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Tips & Tricks for Productivity with BOOX (Obsidian, Syncthing, Weylus, RustDesk, Termux, KDE Connect, ZeroTier) + 2 Bonus Screensavers

Syncthing Rustdesk Obsidian.md KDE neon F-Droid
  1. Syncthing replaces proprietary sync and cloud services with something open, trustworthy and...
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    You can synchronize much more than your Obsidian notes among all your devices using the open source Syncthing. Furthermore, Syncthing is very simple to set up and configure on all your devices via their intuitive web graphical interface (check Getting Started or any of the video tutorials on YouTube, and I am sure you can set it up without much effort). The best thing is that it is fully automatic, which makes it very easy to pick up where I left off, regardless of the device I use.

    #Cloud Storage #File Sharing #File Sharing And Backup 826 social mentions

  2. Discover RustDesk, The best open source remote desktop software. It is an alternative of TeamViewer and AnyDesk. You have full control of your data, no concern of security.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    Ever wanted to remotely access your desktop from anywhere, then tried software like TeamViewer, but it eventually stopped working? Try open source RustDesk that is simple to set up, and you can even self-host your own rendezvous/relay server (or use the free public server). RustDesk allows you to access your desktop computer from your BOOX device. I often use it to see what is going on when I am running some simulations remotely (below is a screenshot of my Tab Ultra accessing my laptop). Because I use a dark theme on all my LCD/OLED devices, I invert the display colors of my laptop to get a better-looking video feed on my Tab Ultra (I believe light themes look much better on e-ink).

    #Remote Desktop #Remote PC Control #Remote PC Access 91 social mentions

  3. A second brain, for you, forever. Obsidian is a powerful knowledge base that works on top of a local folder of plain text Markdown files.

    #Knowledge Management #Knowledge Base #Markdown Editor 1451 social mentions

  4. KDE neon is the intersection of these needs using a stable Ubuntu long-term release as its core, packaging the hottest software fresh from the KDE Community ovens.
    I use KDE Neon OS on my laptop/workstation, and KDE Connect is a fantastic app that allows me to connect my phone and BOOX Tab Ultra to my computer. It’s a versatile app that can do a lot of things! It can do much more, but it does the following things very well: multimedia control (volume control, previous/next track, ...), share phone notifications (e.g. Reply to chat messages on laptop), share clipboard (instant copy/paste among devices), quickly share any files between devices, slideshow remote, remote input (no stylus pressure sensitivity though). It can even run customized commands on your device via a single click on any of the other connected devices.

    #Linux #Operating Systems #Linux Distribution 69 social mentions

  5. F-Droid is an interesting alternative for Android users who want to try something different and not have to use the Goole Play store all the time.
    If you want to try it, I recommend you install Termux from F-Droid (alongside Termux:Styling to get a theme that looks good on e-ink).

    #App Store #Mobile Apps #Software Marketplace 375 social mentions

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