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

  • toastal@lemmy.ml
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    2 months ago

    This was the year I tried out Darcs & Pijul. With conflicts being less problematic & easier to collab without patch order mattering, you gotta wonder why all of this effort is still put into bolting stuff atop Git instead of moving on & helping the tooling in this space.

    Second place would be Movim as a decentralized social media platform built atop the XMPP server you are already running.

  • chiliedogg@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I didn’t discover it this uear, but I started using QGIS professionally when the small city that hired me to, among a lot of other duties, be the new GIS department.

    Turns out they thought ArcGIS cost the same as like Office or Acrobat, and they didn’t budget for it for the fiscal year that started 2 weeks before I started working.

    Anyway, I’ve gotten pretty good with QGIS, and we’re sticking with it. It does everything I need it to do, and I can still pull stuff from most REST servers.

    • Sʏʟᴇɴᴄᴇ@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      2 months ago

      We’ve been using QGIS at my company for almost 8 years at this point and I really love it. The python integration and deep plugin repository render it head and shoulders above ESRI. Although I admit for enterprise solutions many will still require the turn-key solutions esri offer.

    • Knoxvomica@lemmy.ca
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      2 months ago

      As a GIS person all I can is …fuck yeah. I’m for better or worse deeply embedded in the ESRI world but I’ve started dabbling in FOSS GIS software and honestly it’s all damn good. I don’t understand how ESRI charges what they do. Also, FME is amazing if you haven’t tried it yet (not free or open source) but awesome for quick visual development and data ETL.

      • chiliedogg@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        I will give ESRI credit for their online stuff. It’s expensive, but it’s also pretty great. We’re actually thinking about getting an online subscription but no software licenses.

    • Preston Maness ☭@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Turns out they thought ArcGIS cost the same as like Office or Acrobat, and they didn’t budget for it for the fiscal year that started 2 weeks before I started working.

      ESRI is in the position that Microsoft and Adobe want to be in, a de-facto monopoly.

  • Passerby6497@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Audiobookshelf. I’ve started using it this year, and I’ve not listened to it for a single day since I started lol. Its amazing to keep track of my podcasts and audiobooks. My only complaint is the app doesn’t do autoplay for podcasts but headset media controls work, and the web client autoplays podcasts, but my media controls don’t work. Even with those minor complaints, its an amazing tool that I don’t know how I’d live without again.

  • jetsetdorito@lemm.ee
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    2 months ago

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

    • Scrollone@feddit.it
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      2 months ago

      Is it stable yet to use it? I’ve seen it and it looks promising, but it’s also under active development.

      • jetsetdorito@lemm.ee
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        2 months ago

        I’ve never had anything bad happen to my library, but I do back it up regularly. The only “bad” thing might be there’s often breaking changes where you just need to update your docker compose yml when you pull a new immich update.

  • small44@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Not discovered last year but ffmpeg.Crazy how many tools it can replace and how many usecase it has

    • Mesa@programming.dev
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      2 months ago

      What exactly is FFMPEG an alternative to? I keep hearing people mention it, but I’ve never stopped to look into it until now.

      I tend to do some very basic video editing just to put an image with an audio file so I can upload my music to YouTube. This can do what I need it to do? To what degree can this replace a video editor with a full graphical interface?

      Edit: Nevermind. I definitely misunderstood what the tool was at a fundamental level. Got it now.

  • Bronzie@sh.itjust.works
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    2 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

    • SGG@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 months ago

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

        • Passerby6497@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          2 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
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              2 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.

    • MeatsOfRage@lemmy.world
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      2 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

  • sun_is_ra@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    2 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
    • theshatterstone54@feddit.uk
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      2 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
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        2 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.

    • Shape4985@lemmy.mlOP
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      2 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.

    • Otter@lemmy.caEnglish
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      2 months ago

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