Top 5 Open Source Plex alternatives

Top 5 Open Source Plex alternatives

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"…

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Harden Android privacy and security with GrapheneOS

Harden Android privacy and security with GrapheneOS

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…

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Top 10 Free and Open Source productivity tools to get stuff done

Top 10 Free and Open Source productivity tools to get stuff done

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…

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RGB Delight on Linux: We can have nice things too!

RGB Delight on Linux: We can have nice things too!

There's no doubt about it, the latest NZXT cases like the H7 Flow are absolutely amazing from both a performance and aesthetics point of view. However why have a tempered glass window in your case if there's nothing nice to look at inside right? You want them RGB fans and LED strips in order to really show off your FPS monster build. Well those were my thoughts at least when I went ahead and purchased my new case and several overly expensive RGB fans (model: NZXT AER RGB2). I opted to connect t…

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20 Must have Open Source Android Apps

20 Must have Open Source Android Apps

For this list I will be focusing primarily on Open Source apps available through the F-Droid distribution platform. In no particular order of one over the other let's have a look! 1) KeePassDX This one is mostly relevant for people using a Keepass file to securely store and access their passwords and secrets. KeepassDX 2) Antennapod This podcast app is quite amazing. It sports all the features you expect from a Podcast player/manager plus a fair bit of extras. It's quite feature clean in…

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