• gandalftheBlack@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Proxmox, opnsense, fdroid, and many more on r/selfhosted (now on lemmy also) .

    sunshine, moonlight ( play my games anywhere in the world, games run on my pc at home)

    Firefox (the best browser against google monopoly), thunderbird (best mail client)

    LineageOS, microG, Mozilla Location services, Magisk, aurora store (let me use Android without any of google tracking)

    Bitwarden, Proton mail/vpn, Nextcloud (finally no gmail tracking)

    Jellyfin, kodi (lets me create my own Netflix)

    GNU/Linux, GNOME, KDE and host of other Linux projects. No more windows tracking. Also if you want to really know how the OS works, you should start tinkering with Linux. I expanded my knowledge base by just using Linux as daily driver.

    The list just goes on and on. I am so grateful for all the open source devs that put their time in developing these tools.

    For those wanting to go further, checkout https://github.com/awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted

    • parsonpigeon@feddit.uk
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      1 year ago

      I always read there are better alternatives to VLC that give better playback features or a higher quality picture. I try them but always come back to it as there are always problems.

      Potplayer, Mplayer, MPV.

      Whether it’s stupidly high CPU usage on some files, settings you need to manage through a config file, or unintuitive keyboard shortcuts. I forgo those features for the simplicity and easy configuration of VLC

  • GnuLinuxDude@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Not by importance. Obviously that would be the Linux kernel, GCC and GNU coreutils, and the Firefox web browser, among some other foundational things (code to run my desktop GUI, for example).

    So, I’ll say my favorite is PCSX2. Ever since they got rid of the ancient plugin architecture this emulator has been getting sooooooo much better, and it was already great! I would add other top tier emulators like Dolphin, DuckStation, SNES9X, SameBoy, and so on. I just love emulators :)

  • gballantine@lemmy.bitgoblin.tech
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    1 year ago

    I’d go with either Firefox or Thunderbird. Both are immensely useful pieces of software that I use on a daily basis, and have evolved (mostly) nicely over time.

    Not to give Mozilla too much credit, Nextcloud is also pretty slick!

  • Red Wizard 🪄@lemmygrad.ml
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    1 year ago

    Uptime Kuma is a fantastic selfhosted status page system. You can use it to track and notify you of network outages or it can scrape a url for a key word and alert you when it’s found. I’ve heard people using the keyword feature to find out when RPI go back in stock for example.

    I use it at work to keep track of our systems and their uptime as well as cloud systems we use.