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I replaced Chrome, YouTube, Gboard, and Maps with their open-source alternatives and I'm not going back
I gave my phone a privacy upg
55+ PDF tools fit inside this Docker container — my files never leave the house
Stop uploading your PDFs to random websites.
I finally fixed Home Assistant’s most annoying dashboard problem
Every device in my house finally boots to the right dashboard.
Paint is too basic and GIMP is too much — this free app fills the gap
Sometimes I want to edit an image, not begin a new career in image editing.
I left Spotify and YouTube Music behind for this refreshingly simple Android music player
Apparently, my carefully collected MP3s were sitting there waiting for streaming fatigue to catch up with me.
I wish I had used this open-source backup tool before I lost my files
The app is free but the lesson that convinced me to use it definitely wasn’t.
The prediction that Linux had no future aged disastrously
Linux apparently missed the memo explaining that it was supposed to disappear.
These 6 homelab services are seriously boring and geniunely essential
The bits that still count even after the novelty wears off.
Docker looks complicated until you learn these 7 terminal commands
Docker can look intimidating at first, but these seven commands demystify the platform and help with troubleshooting.
Ornith 9B gave my 16GB laptop near-35B answers, and it reads images too
My laptop thinks it's running a 35B model.
I mounted Google Drive, OneDrive, and Dropbox as one folder on my PC with a single free tool
My file manager doesn't care which cloud holds the file.
These open-source browser extensions are the first things I install on any new machine
Your browser is only as good as the extensions running in it.
[HomeLab #2] Everything I've self-hosted on my homelab, ranked by how much I adore them
I self-hosted dozens of apps on my homelab — these are the ones that stayed
Linux gets most open-source software first but these 5 tools stayed Windows-only
Great apps Linux users can't have yet.
I self-hosted one container and stopped needing half my bookmarked sites
I finally have a homepage worth opening.
A developer rebuilt Notepad without the AI, and now it's exactly what the original was
The interface is wonderfully uneventful, which is exactly how I like my text editors.
Your favorite Linux distro probably descends from one of these three operating systems
Your favorite distro may look unique, but its grandparents have probably met mine.
I finally understand why VLC refuses to make money — and it's genius
VLC has never sold an ad, taken an investor, or accepted a buyout. That's not an accident, and the reason is stranger than you'd think.
This free Windows app compressed my 6GB video to 2GB without the HandBrake headache
I wanted a smaller file, not a postgraduate course in HandBrake settings.