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  1. #Tech post... just found this:

    localsend.org/

    Like #airdrop, but for all major OSes.

    So for transferring notes and pieces of text, I have #AnyType, and for transferring files, I have #LocalSend. Nice and easy. I just used it to transfer 6 new photos (25Mb) from my iPhone to my Mac in a couple of seconds.

    And they haz a tooter: @localsend

    Found via @roytang

  2. #Tech post...

    localsend.org/

    Like #airdrop, but for all major OSes.

    So for transferring notes and pieces of text, I have #AnyType, and for transferring files, I have #LocalSend. Nice and easy. I just used it to transfer 6 new photos (25Mb) from my iPhone to my Mac in a couple of seconds.

    And they haz a tooter: @localsend

    Found via @roytang

  3. #Tech post...

    localsend.org/

    Like #airdrop, but for all major OSes.

    So for transferring notes and pieces of text, I have #AnyType, and for transferring files, I have #LocalSend. Nice and easy. I just used it to transfer 6 new photos (25Mb) from my iPhone to my Mac in a couple of seconds.

    And they haz a tooter: @localsend

    Found via @roytang

  4. post... just found this:

    localsend.org/

    Like , but for all major OSes.

    So for transferring notes and pieces of text, I have , and for transferring files, I have . Nice and easy. I just used it to transfer 6 new photos (25Mb) from my iPhone to my Mac in a couple of seconds.

    And they haz a tooter: @localsend

    Found via @roytang

  5. #Tech post...

    localsend.org/

    Like #airdrop, but for all major OSes.

    So for transferring notes and pieces of text, I have #AnyType, and for transferring files, I have #LocalSend. Nice and easy. I just used it to transfer 6 new photos (25Mb) from my iPhone to my Mac in a couple of seconds.

    And they haz a tooter: @localsend

    Found via @roytang

  6. Ambos son muy buenos, pero al tener Mint prefiero Warpinator porque, al ser nativo, está mucho mejor integrado al sistema. Por ejemplo, paraliza el apagado de pantalla mientras funciona. Pero tiene un bug, a veces se olvida de la configuración del directorio de recepción y tengo que rehacerlo manualmente.

    linuxadictos.com/localsend-vs-

    #linux #linuxmint #warpinator #localsend

  7. 👨‍💻 Someone thought it'd be a good idea to reinvent the wheel with "Localsend" because #AirDrop wasn't hipster enough. 🙄 Now, you too can struggle with #open-source #alternatives while pretending it makes you cooler than using the thing that just works. 🚀 #BecauseWeCan
    github.com/localsend/localsend #Localsend #techhumor #reinventthewheel #HackerNews #ngated

  8. I have an open question.

    I currently use LocalSend to move files from my computer to my phone. Usually map files, and music.

    How does KDE Connect impact battery life on the phone?

    It does more, but since it's always running, I'm curious how significant it's impact.

    #KDE #KDEConnect #LocalSend #AOSP #Android

  9. I have an open question.

    I currently use LocalSend to move files from my computer to my phone. Usually map files, and music.

    How does KDE Connect impact battery life on the phone?

    It does more, but since it's always running, I'm curious how significant it's impact.

    #KDE #KDEConnect #LocalSend #AOSP #Android

  10. I have an open question.

    I currently use LocalSend to move files from my computer to my phone. Usually map files, and music.

    How does KDE Connect impact battery life on the phone?

    It does more, but since it's always running, I'm curious how significant it's impact.

    #KDE #KDEConnect #LocalSend #AOSP #Android

  11. I have an open question.

    I currently use LocalSend to move files from my computer to my phone. Usually map files, and music.

    How does KDE Connect impact battery life on the phone?

    It does more, but since it's always running, I'm curious how significant it's impact.

    #KDE #KDEConnect #LocalSend #AOSP #Android

  12. I have an open question.

    I currently use LocalSend to move files from my computer to my phone. Usually map files, and music.

    How does KDE Connect impact battery life on the phone?

    It does more, but since it's always running, I'm curious how significant it's impact.

    #KDE #KDEConnect #LocalSend #AOSP #Android

  13. Neue Episode ist raus!

    Blast aus der Vergangenheit - Home Assistant, IR und Multiroom-Audio

    Hier der Link: podcast.smarthuette.de/episode

    #homeassistant #openhomefoundation #wireguard #nabucasa #localsend #android

    Andrej war live dabei: Bei der State of the Open Home 2026 in Utrecht gibt es einiges zu berichten - von Project Blast, über Multiroom-Audio bis hin zum nächsten Home Assistant Community Day.

    Dazu: VPN, Android auf dem Desktop und das Leben auf 80%.

    Viel Spaß beim Hören!

  14. @albertcuesta jo faig servir #localsend a tots els meus dispositius per compartir arxius. Facil, ràpid, programari lliure, en català.... què més volem?

    localsend.org/ca

  15. Found #localsend to be a candidate to help with mixed vendor setups when working on #did / #dut projects.

    localsend.org/

  16. #LocalSend - Dateien plattformübergreifend austauschen, Handy - Desktop, Handy - Handy, E2E verschlüsselt, kein Tracking, keine Werbung, kostenlos, Geräte im selben WLan (= VPN deaktiviert) #OpenSource #Mobile

    Apps für diese Funktion sind ansonsten Tracking-Monster

    f-droid.org/de/packages/org.lo

  17. Hello la communauté
    Quelqu'un sait-il s'il y a un équivalent à #localsend sous #SailfishOs ?

  18. @clicetcetera @loupdescimes
    J’ai trouvé pourquoi les fichiers ne se transfèrent pas.
    Il faut définir à chaque session dans le l'appareil qui reçoit le dossier de réception si on ne prend celui par défaut qui est "Téléchargements"
    Je suis sous Debian 13 KDE.
    Une fois qu’on sait ça pas de problèmes
    #localsend

  19. So, transfering my old Signal messages from my old phone to my new with the transfer feature was impossible. So now I try with making a backup on the old phone and importing it on the new instead.

    I re-registered my old phone, made the backup, sent it to the new phone (thank you, #LocalSend!), re-registered my new phone, and…

    Going to Settings -> Backups -> On-device backups, it just says "Open the app and tap Restore backup" Ok, but where!? What!?

    #signal

  20. @scottslowe AFAIK MacOS does support NFS as well as SMB/CIFS. This said for sharing a couple of files from time to time I tend to use #localsend

  21. @scottslowe For single file sharing now and then: localsend.org/ - works on Linux, Android, iOS, Windows, Mac.
    For real folder sharing and syncing - .

  22. Qualcunx di voi usa #LocalSend per traferire file tra dispositivi personali? Da ieri ha smesso di funzionare improvvisamente... Info o alternative?
    Grazie
    _______
    ✅ Risolto [Pairdrop.net]

  23. Unfortunately, my experiment with CachyOS is over, even though I gave the system a fair chance this time.

    First of all, I really liked CachyOS. The speed is phenomenal, and everything would have been perfect except for one tiny detail that is essential for me: Localsend didn't work.

    And I couldn't figure out why. I was able to install the program easily, and my computer recognized all the devices around it. Except for the devices around my computer with CachyOS on it... and it was also not possible to send files from the computer to the recognized devices or mark them as favorites. Not even a firewall was activated or anything else in the network settings as usual.

    With all the other distributions I usually use—Fedora, Debian, OpenSUSE, Zorin OS, FreeBSD, even a “real” Arch—there are no problems at all. And since I'm constantly sending files and photos back and forth between my smartphone and computers and don't want to be constantly plugging and unplugging cables, CachyOS is not for my everyday use.

    I find that very unfortunate. But it's usually little things like this that make you less happy with a distribution or Linux in general than others might be. 😧

    #linux #unix #opensource #freesoftware #cachyos #fedora #debian #zorinos #arch #archlinux #freebsd #localsend

  24. This week in #FDroid (TWIF) is live on a Monday:

    * post #FOSDEM reactions
    * #FMD on the edge
    * #Fossify Calendar fix
    * #HarmonyMusic stopped development
    * #LocalSend share via #CVE
    * #Anki has a new owner
    + one new app
    & 209 updates
    - one archived

    We're not late but early: f-droid.org/2026/02/09/twif.ht

  25. I've just installed Cairo Dock in my SBC Raspberry Pi5, using pi-packages the Add/Remove software utility.

    What a mess I created.

    Cairo Dock could not work properly. The gfx output indicated that it rendered in a manner that Wayland does not like.
    I could see the window borders of the Dock which are invisible on Xorg in MX-Linux. Cairo Dock collapsed and expanded horizontally when you moved the mouse over it, with none of the applets reacting properly. They did not spawn the programs they were representing

    I then proceded with sudo apt install cairo-doc from bash, after removal in pi-packages.
    All dependecies were easily installed, but the rendering of my beloved Cairo dock still failed, making it still unusuable, in Wayland on the Pi5 SBC with 8GiB RAM

    I will investigate, but for now I can't get the gorgeous Cairo dock to easily work on Wayland on the SBC Raspberry Pi5

    #Cairo #dock #library #Wayland #KDE #Gnome #Xfce4 #airdrop #localsend #kdeconnect #ftp #Linux #Raspberry #Pi5 #ARM #SBC #programming #opensource #technology

  26. @DevWouter

    Another excellent perspective on the subject at hand

    This is what I Love 💕 about the FediVerse. Dynamic and open discussions on various matters in a civil way

    #KDE #Gnome #Cairo #library #Xfce4 #Love #Universal #airdrop #localsend #kdeconnect #ftp #Linux #ARM #SBC #programming #opensource #technology

  27. @florke64

    I've read your responses to my toot twice. Thank you 💕 for reacting.

    IMHO your though process does not justify the hate you've got for localsend.

    Your hate towards, the for you unknown program, localsend is **unfounded*"

    Cherish the fact that there is choice and diversity in OpenSource programming.

    Stable release versions for synchronizing files exist since the 1970s, not the 1990s. You've clearly not been around long enough to realize that fact **

    Ever since plain simple sh existed, such programs were coded. One such program was coded more than fifty years ago and is still in active use.

    Please be so kind to use wisdom and intelligence when you react and respond to toots. You acted like a typical snobbish Linux user. Reactions like yours don't contribute anything positive, no one learns from toots like the ones you posted in this thread.

    I've never had such responses from the people in the BSD range of Operating Systems.

    Even here on the FediVerse the diverse responses from Linux only users and programmers were not of such nature and low caliber.

    I'm surprised, yet paradoxically expected your motivational chain.

    ** If you have been around long enough, to know open source code from the 1970s, look in the mirror and ask yourself why you have reacted in such a manner .

    I will still wish you a good day / night, wherever you may reside.

    EOF
    ^Z

    #KDE #Gnome #Cairo #library #Xfce4 #airdrop #localsend #kdeconnect #ftp #Linux #ARM #SBC #programming #opensource #technology

  28. In extension of what I said here I want to expand on the joy I have with Cairo Dock coded by the GNOME team **

    When you first spawn Cairo Dock it greets you with a friendly requester, asking if you want OpenGL or standard
    FX created by your fully personizable Cairo Dock.

    The dock defaults with a exeptionally usuable configuration out of the box. The first thing I did was seek how to spawn it from the keyboard. I only use Xorg for gfx output, of my code / programs; Im a sh warrior.

    It was as straight forward as it can be
    * open up the requester with right mouse
    * click Cairo Doc
    * choose configure
    * tab on configuration
    * click short keys

    Every configuration tab has a logical layout and this is still in easy mode, just like VideoLan VLC has. You can later play in advanced mode and go super deep into finetuning your Cairo dock. It evan has _backgrounds_ to be confiured, if you choose to.
    Cairo dock also defaults to fading out when a program of yours overlaps it, so it's out of the way, without you needing to manually hide it.

    I configured a weather addon which uses Open-meteo.com I only needed to tell it the longtitude and lattitude of the districts I wanted in SR/SA and was done

    Cairo Dock is a real fun dock to play with. Super configurable and customizable. I use it along side my XFCe4 panel and they peacefully co exist. I did much more but now want to move onto another subject

    ** Note:
    Cairo-Dock was spawned in July 2007, when Fabounet proposed a first version on the ubuntu-fr.org forum.

    This means Cairo dock has its own independent programming team. So I hereby correct myself

    BTW: I entered this toot in a standardnotes window since the web viewport is too small and the android sucks at getting fast input. Nothing beats a physical keyboard

    mastodon.bsd.cafe/@Dendrobatus

    #KDE #Gnome #Cairo #library #Xfce4 #airdrop #localsend #kdeconnect #ftp #Linux #ARM #SBC #programming #opensource #technology

  29. I should note that you can not make the mistake of comparing KDEconnect extended capabilities with those of localsend.

    They operate on totally different realms.

    KDEconnect has a set of plugins which work like functional libraries. There so many that I will have to include a screenshot, just to give you a sample of what KDEconnect can actually do.

    Local follows The Unix Principle; it does One thing in a does it very well.

    In case you've gotten curious; you can install KDEconnect with its accompanying libraries on another working environment apart from KDE. You do not need to run a full KDE Desktop Environment.

    Over here I run KDEconnect on machines which have Xfce4 running, while it's counterpart runs on a couple of Androids.
    KDEconnect also runs on Ancient Android Operating Systems

    The programming team of KDE does not care where you run it's wonderful software as long as you can enjoy it.

    The same goes for The GNOME programming team. I run Cairo Dock ** and GPartED also on Xfce4. In fact I run many Gnome libraries in Xfce4 to have crucial functionality in many parts of the Xfce4 Desktop Environment. Without those wonderful libraries I would run a crippled version of Xfce4.

    I have include screenshots from one of my energy efficient desktop computers where I will show you that I run GNOME software and KDE software in Xfce4 DE

    I've just finished configuring the weather applet in Cairo Dock which gets its feed from OpenMeteo (not visible in screencap01)

    **Update: Cairo Dock is programmed by it's own dedicated team. They have been doing the awesome work since 2007

    In screencap 01 you see
    * KDEConnect to the left
    * Thunar from XFce4 to the right with important GNOME libs giving it extra functionalities
    *Cairo Dock from GNOME at the bottom with advanced launch capabilities

    open-meteo.com/

    #KDE #Gnome #Cairo #library #Xfce4 #airdrop #localsend #kdeconnect #ftp #Linux #ARM #SBC #programming #opensource #technology

  30. Weekly output: LocalSend, Mark Vena podcast, AST SpaceMobile launch

    I hope you all are enjoying the liminal time between Christmas and New Year’s–or, as I’ve come to think of it over the last 25-plus years, my last moments of occupational tranquility before work returns with force in the form of CES.

    (I’ve used some of that semi-idle time to write an extra post for Patreon readers about the free trips that I didn’t take in the last quarter of this year.)

    12/22/2025: This Free App Makes Transferring Files Between Devices Ridiculously Easy, PCMag

    Quizzing LocalSend’s developer via e-mail taught me a lesson in how namespaces and nations can mix. As in: He goes by Tien Do Nam, in Vietnam last names come first, he lives in Berlin, so I thought to ask for his surname. He replied that the correct full name is Do Nam Tien, while his German documents list him as Tien Do Nam.

    12/24/2025: Ep 117 SmartTechCheck Podcast — Trump’s impact on tech, AI data centers and energy, FCC and Google, Mark Vena

    As the token Washingtonian on this podcast, I took up the first item on the agenda. My take on President Trump’s tech policy wasn’t all bad–it looks like the government is in line to save tens of billions of dollars in broadband-buildout costs, assuming that Amazon Leo satellite broadband comes online on schedule–but I can’t call it anything close to good overall.

    12/24/2025: AST SpaceMobile Launches Its Most Powerful Direct-to-Cell Satellite Yet, PCMag

    Was I going to use this post as an opportunity to remind PCMag readers about India’s impressive spaceflight ambitions? Absolutely.

    #AirDrop #ASTSpaceMobile #BEAD #BlueBird #broadbandBuildout #D2D #directToDevice #directToCell #IndiaSpaceProgram #LocalSend #lowEarthOrbitBroadband #LVM3 #MarkVena #QuickShare #satelliteBroadband #Starlink #TienDoNam

  31. Weekly output: LocalSend, Mark Vena podcast, AST SpaceMobile launch

    I hope you all are enjoying the liminal time between Christmas and New Year’s–or, as I’ve come to think of it over the last 25-plus years, my last moments of occupational tranquility before work returns with force in the form of CES.

    (I’ve used some of that semi-idle time to write an extra post for Patreon readers about the free trips that I didn’t take in the last quarter of this year.)

    12/22/2025: This Free App Makes Transferring Files Between Devices Ridiculously Easy, PCMag

    Quizzing LocalSend’s developer via e-mail taught me a lesson in how namespaces and nations can mix. As in: He goes by Tien Do Nam, in Vietnam last names come first, he lives in Berlin, so I thought to ask for his surname. He replied that the correct full name is Do Nam Tien, while his German documents list him as Tien Do Nam.

    12/24/2025: Ep 117 SmartTechCheck Podcast — Trump’s impact on tech, AI data centers and energy, FCC and Google, Mark Vena

    As the token Washingtonian on this podcast, I took up the first item on the agenda. My take on President Trump’s tech policy wasn’t all bad–it looks like the government is in line to save tens of billions of dollars in broadband-buildout costs, assuming that Amazon Leo satellite broadband comes online on schedule–but I can’t call it anything close to good overall.

    12/24/2025: AST SpaceMobile Launches Its Most Powerful Direct-to-Cell Satellite Yet, PCMag

    Was I going to use this post as an opportunity to remind PCMag readers about India’s impressive spaceflight ambitions? Absolutely.

    #AirDrop #ASTSpaceMobile #BEAD #BlueBird #broadbandBuildout #D2D #directToDevice #directToCell #IndiaSpaceProgram #LocalSend #lowEarthOrbitBroadband #LVM3 #MarkVena #QuickShare #satelliteBroadband #Starlink #TienDoNam

  32. Weekly output: LocalSend, Mark Vena podcast, AST SpaceMobile launch

    I hope you all are enjoying the liminal time between Christmas and New Year’s–or, as I’ve come to think of it over the last 25-plus years, my last moments of occupational tranquility before work returns with force in the form of CES.

    (I’ve used some of that semi-idle time to write an extra post for Patreon readers about the free trips that I didn’t take in the last quarter of this year.)

    12/22/2025: This Free App Makes Transferring Files Between Devices Ridiculously Easy, PCMag

    Quizzing LocalSend’s developer via e-mail taught me a lesson in how namespaces and nations can mix. As in: He goes by Tien Do Nam, in Vietnam last names come first, he lives in Berlin, so I thought to ask for his surname. He replied that the correct full name is Do Nam Tien, while his German documents list him as Tien Do Nam.

    12/24/2025: Ep 117 SmartTechCheck Podcast — Trump’s impact on tech, AI data centers and energy, FCC and Google, Mark Vena

    As the token Washingtonian on this podcast, I took up the first item on the agenda. My take on President Trump’s tech policy wasn’t all bad–it looks like the government is in line to save tens of billions of dollars in broadband-buildout costs, assuming that Amazon Leo satellite broadband comes online on schedule–but I can’t call it anything close to good overall.

    12/24/2025: AST SpaceMobile Launches Its Most Powerful Direct-to-Cell Satellite Yet, PCMag

    Was I going to use this post as an opportunity to remind PCMag readers about India’s impressive spaceflight ambitions? Absolutely.

    #AirDrop #ASTSpaceMobile #BEAD #BlueBird #broadbandBuildout #D2D #directToDevice #directToCell #IndiaSpaceProgram #LocalSend #lowEarthOrbitBroadband #LVM3 #MarkVena #QuickShare #satelliteBroadband #Starlink #TienDoNam

  33. Weekly output: LocalSend, Mark Vena podcast, AST SpaceMobile launch

    I hope you all are enjoying the liminal time between Christmas and New Year’s–or, as I’ve come to think of it over the last 25-plus years, my last moments of occupational tranquility before work returns with force in the form of CES.

    (I’ve used some of that semi-idle time to write an extra post for Patreon readers about the free trips that I didn’t take in the last quarter of this year.)

    12/22/2025: This Free App Makes Transferring Files Between Devices Ridiculously Easy, PCMag

    Quizzing LocalSend’s developer via e-mail taught me a lesson in how namespaces and nations can mix. As in: He goes by Tien Do Nam, in Vietnam last names come first, he lives in Berlin, so I thought to ask for his surname. He replied that the correct full name is Do Nam Tien, while his German documents list him as Tien Do Nam.

    12/24/2025: Ep 117 SmartTechCheck Podcast — Trump’s impact on tech, AI data centers and energy, FCC and Google, Mark Vena

    As the token Washingtonian on this podcast, I took up the first item on the agenda. My take on President Trump’s tech policy wasn’t all bad–it looks like the government is in line to save tens of billions of dollars in broadband-buildout costs, assuming that Amazon Leo satellite broadband comes online on schedule–but I can’t call it anything close to good overall.

    12/24/2025: AST SpaceMobile Launches Its Most Powerful Direct-to-Cell Satellite Yet, PCMag

    Was I going to use this post as an opportunity to remind PCMag readers about India’s impressive spaceflight ambitions? Absolutely.

    #AirDrop #ASTSpaceMobile #BEAD #BlueBird #broadbandBuildout #D2D #directToDevice #directToCell #IndiaSpaceProgram #LocalSend #lowEarthOrbitBroadband #LVM3 #MarkVena #QuickShare #satelliteBroadband #Starlink #TienDoNam

  34. So, I installed #PairDrop on an #OpenWRT router for two reasons:

    1. I like #LocalSend but their server is not open source and you cannot self host it completely.
    2. It falls back to websockets so you can still use it while offline for the local network.

    Don’t get me started on #Limewire.

    #Technology #FileSharing #Sharing #Internet #OpenWRT #Linux #SelfHost

  35. So, I installed #PairDrop on an #OpenWRT router for two reasons:

    1. I like #LocalSend but their server is not open source and you cannot self host it completely.
    2. It falls back to websockets so you can still use it while offline for the local network.

    Don’t get me started on #Limewire.

    #Technology #FileSharing #Sharing #Internet #OpenWRT #Linux #SelfHost

  36. So, I installed #PairDrop on an #OpenWRT router for two reasons:

    1. I like #LocalSend but their server is not open source and you cannot self host it completely.
    2. It falls back to websockets so you can still use it while offline for the local network.

    Don’t get me started on #Limewire.

    #Technology #FileSharing #Sharing #Internet #OpenWRT #Linux #SelfHost

  37. So, I installed #PairDrop on an #OpenWRT router for two reasons:

    1. I like #LocalSend but their server is not open source and you cannot self host it completely.
    2. It falls back to websockets so you can still use it while offline for the local network.

    Don’t get me started on #Limewire.

    #Technology #FileSharing #Sharing #Internet #OpenWRT #Linux #SelfHost

  38. So, I installed #PairDrop on an #OpenWRT router for two reasons:

    1. I like #LocalSend but their server is not open source and you cannot self host it completely.
    2. It falls back to websockets so you can still use it while offline for the local network.

    Don’t get me started on #Limewire.

    #Technology #FileSharing #Sharing #Internet #OpenWRT #Linux #SelfHost

  39. #FreeSoftwareAdvent

    Thought I’d just throw this one into the mix.

    LocalSend. It just works. I can move stuff around all my various devices with pretty much zero hassle.

    Best thing I’ve installed on anything. Looks great too!

    localsend.org/

    #LocalSend #FileTransfer

  40. Nutzt jemand im #FediLZ #LocalSend im (Windows-) Schulnetzwerk?
    Z.B. um Fotos von #Tablets / #iPads ohne Cloud, Messenger, ... auf die Schulcomputer zu bekommen?

    Welche Erfahrungen habt Ihr damit gemacht?

  41. Frage an die #linux community.

    Gibt es ein Programm mit dem ich auf meine iPhone Musikbibliothek zugreifen kann?

    Auf windows habe ich den copy trans manager verwendet. #clementine greift leider nur auf die Dateiordner zu, wenn ich das richtig sehe.
    Das könnte ich dann ja auch via #localsend oder ähnlichem. #vlc mag ich nicht auch noch am phone haben . .