Software Leftovers
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Web Browsers/Web Servers
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Tyler Sticka ☛ A Few More Browsers
In my last post, I shared my personal vibe check on eight prominent web browsers. The most common feedback I heard was that I should have mentioned [insert browser here].
So I thought I’d share my take on a few more that were suggested.
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Mozilla
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Techdirt ☛ Mozilla Unveils (Possibly Futile) Tool That Lets You Request That Data Brokers Delete Your Data
Every few weeks for the last fifteen years there’s been a massive scandal involving some company, telecom, data broker, or app maker over-collecting your detailed personal location data, failing to secure it, then selling access to that information to any nitwit with a nickel. And despite the added risks this creates in the post-Roe era, we’ve still done little to pass a real privacy law or rein in reckless data brokers.
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WINE or Emulation
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CubicleNate ☛ CrossOver GNU/Linux 23.7 on openSUSE Tumbleweed
I don’t run backdoored Windows applications all that often as of late but I needed to add a thing and discovered that Crossover was not installed on my system. I was a bit surprised by this as I do recall recently struggling with getting something to run in GNU/Linux recently.
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FEX ☛ FEX 2402 Tagged!
Welcome back everyone! After last month’s cancelled release and this month being a bit late we have a lot of changes that happened.
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A lot of the work these paste two months have been optimizing our JIT more. We have run Geekbench and Bytemark for these which showed a marginal performance improvement in these benchmarks. Bytemark showing the biggest improvement of 16% in one sub-benchmark. A lot of the performance improvements are targeting real-world applications rather than benchmarks which shows as those games getting more of an improvement.
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Productivity Software/LibreOffice
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Caolán McNamara: coverity 2022.6.0 and LibreOffice
After a long slog since November when the previous version of coverity was EOLed and we had to start using 2022.6.0 with its new suggestions for std::move etc, LibreOffice is now finally back to a 0 warnings
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Applications
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Medevel ☛ 15 Top Open-source Free Remote Desktop Solutions for 2024
A remote desktop app allows user to access and control other computers remotely. It can be used for education, technical support, and several other purposes. It enables the app to capture the control of a device screen, mouse and keyboard inputs and access them directly from remote device.
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Medevel ☛ 11 Free Cloud Media Players for Windows, Linux, macOS and Android
A cloud music player is a type of music player that allows users to stream and listen to music from an online storage service, commonly known as the clown.
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Medevel ☛ 12 Open-source P2P File transfer that were Popular 20 years ago, Yet some still Active.
Before torrents became dominant in P2P file sharing, there were other networks and apps that facilitated P2P file sharing for years. While some are still active, they are not as popular as they were two decades ago.
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Medevel ☛ Top 13 Open-source Torrent Clients for macOS, Linux, and macOS in 2024
Torrent clients play a crucial role in efficiently downloading and managing torrent files. With open-source options, you not only get access to powerful features but also enjoy the freedom to customize and contribute to the development of these applications.
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Medevel ☛ mStream is a Personal Music Streaming Server for Windows, Linux, and macOS
mStream is an impressive personal music streaming server that enables you to effortlessly stream your music from your home computer to any device, regardless of your location.
It boasts cross-platform compatibility, supporting Windows, OSX, Linux, and FreeBSD, and has been thoughtfully designed to have minimal impact on your computer'
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Medevel ☛ MusicDB is a self-hosted Remote Music Manager
MusicDB is a music manager with focus on remote access to your music collection using a web-based user interface. It allows you to manage an audio stream based on a song-queue. The WebUI is focusing on being a presentation of your music rather than being a database front-end.
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Medevel ☛ Discover the Top 20 Open-source Free Web-based Self-hosted Music Players
Are you looking for a convenient and accessible way to enjoy your favorite music online? Look no further! In this blog post, we will introduce you to 15 open-source and free web-based music players that offer a range of features and functionalities to enhance your music listening experience.
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