In your opinion, which FOSS software is by many considered "old" or "obsolete", but are in fact, in your opinion, in many ways better than the newer alternatives? privsecfoss ( @privsecfoss@feddit.dk ) Free and Open Source Software • edit-21 year ago message-square310fedilinkarrow-up1198
arrow-up1198message-squareIn your opinion, which FOSS software is by many considered "old" or "obsolete", but are in fact, in your opinion, in many ways better than the newer alternatives? privsecfoss ( @privsecfoss@feddit.dk ) Free and Open Source Software • edit-21 year ago message-square310fedilink
I’ll start: RSS and blogs, news vs. social media XMPP vs. WhatsApp/FB messenger/Snapchat IRC vs. Matrix, Teams, Discord etc. Forums vs. Social media, Reddit, Lemmy(?)
minus-square not_amm ( @not_amm@beehaw.org ) linkfedilink4•1 year agoI’ve tried replacing closed-source feed reader apps, but it’s hard when most of the focus is in self-hosted webapps, paid services or the UI is very uncomfortable. Also, mobile apps for this are counted and I just can’t with their UIs.
minus-square privsecfoss ( @privsecfoss@feddit.dk ) OPlinkfedilink2•1 year agoI think both Read You and Nextcloud News are solid FOSS apps on android. Both from f-droid. On Linux newsboat.
minus-square not_amm ( @not_amm@beehaw.org ) linkfedilink1•edit-21 year agoOh, I’ll try Read You, I don’t have a Nextcloud instance. Thanks ;)
I’ve tried replacing closed-source feed reader apps, but it’s hard when most of the focus is in self-hosted webapps, paid services or the UI is very uncomfortable. Also, mobile apps for this are counted and I just can’t with their UIs.
I think both Read You and Nextcloud News are solid FOSS apps on android. Both from f-droid. On Linux newsboat.
Oh, I’ll try Read You, I don’t have a Nextcloud instance. Thanks ;)