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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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[–] 0485919158191@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (15 children)

Gotta be my Synology NAS. Although the hardware isn't free. The software is open source.

I moved always from every cloud storage provider to my own private cloud instead! Could not be happier!

My wife loves it too!

Edit: Sorry! Looks like some parts of the Nas is open. Not DSM itself.

[–] Aufgehtsabgehts@feddit.org 4 points 2 months ago (12 children)

I sold my Synology NAS as soon as I found out, that I can't change the underlying software (DiskStationManager). It wasn't open source and the hardware was dependent on that propriatary software. As soon as they decide, that your device is too old, they drop support and you are left with an unsecure brick.

And you are saying the software is open source. Did I miss something? Did something change?

[–] racemaniac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I think it's closed source indeed, but their support window is very long at the moment, so while you're right, at least until now they're actually acting responsibly.

[–] Aufgehtsabgehts@feddit.org 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

It would be easy to unlock the devices for different Software - like ugreen does.

And imagine all the possible backdoors in their software. No one can check, because it is closed source. And this on a device with your most senisble data.

Calling their acting 'responsible' is a huuuge strech.

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

Yep, my DS415+ is still going strong and fell out of DSM support, so I’m stuck with DSM7.1. However, people successfully converted their xx15+ to a xx17+ model and were able to update to DSM7.2. So there’s no technical reason to not support these older systems.

Also, I had a very bad experience with Synology support when the C2000 bug hit my DS415+. Once this thing dies, I’ll definitely won’t get another Synology.

[–] racemaniac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

By your definition no closed source company can act responsibly. If that is your definition, they indeed don't act responsibly, my point is that they appear to ship security updates for at least a decade after the device got released, which seems pretty decent. And they have a good record on quickly responding to any security issues and keeping everything up to date.

So they're doing pretty good. Would it be nice if they go open source? for sure, but for a closed source system, it's currently doing great.

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