privsecfoss to Free and Open Source Software@beehaw.org · edit-21 year agoIn 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?message-squaremessage-square217fedilinkarrow-up1129arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1128arrow-down1message-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 to Free and Open Source Software@beehaw.org · edit-21 year agomessage-square217fedilinkfile-text
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-squarenot_amm@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 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-squareprivsecfossOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI think both Read You and Nextcloud News are solid FOSS apps on android. Both from f-droid. On Linux newsboat.
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.