Darlene Sonalder
Just a random nerd & contributor. Privacy advocate who love to discover new things. Here to share the apps that I discover, like and use !
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Comments & Reviews
Commented on AFFiNEOpen washing, this isnt FOSS. Be aware: https://isitreallyfoss.com/projects/affine/
Reviewed OllamaIt works and it's free but honestly it is so slow I started to look to alternatives that offer better performances.
silent.link is also a really conveniant service while it might not always be the cheapest option.
Where is Kiwix ? This is must have software in your list.
Commented on dd-EtcherI vibe coded this for fun because balenaEtcher is a spyware and that the best image flasher for macOS is a shell CLI which is not intuitive for most people. I will try my best to keep this tool updated and reliable. V2 is in the making already.
Commented on WiiFinCan't wait to enjoy my 4K blu-ray discs ripped collection in 480i !
Joke aside this is amazing, I will definitely try it !
Commented on CartesWhen I tried to add it in AlternativeTo it was only in french (thus got rejected because english is required) and the development was exclusively focus in France. It seems they now are expanding in Europe and I guess Worwild is down the roadmap.
- Commented on European AI for your phone
I know that Switzerland isn't part of the EU but what about Euria ?
Reviewed Android TV HomeSpyware + Adware + Ad + Ads + Ads everywhere, this is the definition of the enshitification of basic software in modern OS...
Reviewed MinIOMinIO was a good Open Source Software, published under the copyleft AGPLv3 licence. Last year they changed the licence of the GUI, many users were furious about these changes. Later, at the end of the year, they stopped providing official builds, the community had to build the software themselves or pay. And now they just archived the GitHub repository killing the Free Software in favor of their proprietary evolution.
Most ex-MinIO users seems to have chosen...
- Commented on Fully outside_US_jurisdiction, fully EU
It's sad that both Qwant and Ecosia are totally dependent over Microsoft Bing . Qwant had some very concerning data sharing with the american giant and got sanctionned from the CNIL, that's why I stopped recommend it to people. You didn't mentioned Startpage that is great but totally depedent...
- Commented on Discord alternative
There is also built-in Discord features directly into Steam I think it's worth mentioning in the list.
Commented on AirSyncThis is so under rated. Check the documentation if you sideload from GitHub on Android.
Reviewed SquooshOne of the best experience for compressing images to jpegs or even pngs. Fast, intuitive UI, reliable, multiple compression algorithmes to choose and rapidly see how it impact the final image.
Reviewed RegainUsed to be 100% free, now it try to sells you subscriptions...
Reviewed 0xchatAwesome NIP-29 Nostr messaging client!
- Commented on Alternative Networks.
What about Meshtastic and Reticulum ?
Commented on spotDLDid Anna's Archive used that to rip all of 2025 Spotify ?
- Commented on Game Stores
itch.io ?
Commented on Nonna.fmThis is vibe coded with Claude and only support Spotify and Apple Music yet.
- Commented on Public Benefit LLMs
Apertus ???
- Commented on DeMicrosoft Your Life
For Teams I would suggest: Zulip , Mattermost and Infomaniak kChat
Commented on LibrePodsAmazing, but does require root on Android...
