Off the Grid Messenger
Off The Grid (OTG) Messenger is an easy way for people to communicate through text messages when in remote areas. With a theoretical transmission range of 10 miles (16kms), OTG messenger can be used by groups of people to stay connected when they are in areas not serviced by mobile connectivity.
For portability and low power purposes, the device was created by re-purposing an old Nokia e63 phone I had laying around. The enclosure, LCD, keypad, backlighting and speaker have been re-used however the motherboard was re-designed from the ground up with low power components, a modern STM32 H7 microcontroller, an ISM LoRA radio and expanded flash memory.
https://github.com/TrevorAttema/OTGMessenger
Comments
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27659105
https://hackaday.com/2021/06/26/lora-messenger-in-nokias-shell/
#otg #offthegrid #grid #im #messenger #alternatives #cellphone #mobile #nokia
Off The Grid (OTG) Messenger is an easy way for people to communicate through text messages when in remote areas. With a theoretical transmission range of 10 miles (16kms), OTG messenger can be used by groups of people to stay connected when they are in areas not serviced by mobile connectivity.
For portability and low power purposes, the device was created by re-purposing an old Nokia e63 phone I had laying around. The enclosure, LCD, keypad, backlighting and speaker have been re-used however the motherboard was re-designed from the ground up with low power components, a modern STM32 H7 microcontroller, an ISM LoRA radio and expanded flash memory.
https://github.com/TrevorAttema/OTGMessenger
Comments
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27659105
https://hackaday.com/2021/06/26/lora-messenger-in-nokias-shell/
#otg #offthegrid #grid #im #messenger #alternatives #cellphone #mobile #nokia
The best free Audacity Alternatives
https://www.ghacks.net/2021/07/04/the-best-free-audacity-alternatives/
All alternatives listed below lack at least one of the main characteristics of Audacity. They are either only available for one operating system, e.g. Windows, not open source, don't offer the same set of core features, or lack in other departments.
Audacity Forks
Audacity is an open source project, and developers started to fork the application as soon as the announcement hit the Internet that the project team changed.
Forks match all main characteristics of Audacity, but there is no "main" fork yet that all disgruntled developers and users switched to.
Here is a link to a promising forks (because it is updated regularly)
https://github.com/cookiengineer/audacity
#alternatives #audacity #audio #editor
https://www.ghacks.net/2021/07/04/the-best-free-audacity-alternatives/
All alternatives listed below lack at least one of the main characteristics of Audacity. They are either only available for one operating system, e.g. Windows, not open source, don't offer the same set of core features, or lack in other departments.
Audacity Forks
Audacity is an open source project, and developers started to fork the application as soon as the announcement hit the Internet that the project team changed.
Forks match all main characteristics of Audacity, but there is no "main" fork yet that all disgruntled developers and users switched to.
Here is a link to a promising forks (because it is updated regularly)
https://github.com/cookiengineer/audacity
#alternatives #audacity #audio #editor
ghacks.net
The best free Audacity Alternatives
Here are the best free alternatives to the open source cross-platform audio editor Audacity.
Rclone Remount
Remount cloud storage locally during boot via rclone & fusermount directly on your Android powered smart device.
Virtually limitless storage expansion with support for dozens of cloud providers including Dropbox, GDrive, OneDrive, SFTP & many more. Extremely useful for devices without physical storage expansion capabilities. Also great for streaming large media files without need for full caching. Binaries compiled using Termux.
Features:
Support for arm, arm64, & x86
Huge list of supported cloud storage providers
Apps with ability to specify paths can access /mnt/cloud/
Most file explorers work just fine (issue #9)
Mount points use names of remote(s) in rclone.conf
Specify custom rclone params for each remote via /sdcard/.rclone/.REMOTE.param
Access remotes via http://127.0.0.1:38762
Access remotes via ftp://127.0.0.1:38763
Mount bind to /sdcard/ (see issue #5)
Support for Work Profiles
https://github.com/Magisk-Modules-Repo/com.piyushgarg.rclone
#rclone #remount #cloud #alternatives
Remount cloud storage locally during boot via rclone & fusermount directly on your Android powered smart device.
Virtually limitless storage expansion with support for dozens of cloud providers including Dropbox, GDrive, OneDrive, SFTP & many more. Extremely useful for devices without physical storage expansion capabilities. Also great for streaming large media files without need for full caching. Binaries compiled using Termux.
Features:
Support for arm, arm64, & x86
Huge list of supported cloud storage providers
Apps with ability to specify paths can access /mnt/cloud/
Most file explorers work just fine (issue #9)
Mount points use names of remote(s) in rclone.conf
Specify custom rclone params for each remote via /sdcard/.rclone/.REMOTE.param
Access remotes via http://127.0.0.1:38762
Access remotes via ftp://127.0.0.1:38763
Mount bind to /sdcard/ (see issue #5)
Support for Work Profiles
https://github.com/Magisk-Modules-Repo/com.piyushgarg.rclone
#rclone #remount #cloud #alternatives
GitHub
GitHub - Magisk-Modules-Repo/com.piyushgarg.rclone
Contribute to Magisk-Modules-Repo/com.piyushgarg.rclone development by creating an account on GitHub.
Best Open Source Slack Alternatives for Team Communication
https://itsfoss.com/open-source-slack-alternative/
Zulip: An Interesting Open-Source Alternative to Slack
https://itsfoss.com/zulip/
@itsfoss_official
#slack #collaboration #teams #sw #alternatives
https://itsfoss.com/open-source-slack-alternative/
Zulip: An Interesting Open-Source Alternative to Slack
https://itsfoss.com/zulip/
@itsfoss_official
#slack #collaboration #teams #sw #alternatives
It's FOSS
Ditch Slack With These Open Source Team Chat Tools
Here, we shall take a look at the best open source slack alternatives that you can choose to communicate with your team at work.
DISCONTINUATION OF THE VANCED PROJECT
Vanced has been discontinued. In the coming days, the download links will be taken down. The Discord server, Telegram chat and subreddit will stay for the time being. We know this is not something you wanted to hear, but it's something we had to do. We want to thank you all for the support over the years.
Edit (1): The existing version will continue to work.
Edit (2): It was done due to legal reasons..
https://t.me/Vanced/197
https://t.me/NoGoolag/2284
#vanced #youtube #alternatives
Vanced has been discontinued. In the coming days, the download links will be taken down. The Discord server, Telegram chat and subreddit will stay for the time being. We know this is not something you wanted to hear, but it's something we had to do. We want to thank you all for the support over the years.
Edit (1): The existing version will continue to work.
Edit (2): It was done due to legal reasons..
https://t.me/Vanced/197
https://t.me/NoGoolag/2284
#vanced #youtube #alternatives
Telegram
Vanced
DISCONTINUATION OF THE VANCED PROJECT
Vanced has been discontinued. In the coming days, the download links will be taken down. The Discord server, Telegram chat and subreddit will stay for the time being. We know this is not something you wanted to hearβ¦
Vanced has been discontinued. In the coming days, the download links will be taken down. The Discord server, Telegram chat and subreddit will stay for the time being. We know this is not something you wanted to hearβ¦
We already have a list of open-source alternatives to mainstream social media platforms like Twitter.
Take a look π΅οΈββοΈ
https://itsfoss.com/mainstream-social-media-alternaives/
@itsfoss_official
#alternatives #social
Take a look π΅οΈββοΈ
https://itsfoss.com/mainstream-social-media-alternaives/
@itsfoss_official
#alternatives #social
It's FOSS
11 Decentralized, Open Source Alternative Social Media Platforms
Tired of Big Tech prying on your data and invading your privacy? Here are some open source, decentralized alternate social platforms.
Awesome-totally-open-ChatGPT
A list of open alternatives to ChatGPT
ChatGPT is GPT-3.5 with RLHF (Reinforcement Learning with Human Feedback) for chat system.
By alternative, I mean projects feature different language model for chat system. Projects are not counted if they are:
β’ alternative frontend projects because they just call the API from OpenAI.
β’ alternative transformer decoder β’ models to GPT 3.5 either because the training data of them are (mostly) not for chat system.
https://github.com/nichtdax/awesome-totally-open-chatgpt
#ai #chatgpt #assistant #alternatives
A list of open alternatives to ChatGPT
ChatGPT is GPT-3.5 with RLHF (Reinforcement Learning with Human Feedback) for chat system.
By alternative, I mean projects feature different language model for chat system. Projects are not counted if they are:
β’ alternative frontend projects because they just call the API from OpenAI.
β’ alternative transformer decoder β’ models to GPT 3.5 either because the training data of them are (mostly) not for chat system.
https://github.com/nichtdax/awesome-totally-open-chatgpt
#ai #chatgpt #assistant #alternatives
GitHub
GitHub - nichtdax/awesome-totally-open-chatgpt: A list of totally open alternatives to ChatGPT
A list of totally open alternatives to ChatGPT. Contribute to nichtdax/awesome-totally-open-chatgpt development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Decentralized Communication - #SolutionsWatch
As the internet clampdown begins, people are finally waking up to the need to find alternative communication platforms. But if the masses are just herded from one centralized platform to another, has anything really changed at all? Join James for today's important edition of #SolutionsWatch, where he examines some of the many decentralized communication networks, platforms and protocols that are being developed to address the root of the censorship problem.
https://www.corbettreport.com/solutionswatch-communication
#alternatives
As the internet clampdown begins, people are finally waking up to the need to find alternative communication platforms. But if the masses are just herded from one centralized platform to another, has anything really changed at all? Join James for today's important edition of #SolutionsWatch, where he examines some of the many decentralized communication networks, platforms and protocols that are being developed to address the root of the censorship problem.
https://www.corbettreport.com/solutionswatch-communication
#alternatives
π΄ App download / install / manage
Google PlayStoreβ’ can be installed with #minmicrog and other microg installers. Some apps you bought with a Google account may require it to check for licenses.
If it doesn't work check possible solutions here: https://t.me/NoGoolag/19314 ( #issues )
You can buy apps with your Google account from a web browser and then download it with Google playstore / Aurora Store / Yalp Store
Don't buy apps to Google, you're financing that evil corporation with the 30% cut they take from every app sold
Here are some better alternatives to get and manage Android apps:
π F-Droid
apks from f-droid.org repository or extra repositories
https://t.me/NoGoolag/1034
π Aurora Droid (F-Droid foss client)
apks from f-droid.org repository or extra repositories
https://t.me/NoGoolag/1242
π Aurora Store (Google Playstore foss client)
apks from Google Playstore
https://t.me/NoGoolag/1123
β οΈ Google broke the search function in Aurora Store at the moment. Try the nightly version. You may find more info at @AuroraSupport
or https://gitlab.com/AuroraOSS/AuroraStore
π Neo Store (F-Droid foss client)
https://t.me/NoGoolag/14666
π Droidify (F-Droid foss client)
https://github.com/Iamlooker/Droid-ify/releases
π App Lounge by eOS (Foss/commercial/pwa)
https://doc.e.foundation/support-topics/app_lounge
π Obtainium (Foss apps from multiple sources)
https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium
π Accrescent
https://accrescent.app
π Skydroid
https://github.com/redsolver/skydroid
https://get.skydroid.app
π Foxy Droid (F-Droid foss client)
apks from f-droid.org repository or extra repositories
https://f-droid.org/app/nya.kitsunyan.foxydroid/
https://github.com/kitsunyan/foxy-droid
π apkeep
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/09/introducing-apkeep-eff-threat-labs-new-apk-downloader
https://github.com/EFForg/apkeep
π APKGrabber
apks from Google Play, APKPure, APKMirror or Uptodown (enable Izzy repo)
https://f-droid.org/app/de.apkgrabber
π APKMirror
apks from APKMirror
https://f-droid.org/app/taco.apkmirror
π ApkTrack
Updates on PlayStore and other sources
https://f-droid.org/app/fr.kwiatkowski.ApkTrack
π Kali Nethunter Store
Pentesting apps
https://store.nethunter.com
π Evozi apk downloader (website)
https://apps.evozi.com/apk-downloader
π Raccoon
APK Downloader for Linux, Windows and MacOS
https://raccoon.onyxbits.de
π΄ App management
π AppManager
@AppManagerChannel
https://github.com/MuntashirAkon/AppManager
https://f-droid.org/repo/io.github.muntashirakon.AppManager
π AppWarden
https://t.me/AuroraOfficial/59
Izzy repo https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/repo/com.aurora.warden
π /d/gapps
Delete/disable GApps and other bloatwares
https://t.me/NoGoolag/1247
π Batch Uninstaller
Uninstall multiple applications at once
https://f-droid.org/app/com.saha.batchuninstaller
π Apk Extractor
Extract APKs from your device, even if installed from the Playstore. Root access
https://f-droid.org/app/axp.tool.apkextractor
π OpenAPK
App manager uninstall, hide, disable, extract, share
https://f-droid.org/app/com.dkanada.openapk
π NeoBackup
https://github.com/NeoApplications/Neo-Backup
π΄ App info
π¬ ClassyShark3xodus
Scan apps for trackers
https://f-droid.org/app/com.oF2pks.classyshark3xodus
π¬ Exodus Privacy
Analyzes privacy concerns in apps from Google Play store
https://f-droid.org/app/org.eu.exodus_privacy.exodusprivacy
π¬ App Watcher
Follow updates and changelogs of apps in Play Store not currently installed on your device (enable Izzy repo)
https://f-droid.org/app/com.anod.appwatcher
π¬ Stanley
Explore app info for developers
https://f-droid.org/app/fr.xgouchet.packageexplorer
π‘ @NoGoolag π‘ @Libreware
#apk #install #app #playstore #store #alternatives #fdroid #aurora #yalp #huawei
Google PlayStoreβ’ can be installed with #minmicrog and other microg installers. Some apps you bought with a Google account may require it to check for licenses.
If it doesn't work check possible solutions here: https://t.me/NoGoolag/19314 ( #issues )
You can buy apps with your Google account from a web browser and then download it with Google playstore / Aurora Store / Yalp Store
Don't buy apps to Google, you're financing that evil corporation with the 30% cut they take from every app sold
Here are some better alternatives to get and manage Android apps:
π F-Droid
apks from f-droid.org repository or extra repositories
https://t.me/NoGoolag/1034
π Aurora Droid (F-Droid foss client)
apks from f-droid.org repository or extra repositories
https://t.me/NoGoolag/1242
π Aurora Store (Google Playstore foss client)
apks from Google Playstore
https://t.me/NoGoolag/1123
β οΈ Google broke the search function in Aurora Store at the moment. Try the nightly version. You may find more info at @AuroraSupport
or https://gitlab.com/AuroraOSS/AuroraStore
π Neo Store (F-Droid foss client)
https://t.me/NoGoolag/14666
π Droidify (F-Droid foss client)
https://github.com/Iamlooker/Droid-ify/releases
π App Lounge by eOS (Foss/commercial/pwa)
https://doc.e.foundation/support-topics/app_lounge
π Obtainium (Foss apps from multiple sources)
https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium
π Accrescent
https://accrescent.app
π Skydroid
https://github.com/redsolver/skydroid
https://get.skydroid.app
π Foxy Droid (F-Droid foss client)
apks from f-droid.org repository or extra repositories
https://f-droid.org/app/nya.kitsunyan.foxydroid/
https://github.com/kitsunyan/foxy-droid
π apkeep
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/09/introducing-apkeep-eff-threat-labs-new-apk-downloader
https://github.com/EFForg/apkeep
π APKGrabber
apks from Google Play, APKPure, APKMirror or Uptodown (enable Izzy repo)
https://f-droid.org/app/de.apkgrabber
π APKMirror
apks from APKMirror
https://f-droid.org/app/taco.apkmirror
π ApkTrack
Updates on PlayStore and other sources
https://f-droid.org/app/fr.kwiatkowski.ApkTrack
π Kali Nethunter Store
Pentesting apps
https://store.nethunter.com
π Evozi apk downloader (website)
https://apps.evozi.com/apk-downloader
π Raccoon
APK Downloader for Linux, Windows and MacOS
https://raccoon.onyxbits.de
π΄ App management
π AppManager
@AppManagerChannel
https://github.com/MuntashirAkon/AppManager
https://f-droid.org/repo/io.github.muntashirakon.AppManager
π AppWarden
https://t.me/AuroraOfficial/59
Izzy repo https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/repo/com.aurora.warden
π /d/gapps
Delete/disable GApps and other bloatwares
https://t.me/NoGoolag/1247
π Batch Uninstaller
Uninstall multiple applications at once
https://f-droid.org/app/com.saha.batchuninstaller
π Apk Extractor
Extract APKs from your device, even if installed from the Playstore. Root access
https://f-droid.org/app/axp.tool.apkextractor
π OpenAPK
App manager uninstall, hide, disable, extract, share
https://f-droid.org/app/com.dkanada.openapk
π NeoBackup
https://github.com/NeoApplications/Neo-Backup
π΄ App info
π¬ ClassyShark3xodus
Scan apps for trackers
https://f-droid.org/app/com.oF2pks.classyshark3xodus
π¬ Exodus Privacy
Analyzes privacy concerns in apps from Google Play store
https://f-droid.org/app/org.eu.exodus_privacy.exodusprivacy
π¬ App Watcher
Follow updates and changelogs of apps in Play Store not currently installed on your device (enable Izzy repo)
https://f-droid.org/app/com.anod.appwatcher
π¬ Stanley
Explore app info for developers
https://f-droid.org/app/fr.xgouchet.packageexplorer
π‘ @NoGoolag π‘ @Libreware
#apk #install #app #playstore #store #alternatives #fdroid #aurora #yalp #huawei
Adobe just announced new terms that say they will do whatever they want with your content, so here are some alternatives to consider.
3DS Max
Blender
Acrobat
Evince (read)
Inkscape (edit multi page)
LibreOffice_Draw (create, edit, sign)
LibreOffice_Writer (create)
Nextcloud LibreSign (sign)
Okular (read, annotate, sign)
OnlyOffice (read, edit)
PDF-Shuffler (merge, arrange, delete)
XReader (read)
AdobeXD
Akira
Figma
Lunacy
Pencil
Penpot
After Effects
Astrofox (audio responsive animations)
BlackMagicDesign Fusion (proprietary)
HitFilm (proprietary)
Natron
Animate
Blender (3D)
Friction
Glaxnimate (2D)
Synfig (2D)
Audition
Tenacity
Audor
LMMS
Cinema 4D
Blender
Fresco
Krita
Illustrator
Inkscape
Krita
sK1
InDesign
Lyx
Scribus
Lightroom
Darktable
Raw Therapee
Paint
Krita
MyPaint
Photoshop
GIMP
Krita
PremierePro
DavinciResolve (proprietary)
Kdenlive
Olive Video
OpenShot
Pitivi
Shotcut
β‘οΈ Follow Freedom Tech on NOSTR
https://t.me/LinuxTechIndex
#graphic #editor #Adobe #Alternatives
3DS Max
Blender
Acrobat
Evince (read)
Inkscape (edit multi page)
LibreOffice_Draw (create, edit, sign)
LibreOffice_Writer (create)
Nextcloud LibreSign (sign)
Okular (read, annotate, sign)
OnlyOffice (read, edit)
PDF-Shuffler (merge, arrange, delete)
XReader (read)
AdobeXD
Akira
Figma
Lunacy
Pencil
Penpot
After Effects
Astrofox (audio responsive animations)
BlackMagicDesign Fusion (proprietary)
HitFilm (proprietary)
Natron
Animate
Blender (3D)
Friction
Glaxnimate (2D)
Synfig (2D)
Audition
Tenacity
Audor
LMMS
Cinema 4D
Blender
Fresco
Krita
Illustrator
Inkscape
Krita
sK1
InDesign
Lyx
Scribus
Lightroom
Darktable
Raw Therapee
Paint
Krita
MyPaint
Photoshop
GIMP
Krita
PremierePro
DavinciResolve (proprietary)
Kdenlive
Olive Video
OpenShot
Pitivi
Shotcut
β‘οΈ Follow Freedom Tech on NOSTR
https://t.me/LinuxTechIndex
#graphic #editor #Adobe #Alternatives
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