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    • CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      7·
      2 个月前

      Absolutely LOVE syncthing. I recently had to go on an emergency trip and was glad I set up syncthing on my phone but hated that I didn’t set it up properly on my laptop.

      • Duamerthrax@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        2 个月前

        I love syncthing, but never managed to get permissions to work right on any of my android phones. I chalk that up to phone vendor fuckery though.

          • Duamerthrax@lemmy.worldEnglish
            3·
            2 个月前

            I’ll have to try it the next time I have time, but I’m also trying to switch to a real linux phone. Right now, I have to wait for a friend to travel to the EU to be there while Pine64 has what I’m looking for in stock.

              • Duamerthrax@lemmy.worldEnglish
                1·
                2 个月前

                And doesn’t ship PinePhone Pro motherboards to the US at all.

                I didn’t get into details because it wasn’t important, but they’re always be someone going “wELL AKTsHUally”. I already own a PinePhone, but it died. The easiest solution would be to get a new MB and swap it in.

        • CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          01·
          2 个月前

          You should know that there is no longer an official syncthing app and a clone has taken its place. It’s buggy but it works.

          Permissions are a bit tricky to set up but I believe the clone app does it correctly by asking for full file browsing permissions.

          • osugi_sakae@midwest.social
            2·
            2 个月前

            Just to be clear, there is no official app for Android (and, I assume iPhone). If you are using SyncThing on desktop or laptop computers, there are downloads at the official syncthing.net site. On Linux, it should be available from your distribution.

    • Echolynx@lemmy.zipEnglish
      2·
      2 个月前

      Syncthing has been a wonder to discover. Basically replaced any desire for me to rely on the cloud.

    • SorteKanin@feddit.dk
      1·
      2 个月前

      I’d love to use this but I just mostly don’t use multiple devices at the same time, so I don’t see how the sync would ever happen.

      • zeca@lemmy.ml
        3·
        2 个月前

        I have an instance on my phone running 24/7 which does the bridge. But i dont use much storage, i mainly work with text files, so the pc at work syncs with my phone, and when i get home my own pc gets the files from my phone immediatly. Its been working really well for years for me.

      • aspoleczny@lemmy.world
        1·
        2 个月前

        I’m in the same boat, so I had set up Syncthing more like centralised service - installed one instance on my home server, and made every other device sync only with it. Files propagates without issues.

  • LambdaRX@sh.itjust.works
    45·
    2 个月前

    Newpipe, an YouTube client, which is:

    • ad free

    • lightweight

    • useful, it allows downloading videos, music, and playing them when screen is locked

    • usable without account

    • multi-platform, it can also serve as client for the PeerTube, Bandcamp, SoundCloud

  • toothbrush@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    44·
    2 个月前

    KDE Connect: An app for iOS, android, pretty much every flavor of linux, windows, etc. that lets you connect any devices together to share files, show notifications of other devices, use your phone as an input device(keyboard, mouse), control multimedia applications(start, play, stop, etc.), trigger commands, and everything else if you make a plugin for it.

    • golden_zealot@lemmy.mlEnglish
      7·
      2 个月前

      The craziest thing I discovered when I started using it was when I noticed that because my desktop was now connected to my phone and my phone was connected to my watch, I could completely control the media on both from my watch and the integration felt natural - but also something I haven’t seen work that well in the proprietary world.

      • Deckname@discuss.tchncs.de
        6·
        2 个月前

        For me it was, that the video i was watching paused when i got a call and repeated the moment i hung up. FUTURE (or apple ecosystem, i suppose.)

        • golden_zealot@lemmy.mlEnglish
          3·
          2 个月前

          Yea! I forgot it did that as well, but when that happened I had that same reaction of “holy crap, anything proprietary isn’t even close to being this good”.

    • Echolynx@lemmy.zipEnglish
      3·
      2 个月前

      For some reason, I just can’t get my Kubuntu desktop and Android phone to talk to each other with this. It does weirdly connect just fine on Arch/EndeavourOS, though.

      • zeca@lemmy.ml
        2·
        2 个月前

        Maybe kubuntu has some weird firewall default settings. When i tried using opensuse some years ago, it took me quite some time to figure out that it was its firewall that wasnt letting me use my printer and some other stuff i cant remember

      • toothbrush@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        2·
        2 个月前

        I also have problems with one machine, it just refuses to see the others. It might have something to do with the firewall or SElinux, but I’m not sure.

    • etherphon@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      2 个月前

      I wish I could send a whole folder of files at once with this, mine seems to only work one file at a time.

      • 9bananas@feddit.org
        3·
        2 个月前

        workaround: zip the folder?

        i know it’s a little annoying, but it does make it into “one file” ;)

      • zeca@lemmy.ml
        2·
        2 个月前

        You can also share access to your phones entire filesystem with kde connect, so you can browse you phones storage from dolphin as if ot was connected through usb and copy entire folders to/from you phone.

        • etherphon@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          2 个月前

          Unfortunately I think my phone’s USB is only good for charging these days, but it’s a pixel 6A so it’s on the way out anyways. I’ll have to take a look at that I didn’t see it, thanks!

          • zeca@lemmy.ml
            2·
            2 个月前

            On the 3 dots menu, theres “configure plugins” (or smthing like that), then you have to enable something like “expose filesystem” (dont know the exact wording because mine is not in english).

      • Korhaka@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        1·
        2 个月前

        I recently found out that with Termux you can use rsync between Linux and Android devices.

    • iturnedintoanewt@lemmy.world
      2·
      2 个月前

      The next level i kinda wish it had (because it already has about everything else) would be to have the phone screen shown in the desktop.

      • cyberwolfie@lemmy.ml
        2·
        2 个月前

        You should be able to achieve that with scrcpy (at least with Android). Never got around to test it myself, so I can’t vouch for how well it works though. My usecase for it died with installing a mini-PC in my living room, and now it would only be a curiosity for me.

        • LH0ezVT@sh.itjust.works
          1·
          2 个月前

          Works quite well. Scrcpy is some great “just works” piece of software. I use it for all kinds of stuff, from typing with my PCs screen and keyboard in android apps, to remotely connecting to phones hooked up in a lab (using adb over SSH port forwarding, plus reverse forwarding whatevet 27… port scrcpy uses)

      • CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        01·
        2 个月前

        My only complaint with KeePass is that if any corruption occurs, your passwords are borked. I use KeePass for non-critical accounts, like Lemmy, etc. I don’t trust myself or the sync enough for storing my bank or other identity passwords.

        • SorteKanin@feddit.dk
          4·
          2 个月前

          I have used KeePass for many, many years and have never run into this. Besides, I usually have a copy of the database on some other device so I’m not too worried

            • Mika@sopuli.xyz
              12·
              2 个月前

              Beware that syncthing is a bad backup strategy as it will update to sync the broken file (or even file deletion). I advice to do some other sort of backup. Even a simple shell script that copies selected folders into selected location that you run from time to time is a better one.

              Edit1: I’ve looked at my script, I use rsync for that.

              • MalReynolds@slrpnk.netEnglish
                2·
                2 个月前

                I use rsync for that.

                As does syncthing under the hood. The issue is with backing up an open database and getting an inconsistent state, but KeepassXC keeps its database closed except on update. I also tick the backup old before save setting in KeepassXC (the aforementioned ‘and it’s backup’) and use a versioning backup of the sync directory on the desktop with 3-2-1, so I am sanguine.

              • TroublesomeTalker@feddit.ukEnglish
                2·
                2 个月前

                Syncthing can easily be set to retain the last n copies. And you only need one or two to protect against corruption because you aren’t editing a corrupted file. Likewise a lot of the KeepassX clients can snapshot periodically too. Been doing this for years with no issues over Linux/Win/iOS and Android.

    • Ropianos@feddit.org
      8·
      2 个月前

      I can also recommend Bitwarden which is a hosted password manager (enabling e.g. automatic sync). The commitment to FOSS is not as great (there have been some controversies AFAIK) but self-hosting is possible.

      • osugi_sakae@midwest.social
        21·
        2 个月前

        A little trick for people who are worried about putting business / work passwords in web-hosted managers such as Bitwarden: put just the username in Bitwarden, and put all the full information into KeepassXC.

        Bitwarden will recognize the site and fill in the username - meaning you are at the correct site and are not being phished. Then, you can fill in the password from KeepassXC. This gives the benefits of browser-based managers while keeping more sensitive passwords (and recovery info) local-only.

        • Ropianos@feddit.org
          2·
          2 个月前

          If it is only about fishing, why not use the KeePass browser plugin? That can also autofill by domain.

          • osugi_sakae@midwest.social
            3·
            2 个月前

            Good question - does the browser plug in sync to the internet or is any part of it internet accessible? I’ve not used it. I just know a lot of people are put off by the idea of their passwords being “in the cloud” or otherwise accessible through the internet. Looking at the add-on for Firefox, it looks like it communicates with the local keepassxc instance, which should be fine for many people.

            Thanks. I was not aware of this option.

  • Ardens@lemmy.ml
    391·
    2 个月前

    LibreOffice - simply the best office suite there is (IMHO). I was a MS-office user for years, but since I switched, I haven’t looked back…

  • Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works
    36·
    2 个月前

    LocalSend should be called God Send because it’ll save your life. It’s AirDrop, but for everything and open source. Works really well, no setup, no server.

    • Echolynx@lemmy.zipEnglish
      2·
      2 个月前

      I gotta figure out how it works and go through the setup one of these days. I’ve just been using Syncthing for my photos currently.

  • Ardens@lemmy.ml
    353·
    2 个月前

    GIMP - unlike Krita - which is made for drawing - this is made for photo-editing. It’s like Photoshop. The learning curve is a bit steep, but it is really powerful.

  • Ardens@lemmy.ml
    342·
    2 个月前

    Firefox - the original private webbrowser. Even though some people don’t like the options in it (like those that let you stream Netflix and other DRM content). If people care about privacy, they use this browser, or one that is made from it…