I am not Linux-savvy enough to figure out which one may appeal to me, I mean. The most phone-critical services for me would be GPS-guided navigation and Syncthing compatibility, probably. I’m not sure of how to research which ones may have both…

Which project is best to back, though?

Lowercase “t”:

Is it “syncthing”, “Syncthing” or “SyncThing”?¶

It’s Syncthing, although the command and source repository is spelled syncthing so it may be referred to in that way as well. It’s definitely not SyncThing, even though the abbreviation st is used in some circumstances and file names.

- https://docs.syncthing.net/users/faq.html#is-it-syncthing-syncthing-or-syncthing

Man, we’re screwed. Anyway… *eats 🍿 *

Why was it forked?

The original was a battery-life vampire and had fewer features. I don’t know if it will work with 2.0, though, which is why I’m waiting for an update or 2 on that side before taking the plunge on desktop.

One thing’s for sure, though; I’m dead meat if one of them fails. (Well, not entirely; I suppose I could painstakingly create a file-transferring script to “sync” stuff, but it’d take quite a while.)

The biggest growing concern is that many open-source projects are maintained by just 1-2 people, who themselves become targets of capitalists trying to take down such competitors by hacking their accounts. Even GitHub is no longer safe; I now download 2-3 versions away from the latest version of each project and read up on clamor first, just in case.

Didn’t you know? We’ve always been at war with Eurasia.

Crap, you’re right; fixed!

Wait, you don’t know what’s causing them? I know exactly what causes mine (my own same-file-editing on different devices before they’ve had a chance to sync after the first edits).

Oh. Then teach me your ways!

if someone is watching unnoticed

Go free-&-open-source in everything. Get HeliBoard!

I had no idea myself. Why don’t they make this the default?! Well, Ente Auth specifically had an Aegis database import feature, so it was painless to move and I still think Ente’s font sizes are better sized to me.

Oh. Well, too late; I already moved! Aegis’s 2-column font was too small anyway, and I still have concerns about Proton being a honeypot.

Yes, this feature alone makes it stick out above all the other competition. I immediately left Aegis and never looked back, haha.

Qalculate! is the best calculator because it can convert and solve for X in natural formatting (1 kg to lb or 2x=3), all without you ever having to press Enter.

Ente Auth is the best 2FA TOTP manager because it shows each next minute’s upcoming TOTP, so if you’re too late to the current minute but don’t want to wait for the next minute’s code to show, you can already start reading and prepping the next 6 digits.

Transfer is better than LocalSend because it’s way smaller in file size and only one phone needs the app; others can transfer files through the ad hoc browser IP page that it generates.

Leave Google Drive and all other cloud services in the dust for Syncthing, which daisy-chains file synchronization across all your devices whenever they come online; whichever folders you want. You can have a global one across all your phones and PCs, one for only your phones, a send-only folder to pass specific files to a tablet, etc. all automatically. Use it in conjunction with Syncthing-Fork for Android.

What about a PHEV?

Cool car!