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What are some FOSS programs that are objectively better than their proprietary counterparts?

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  • It also works as a weather provider for Gadgetbridge!

    • What programs do you wish a good FOSS alternative existed, but doesn't or most of the FOSS alternatives simply aren't good?

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  • I have been using OpenSCAD to make models for 3D-printing. I know this is a specific use case, and I have no experience with the "real" CAD software, but OpenSCAD makes sense to me as a programmer.

    • What programs do you wish a good FOSS alternative existed, but doesn't or most of the FOSS alternatives simply aren't good?

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  • You might be interested in postmarketOS They try to mainline older Android devices. It works pretty well on the PinePhone, too.

    As far as I understand, the hardware-adaptive part is difficult to implement because ARM systems do not have automatic hardware detection like x86/x64 PCs do, so the hardware list (tree) has to be known for each device, that hardware is mostly proprietary and requires proprietary drivers. All of which results in Android phones using different per-phone-model kernels.

    • What are some FOSS programs that are objectively better than their proprietary counterparts?

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  • The code is on Codeberg, as seen on their site.

    And it's free on F-Droid. Playstore has it for $8, which goes to the developer (and probably supporting the conversations.im XMPP server)

    • What are some FOSS programs that are objectively better than their proprietary counterparts?

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  • Markor: one of the few Android text editors/notepads that saves text to text files (crazy idea, right?) and works rally well with Syncthing.

    Conversations.im for Android is an incredibly well made XMPP/Jabber messenger, and their message polling and real-time message delivery is unmatched AFAIK.

    ratbag (and the frontend, piper) is a tool for remapping buttons on mice with a sensible interface. Beats installing proprietary Logitech software.

    • Why do Americanized names of places etc exist?

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  • Ukraine had a "Kyiv not Kiev" campaign, which is more or less a request to do exactly what the post is asking about, call a place by how it sounds in its native language. But I am fairly certain it is still Kiev, Kiyev, and a variation of that in many other places, and the country is still called Ukraine in English, and not Ukraïna.

    • Why do Americanized names of places etc exist?

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  • But you would call Alexander or Alexandra "Sasha" or even "Shura" in some Slavic languages. And you call Robert "Bob" in the US.

    On the same topic, are "Alexander", "Aleksandr" and "Oleksandr" the same name or not? What about "John" and "Ivan"?

    • A 'US-Made iPhone' Is Pure Fantasy

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  • Plus, AFAIK, Purism is one of the few companies that pays their developers to write FOSS code, which produced the Phosh UI, basic call and text apps, and mobile-friendly UI library.

    • A 'US-Made iPhone' Is Pure Fantasy

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  • By "nonstandard SIM" do you mean one of two common SIM sizes that are not "nano", which is preferred by current phones?

    GNSS means it's global. Which includes US GPS, as well as Europe's Galileo, Russia's GLONASS, and China's BeiDou. Wikipedia

    • How does Google make money from Gmail, the google calendar, drive or other services when used with third party front ends?

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  • TBH I haven't used traffic feature (or WeGo, really) enough to know if it's good.

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  • Has been since 2018, and acquisition news caused quite an upset at the time.

    • How does Google make money from Gmail, the google calendar, drive or other services when used with third party front ends?

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  • I have been using Organic Maps for many years. They are offline-first, and use OpenStreetMap for the data. Since it's OpenStreetMap, quality might vary by country and even city.

    If you're looking for more commercial app, HERE WeGo / Here Maps has traffic and online accounts.

    • Looking for a good RSS Reader

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  • I just installed Miniflux on my server as well.

    Advantages (in my opinion) are: Package is in Debian repos (safe and no compilation needed), software is a static binary (thus does not require docker and only needs postgreSQL), documentation is good.

    • Discord going public. Plz help a future refugee.

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  • This tool looks fantastic, thank you!

    • Discord going public. Plz help a future refugee.

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  • And Snikket for super-easy setup and management

    • Discord going public. Plz help a future refugee.

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    • When was the last time some, crazy, random, extremely well produced, content like "Kung Fury" happened?

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    • When was the last time some, crazy, random, extremely well produced, content like "Kung Fury" happened?

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  • Check out Angie Tribeca. It's a parody cop show with non-stop nonsense similar to how Kung Fury is.

    Right before Kung Fury, there was Iron Sky. Moon Nazis, Sarah Palin as the U.S. president, and just generally over the top. Iron Sky 2 was kinda meh.

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  • Thank you for your comments.

    Nothing irritates me more than walls of code without any comments and the "cOdE sHoUld bE sElf-DoCuMenTiNg" attitude. No, it's impossible to describe complex industry-specific processes by naming your variables and functions nicely.

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  • Xed editor comes close in terms of handling files-as-files, but I found it more cumbersome and buggy than Markor.