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What (free and open-source) applications do you use on a daily basis? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[โ€“] [email protected] 36 points 10 months ago (18 children)

  • Termux
    Holy hell. So much it can do. Right now I am using it to transcode MPEG2 videos to AV1. With CRF 25, Preset 5, with a 480p30 video I get 5fps in Termux on my older Snapdragon 860. Meanwhile my laptop's Ryzen 3 3200U does 2fps.
    You can run different server applications. Some are supported natively (e.g.: Tinyproxy, Privoxy, Squid HTTP proxy, apache2, nginx, navidrome, OpenSSH, TigerVNC, rsync, xorg-server, xwayland, xrdp,...) and some can run in proot (e.g.: Jellyfin, NextCloud). If you already have some web server and want it public, there's cloudflared too, so you can access it via Cloudflare tunnel.

  • RTL-SDR driver
    Allows connecting RTL-SDR on Android and starting RTL-TCP server.

  • SDR++
    The best general-purpose SDR app available on Android, GNU+Linux, Windows and MacOS.

  • KDE Connect
    Nicely connects phone with a computer. Data transfers, remote control, finding your phone, synchronizing notifications.

  • LibreTorrent
    Great client for Android.

There's more, but those I don't use daily, or have already been mentioned.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (9 children)

I have many doubts, I'll try to quote each.

I get 5fps in Termux on my older Snapdragon 860. Meanwhile my laptop's Ryzen 3 3200U does 2fps.

Is this good or bad for Termux? I'm kinda inclined to think it is good (I have a SD 865 so I'm extra curious).

(e.g.: Jellyfin, NextCloud).

I have read about the self hosting possibilities before for sure and while I will always find it amazing I would die inside if I had to use my phone (and specifically Termux, since I think text selection, copy/paste and overall typing is bad on it), that without proper hardware ofc (like external mouse and keyboard... Or a UI like DeX) so I gotta ask, do you use any of those services? If yes do you have some of those tools I just mentioned?

RTL-SDR driver
Allows connecting RTL-SDR on Android and starting RTL-TCP server.

I kinda want to know what you meant here.

SDR++
The best general-purpose SDR app available on Android, GNU+Linux, Windows and MacOS.

I only know SDR from the video format scene, and I know you want HDR or better.

LibreTorrent
Great client for Android.

This is cool, and I didn't know about it, but surely there are better options to use torrent on Android?

There's more, but those I don't use daily, or have already been mentioned.

I kinda want to know what more, because honestly, if Termux was paid you would almost sell it to me ๐Ÿคฃ

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

RTL-SDR is basically a way of using a digital device as a broadband radio. That is an oversimplification, but that is the idea. There are cheap USB devices out there that will turn a PC into a ham radio receiver (among a really wide range of other bands like weather satellites). I have no idea how they are doing it with Android, however. Maybe using the phone's antenna.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Oooh, how neat! Off to do web searches for more info I go!

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I almost hate to recommend it, but r/rtlsdr is the place to go.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I appreciate that! & I totally understand. Unfortunately, they really cornered the market for quite a few niche little hobbies' communities that used to be more filled out with independent and individual forums and sites before they took over. Such is life, eh?

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Indeed, but everything you need is there. And I'll throw one in for free and it is awesome to get started: http://websdr.org/

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If you want to start just listening right away, for free, there's WebSDRs accross the world at websdr.org

Firefox is recommended due to sound issues in Chrome on some web SDRs.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Sweeeet! Thank you so much! That was super fun to play with and I'm looking forward to trying it out again another day :)

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