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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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[–] [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 🤣

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (6 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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (5 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [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?

[–] [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/

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