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LocalSend, a cross platform alternative to airdrop and nearby share.

My family uses it for almost all of our filesharing. IPhone to android, iPhone to windows PC, android to macbook, etc. Its works really, really well.

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Yeah I just found that diamond!

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Just tried it - so simple, so good. Thanks for posting about this!

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I love this. Its great. I use this and syncthing if I want to move files across.

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thank you for this recommendation! i hope i can convince my friends to start using it

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I love it so much that I put it right away on my donations list.

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Just picked this up based on the up votes here, and I’m already a fan. Seems like it does what you want and nothing else, which is perfect.

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Has it some automation? Cron like?

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Ooh I use apps that use the Magic Wormhole library. There’s a linux app for it called Warp and several android apps, all FOSS.

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It’s a good idea for note taking.

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what is?

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KDEConnect - I use it on Windows and android phone. Very nice when you get security codes or links on phone, want to send files or when I want to control audio|video and I watch from the couch.

in general: Fdroid nearly always has a more feature rich and performant alternative

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For those wondering it is a linux-first software, and works better on there

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TrailSense, an easy to use, comprehensive wilderness tool.

The goals of the developer are fun to consider:

Goals

  • Trail Sense must not use the Internet in any way, as I want the entire app usable when there is no Internet connection

  • Features must provide some benefits to people using the app while hiking, in a survival situation, etc.

  • Features should make use of the sensors on a phone rather than relying on stored information such as guides

  • Features must be based on peer-reviewed science or be verified against real world data

Likewise, the features being developed under those goals are great for getting outside:

Features

  • Designed for hiking, backpacking, camping, and geocaching
  • Place beacons and navigate to them
  • Follow paths
  • Retrace your steps with backtrack
  • Use a photo as a map
  • Plan what to pack
  • Be alerted before the sun sets
  • Predict the weather
  • Use your phone for astronomy
  • And more
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How does the metal detector work? I’ve never heard of a phone being able to do that.

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It uses the magnetic field sensor on the phone (compass). It can only detect magnetically active metals and also kinda weakly, but it’s quite fun!

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Downloaded it and I love it!

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Can’t wait to take a picture of a trailhead map and try tracking myself on it.

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It works pretty well! I found in my one quick test that a pair of known points on a diagonal offer the best tracking. Definitely need to play with that feature again.

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Video Downloader. https://github.com/Unrud/video-downloader

Strips all junk off any video url so you have the mp4 or mkv.

Use this to add youtube videos/playlists to jellyfin. Doesn’t have to be youtube. Downloads any videos from a link.

Can also save audio only from video links if you want to.

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how does it compare to yt-dlp?

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it’s a GUI for yt-dlp

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It’s great for porn!

Source: Twenty years of experience

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And if you find yourself needing a less simple but more powerful tool for this:

https://github.com/mhogomchungu/media-downloader

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i’ve been using yt-dlp for youtube videos for ages (supports about a million others as well)

Supports metadata nicely which is beneficial, obviously.

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for a quick web based downloader I use https://cobalt.tools/

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Parabolic does the same thing better

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