privsecfoss@feddit.dk to Free and Open Source Software@beehaw.org · edit-22 years agoIn your opinion, which FOSS software is by many considered "old" or "obsolete", but are in fact, in your opinion, in many ways better than the newer alternatives?message-squaremessage-square229fedilinkarrow-up1104arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1104arrow-down1message-squareIn your opinion, which FOSS software is by many considered "old" or "obsolete", but are in fact, in your opinion, in many ways better than the newer alternatives?privsecfoss@feddit.dk to Free and Open Source Software@beehaw.org · edit-22 years agomessage-square229fedilinkfile-text
I’ll start: RSS and blogs, news vs. social media XMPP vs. WhatsApp/FB messenger/Snapchat IRC vs. Matrix, Teams, Discord etc. Forums vs. Social media, Reddit, Lemmy(?)
minus-squareStefanAmaris@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 years agoFresh RSS is what I use, self hosted and the mobile web interface negates the need for an app. Though there is an app, I’m not a fan of it After getting burned by Google killing Reader I decided to never use a 3rd party service again, and FreshRSS has served me well for years.
minus-squaredeath916@lemmy.death916.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoWhat I use as well it sgreat and I keep it open in a column on my side monitor all day so I can casually glance at the news whenever
Fresh RSS is what I use, self hosted and the mobile web interface negates the need for an app. Though there is an app, I’m not a fan of it
After getting burned by Google killing Reader I decided to never use a 3rd party service again, and FreshRSS has served me well for years.
What I use as well it sgreat and I keep it open in a column on my side monitor all day so I can casually glance at the news whenever