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KiCad. GNU Linux. Blender. Gqrx. Rclone. Syncthing
7 zip, VLC, Paint.net, proxmox, home assistant
I still can't get used to calling programs apps
It is a little strange. But even way back in the day we called PC software meant for user interaction "software applications".
Yeah I think people started calling software applications "programs" because that's easier to say.
And then Steve Jobs' made his biggest contribution to civilization and popularized the term app, which is even easier to say.
Librewolf, FFmpeg, Vim, Wine
YouTube clients like NewPipe
The Dialer.
- Comes with every phone
- 10+ digit number instantly connects you with millions of people, services, and institutions
- 3 digits connects you with life-saving emergency support
- Very low-latency voice support
- High quality audio (most of the time)
- No ads
- No obnoxious UI
All kidding aside, I'm routinely astounded at how we have yet to top the ease and utility of old-fashioned phone service.
Wow you’re right. How can we enshittify this? Perhaps you should hear an ad first before we connect you to the other side?
Shit I shouldn’t give them ideas
Plz delete this
God... Imagine being in the middle of an important call for say discussing family affairs for a dying family member and you just hear "there will be a 30 second advertisement break in 1 minute."... I'd probably pop a blood vessel.
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Home Assistant, not only an App but it changed the way i look at IoT/Smarthome and in that way it brings me a lot of comfort.
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OBS, and Blender. Two industry shaping software solutions that ere fully open source and free.
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Kodi
Lithium EPUB reader
Organic Maps. After switching to graphene, I quickly found plenty of apps replacing the "defaults" I had on stock android, however, a good app for maps was impossible to find until I stumbled over that one. Great UI, local maps, even has a navigation feature. Completely replaces google maps for me.
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NAPS2. I go paperless as much as possible, but still have to scan stuff sometimes. It's the GOAT for scanning.
systemd
LocalSend, Immich, Signal, Aurora store, Radio Garden, Gray Jay, yt-dlp, and Bitwarden just to name a few
yt-dlp is crazy... I didn't get that one until recently because I thought it was just for YouTube videos and didn't really ever want to download YT videos... But no, that shit works for nearly every site I've thrown at it. If you have any interest in downloading porn, its perfect for it.
So I've heard.
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Localsend is a real godsend. Getting stuff from my phone to my pc without having to search the files.
Proton. Literally makes any of the big linuxes into the streamos people are waiting for
Proton (and similarly, Wine) might be the most important FOSS project in a long time...
uBlock Origin leading the pack by at least a furlong.
Jellyfin.
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