (more of a collabroation suite, which I actually really like, but it did not fit the bill of a notes app), vim with addons, Logseq, Zettlr, etc.

    [1] Requirements in no particular order:

    • Open source client and server.
    • Cross-platform availability as I use Windows, Linux, Mac, and Android.
    • Cross-platform feature parity.
    • Doesn’t fight me over how notes should be taken - looking at Logseq’s lack of organization.
    • Easy notes syncing.
    • End-to-end encryption (E2EE). It’s about to be 2025, if the tools you’re picking up aren’t E2EE, you’re letting unknown strangers access your data and resell it. It doesn’t matter what their privacy policy says as that can always change and/or they can get compromised/compelled to expose your data.
    • Ability to publish notes.
    • Decent UX.
    • hikaru755@lemmy.world
      9·
      4 months ago

      Seconding this. Legitimately better than Google photos in a lot of ways, even if you don’t care about the data ownership aspect. If you’ve ever been annoyed at how Google Photos handles face detection / grouping, you’ll love Immich.

    • xantoxis@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      4 months ago

      Thirded. Immich has no right to be as good as it is after such a short time. Completely took down my google photos, finally, and I still have face recognition, word search and automatic backup from my phone.

  • Cyborganism@lemmy.ca
    47·
    4 months ago

    Mine will probably be Bottles.

    The team behind that application did a fantastic job. Wine was due for something much more user friendly like this. And integration with Proton, allowing 3D acceleration is the cherry on top.

  • 🐋 Color 🍁 ♀@lemm.eeEnglish
    45·
    4 months ago

    PCSX2. It’s an open-source PS2 emulator, and a dang good one at that. It has a high degree of compatibility and functionality. I absolutely adore it since so many of my favorite games happen to be PS2 games, and after playing some of my favorite games on this emulator, I realized just how much the PS2’s native resolution doesn’t do the graphics of the PS2’s best games justice.

    It is also free and available for Windows, Linux, and macOS!

    • Shape4985@lemmy.mlOP
      15·
      4 months ago

      Love PCSX2. I play a lot of old games as they have a charm to them and no micro transactions

      • 🐋 Color 🍁 ♀@lemm.eeEnglish
        9·
        4 months ago

        Same! Have you played the Ratchet and Clank original trilogy? The old games have this special charm to them that I don’t really see in the newer games of the series.

        • Sterile_Technique@lemmy.worldEnglish
          8·
          4 months ago

          If you happen to have easy access to the ROM, how’s “Star Wars: Racer Revenge” run?

          It’s the less popular but more fleshed out spiritual successor to the N64 pod racing game - the PS2’s take nailed the physics - the two engines and racer pod are (or at least feel like) three separate entities, and playing in first person view with the engines controlled separately by the left and right joysticks feels fucking magical.

          Tried to run it on PCSX2 years ago, but it was one of the few games that meshed so poorly with the emulator that it wasn’t playable. I’m guessing the emulator has seen some improvements since then - could definitely use a nice shot of nostalgia.

        • conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works
          3·
          4 months ago

          I haven’t played much of the older ones, but I really enjoyed Rifts Apart. It’s beautiful, but it’s also mechanically super polished and fluid, and while the storytelling isn’t really my style, I think they do it reasonably well.

  • MicrowavedTea@infosec.pub
    35·
    4 months ago
    • URLCheck: Bring back the “open link with…” functionality of android with so many more features
    • PassAndroid: I was looking for a wallet-type app to store tickets. This is the perfect combination of simple but works.

    I also started using KDEConnect recently just for the remote input function and I already consider it essential.

  • bastion@feddit.nl
    33·
    3 months ago

    This isn’t exactly “can’t live without,” that would be HomeAssistant. But what I Immediately thought of?

    Beyond All Reason

    This is an RTS game in the spirit of Total Annihilation.

    • labor of love
    • fully 3d, including ability to rotate or raise/lower view
    • tens of thousands of units without hardware lag for reasonably modem hardware (3-4 years old)
    • all shots actively rendered, leading to:
    • realistic friendly fire
    • even air units can get hit by ballistic shots targeting land units (although odds are fairly slim)
    • redirect-unit-to-dodge micro is effective in some situations
    • meaningful terrain
    • radar will have blind spots based on line-of-sight
    • radar gives clear indicator of coverage during placement
    • two factions, almost 200 units each, with tier 1, 2, and 3 units. A third (currently playable with a setting change) faction is in the works.
    • crafty, non-cheating ai opponents
    • free server hosting (!)
    • active servers all times of day

    The overall feel and balance of the game is great. The changes they make to balance are generally light and reasonable, and the game had a good community.

    Fam and friends play together often.

    • supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz
      4·
      3 months ago

      Well we can’t live without a modern game that acknowledges how awesome Total Annihilation is as an idea so effectively that means we can’t live without Beyond All Reason/The Spring Engine right?

      I mean Forged Alliance Forever is amazing and I am zero percent bashing it… and ok I guess we would still have Planetary Annihilation, and that game looks pretty awesome too…so I suppose technically we could live without Beyond All Reason but I doubt even the Planetary Annihilation devs would be happy about that world, I know the FAF community wouldnt be happy lol.

    • Statick@lemmy.world
      2·
      3 months ago

      Loved TA as a kid. Played it for countless hours on GameSpy and EA Zone. Will definitely give this a try, thank you!

  • jetsetdorito@lemm.ee
    32·
    3 months ago

    Immich as an alternative to Google Photos, it has all the main features but it’s self hosted.