If you're a fan of streaming your media at home, you've probably heard of Plex. It's a popular media center software that allows you to organize and stream your movies, TV shows, music, and photos all in one place. But did you know that there are plenty of open source alternatives to Plex that are just as good, if not better. Here are the top open source alternatives to Plex: 1. Jellyfin: Jellyfin is a newer open-source media center software that aims to be a "free software alternative"…
Regular Android devices when up-to-date with the latest security patches are quite secure to a certain degree. However when it comes to privacy it's definitely not great. A lot can be configured to be more robust and less permissive though the granularity is very limited. When it comes to Google apps/services however there's simply no way to truly opt-out of many of the background tracking behavior. This is because Google Play Services runs as a system app on these devices, giving it access to a…
The secret to installing Minecraft the easy way is to use a third-party launcher/manager like Prism Launcher. First make sure you have the latest version of Java and the Flatpak runtime installed on your Linux system. You can check this by running the following commands in a terminal: java -version flatpak --version Install the Flatpak build of Prism Launcher by running the following command in a terminal: flatpak install flathub org.prismlauncher.PrismLauncher Once Prism Launcher is…
First of all, it's important to understand what chatGPT is and what it does. In a nutshell, chatGPT is a natural language processing model that is trained to generate text in a conversational style. This makes it ideal for applications like chatbots and virtual assistants, where the goal is to create a realistic and engaging conversation with a human user. One way to think of chatGPT is as a virtual conversation partner. Just like a human conversation partner, chatGPT is able to generate text t…
Open source software is software that is free to use, modify, and distribute. Many people find that open source productivity software is just as good, if not better, than proprietary software. In this blog post, we'll take a look at the 10 best pieces of open source productivity software and explain why they are worth using. 1. LibreOffice: LibreOffice is a free and open source office suite that includes tools for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, and more. It is a great al…