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easyKL··on Dutch governments builds alternative for Microsoft based on NixOS
- Could you please justify your opinion? - Sure, here you have a link from Twitter And we all get a meme that is not funny.
easyKL··on Compressing a Flag to 11 Bits
Fennec (F-Droid's Gecko) renders it all greatly.
easyKL··on Extinct Media Museum Tokyo
Please allow me to add the following Japan Stationery Museum (Nihon Bungu Shiryokan) only in Japanese: https://www.nihonbungu.or.jp/shiryokan
easyKL··on The main thing about P2P meth is that there's so much of it (2021)
Map Men: There are NOT 195 countries https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nB688xBYdY
easyKL··on The Vatican's Website in Latin
Egyptian copts and XuJiaHui cathedral attendants would like to have a word with you.
easyKL··on France to ditch Windows for Linux to reduce reliance on US tech
AOSP = Android Open Source (Partially)
easyKL··on Bose has released API docs and opened the API for its EoL SoundTouch speakers
Unrelated to Bose's open hardware: The project Gadgetbridge has headsets and earplugs from various brands, but almost no Bose. https://gadgetbridge.org/gadgets/headphones/bose/ The community show interest, but still nothing. https://codeberg.org/Freeyourgadget/Gadgetbridge/issues?stat...
easyKL··on Unifi Travel Router
Please also consider the GL-iNEt Puli (XE300): - 5V 2A USB C connector and a 5000mAh battery - SIM and [not tested by myself] eSIM support. - Tailscale and Nebula available as a plug-in. - Main network and guest network can be set. - OpenWRT if you want the GL-iNET firmware.
easyKL··on Twake Drive – An open-source alternative to Google Drive
Projects like Valetudo, CoMaps, and Pixel Experience OS (to name a few) also rely on a Telegram group. Not everyone uses Matrix to build a community.
easyKL··on Wanted to spy on my dog, ended up spying on TP-Link
Locking the bootloader is important as it enables full verified boot https://grapheneos.org/install/cli#locking-the-bootloader
easyKL··on Celestia – Real-time 3D visualization of space
With some differences in features for the privacy conscious: https://f-droid.org/packages/space.celestia.mobilecelestia/
easyKL··on I bought a £16 smartwatch just because it used USB-C
I'm sure this is what commenter meant. GadgetBridge even works without the need of accessing the internet, and open source app that gets regular updates and has a nightly build available. I get my wearables and others from their list of supported devices https://gadgetbridge.org/gadgets/
easyKL··on Graphene OS: a security-enhanced Android build
Need the Maps data, the satellite picture, or StreetView? All these past years this WebView wrapper have been working like a charm https://f-droid.org/packages/us.spotco.maps
easyKL··on Jellyfin as a Spotify alternative
France Inter Paris (FIP) it's awesome!

And remember you can always get the audio steam through HTTP Live Streaming (HLS), on its M3U format, or others with better quality. There are many Android apps like Transistor to enjoy the stream, and even VLC can open these, in order to avoid using a web browser.

Likewise, I prefer online radios than big tech algorithms that craft my music experience.

easyKL··on Owning my own data, part 1: Integrating a self-hosted calendar solution
Another route is to go serverless and use DecSync. Thunderbird (or Evolution) will sync with the Android app (F-Droid available) and your Cal, your Cards, and tasks, and even RSS will be replicated on the other peers.

https://github.com/39aldo39/DecSync

easyKL··on F-Droid's Progress and What's Coming in 2025
*KOReader
easyKL··on F-Droid's Progress and What's Coming in 2025
Librera FD (F-Droid) has OPDS stripped out. https://github.com/foobnix/LibreraReader/issues/1335 But you can get the Play Store version through Obtainium. It's the PRO version (also available with Obtainium) the one with OPDS support.

Kore reader also can open OPDS collections.

easyKL··on Grayjay Desktop App
On your desktop please try Freetube. You can also import your NewPipe backup (history and subscriptions) Freetube will also allow you to have different profiles, that you could use one per device and regularly import their backups.
easyKL··on How I write code using Cursor
Recent interview to Cursor developers: https://lexfridman.com/cursor-team
easyKL··on Map of forest sounds from around the world
There are also the field recordings (mostly urban) from Tsonami https://www.audiomapa.org/

Worth mentioning the huge database of Freesound https://freesound.org/browse/geotags/

easyKL··on Don't be terrified of Pale Fire
You might enjoy this video: _Blade Runner 2049 | "Cells Interlinked" and Pale Fire (LITERALLY ME! INCELS INTERLINKED)_ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtLvtMqWNz8
easyKL··on Modernizing the AntennaPod Code Structure
Still waiting for them to catch up and join the revolution of sat streaming, boostagrams , and other Podcasting 2.0 features. Still my app of choice (due to F-Droid availability and many years of playback history).
easyKL··on Librum: Open-Source e-book platform
I came to the comment section expecting to read about Kavita. Thank you.

Luckily also other projects like Librera and KOReader (for other uses) were mentioned here too.

Don't forget about that marvelous standard called OPDS.

easyKL··on Building a freedom-friendly WiFi pocket-router (2020)
Make sure you have a good AC adapter and cable. Mine it's the GL-MT300N (v2) and I keep on missing the signal (although it's not rebooting). Not the proper voltage or amps might be the reason.
easyKL··on Maxar's Open Satellite Feed
They stopped sharing: as of July 2023, Maxar has revoked API access to its imagery for OSM editors. https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Maxar
easyKL··on Getting my library cards onto my phone the hard way
Thank you. I was exepcting a comment on the great Catima. The beauty of F-Droid available Android apps.
easyKL··on F-Droid: Android FOSS app store
Another app to interact with HN is Materialistic. It's old, but it does the trick. The widget to show the top stories is its best feature. https://f-droid.org/en/packages/io.github.hidroh.materialist...
easyKL··on Austria rail operator OeBB unveils new night trains
Having the ticket control at station building before accessing the platform (airport alike) can be very fast when efficiently done.
easyKL··on Malicious Android Apps Slip into Disguise
I don't remember last time I read about malicious code found on an app here: forum.f-droid.org/ Code is available, and license allow the project to distribute them.
easyKL··on Apollo will close down on June 30th
Although your examples are very centralized projects, your thoughts about the next social media platform is the desired way to go.
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