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What is your favourite open source software that you discovered in the past year, that you can no longer live without? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by Shape4985@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Mine is Local Send which is a FOSS alternative similar to air drop that works across a variety of devices.

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[–] superkret@feddit.org 27 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

Termux. A Debian-based Linux system running on top of unrooted Android.
It lets you interface with your phone's functions (GPS, calls, etc.), and install packages to extend functionality.
Turned my phone into a mobile network troubeshooting device, lets me grep through my sms, and I can ssh into my server on the go.

With AnLinux you can install a full standard linux system in it, including a GUI, and connect to it with a VNC viewer. (AnLinux is just a helper script linking to some dude's repo, so if you are at all security-minded, you can also bootstrap and install any Linux distro manually).
So you could have a Debian with Gnome desktop running on your unrooted phone.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 2 months ago

Oh my god, that's amazing. I'm getting on something that can be rooted posthaste, but in the meanwhile...

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 months ago

And here I thought this is running with the Android subsystem in a limited environment utilizung "plugins" as the packages.
That sounds so cool

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

Not to mention that with proot, you can even run kernels greater than that native to your phone.