Aleksandr Dikov
- Grandmaster
- Latvia
- mozg-studio.org
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Switched to Nictotine+ after SoulSeekQt began to conflict with the new version of Clash Verge, it works without complaints. You need to get used to different UI, but in some ways it's even more convenient, and creates the feeling of a real social network.
Wrote a negative comment on HelixNotes as an alternative to ObsidianI was hoping Helix Notes would turn out to be a lightweight alternative to Obsidian, but unfortunately I have to say it doesn’t even come close.
In essence, it’s more like a super-light and fast Markdown editor with navigation, strongly reminiscent of Joplin. But it runs way too unstably. Even something as basic as adding an attachment with relative paths is a real pain; I simply couldn’t do it. Worse, I couldn’t even set them manually because the program kept forcing absolute paths on its own. You can’t view the Markdown source and the document preview at the same time, and every time you switch between those modes the app insists on inserting unnecessary comments into the code and rewriting the links. From the metadata side, all you get is tags. There's no tabs.
For all its drawbacks, Obsidian still gives you fine-grained control over every little detail of your data structure, whereas Helix Notes just brings chaos. It’s incomplete for any real data-organization purposes and far too unstable as an editor. Its only real advantage is the super-small size, but that's all.
I found it impossible to use OpenClaw, it consumes way too much RAM, and its errors are completely opaque. nanobot, on the other hand, uses very few resources, runs on pure Python, its configs and instructions are easy to read and modify, and the structure is intuitive. The agent constantly adjusts itself while running, which is convenient since not all settings are available through the WebUI yet. Workspaces take some getting used to and might require a bit of reorganization of your projects, but that’s subjective. There are a few minor rough edges with the app store, it doesn’t show full app descriptions—but that’s not critical. The project is still quite young, but it looks very promising. So if you prefer Python solutions over heavy and convoluted Node.JS ones, nanobot is an excellent choice.
Liked nanobot
Upvoted a comment on Zed Editor as an alternative to Visual Studio CodeI recommend Zed Editor as a fantastic alternative to Visual Studio Code. My main reasons are its focus on minimalism and performance. Zed feels incredibly fast and clean, avoiding the "bloat" of endless plugins that can slow down VS Code. Most importantly for me, it has first-class, built-in VIM keybindings that work perfectly out of the box, which is a major advantage over VS Code where it requires an extension.
Thinks opencode is an alternative to Zed Editor- Liked opencode
this software doesn't keep your music library organized at all which is the main reason why people use musicbee over just a plain music player
HopToDesk feels and looks like a fork of RustDesk with stylish top panel, but without some features. I found nothing better than RustDesk already offers.
Thinks Nox App Player is an alternative to MuMuPlayer- Reviewed MuMuPlayer★★★★★
The fastest, cleanest, and most optimized Android emulator I’ve ever used. It consumes so few resources and runs so smoothly that I still can’t believe it compared to others! If you’re looking for a stable, modern Android emulator for daily tasks, this is exactly what you need. Unfortunately, the aggressive marketing of Chinese emulators is so intense that even AI doesn’t list MuMu among the top candidates when we search for the stability and speed they promise but don’t deliver.
- Liked MuMuPlayer
- Deleted an app
Reviewed v2rayN★★★★It's simple to set up and control, but there are not so much automation features like Clash for Windows has.
- Liked v2rayN
Thinks ImageGlass is an alternative to XnView MP- Liked ImageGlass
- Upvoted a comment on XnView MP
I've been using XnView as my main image viewer for many years, and XnViewMP by the same creators is to be its replacement and gets the main focus of development. The big new feature is that while XnView was a Windows-only application, XnViewMP also comes in versions for Linux and MacOS X ("MP" stands for multi-platform).
For several years, I kept XnView installed in parallel (which works without problem), as XnViewMP is a complete rewrite, and as such only gradually started...
