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  • Reviewed ImmortalWrt  

    ImmortalWrt is my favorite firmware for routers and other types of network devices. ImmortalWrt is a fork of OpenWrt. Since 2022, ImmortalWrt is actually a drop-in replacement for OpenWrt. In comparison with OpenWrt, ImmortalWrt is supported by a majority of COURAGEOUS and TOLERANT admins and moderators. ImmortalWrt includes additional packages, expanded device support, optimized default profiles, and works for any country. Also, ImmortalWrt community is decentralized and worldwide.

    The...

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    Reviewed OpenWrt  

    My review of OpenWrt below include a challenge and its resolution.

    The challenge is that since 2022, many admins and moderators at the OpenWrt forum and wiki are increasingly FEARFUL and INTOLERANT. I do not know why. My theory is that both the OpenWrt forum and wiki were infiltrated by AI (Bots). Which feeds them false and misleading information? Bots proxy controlled by people with Evil behaviors? In my personal experience, if you have feelings or thoughts they disagree with, they will...

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    Reviewed OpenWrt  

    My review of OpenWrt below include a challenge and its resolution.

    The challenge is that since 2022, many admins and moderators at the OpenWrt forum and wiki are increasingly FEARFUL and INTOLERANT. I do not know why. My theory is that both the OpenWrt forum and wiki were infiltrated by AI (Bots). Which feeds them false and misleading information? Bots proxy controlled by people with Evil behaviors? In my personal experience, if you have feelings or thoughts they disagree with, they will...

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    Reviewed mailbox  

    I tested Maibox.Org services for 2 years. Mailbox.Org offers two types of email hosting services. Personal or Business.

    As of December 8th, 2025, Business accounts have VERY WEAK security. Because the Business ADMINISTRATOR account is NOT protected by two-factor authentication (2FA). Only the Business USER accounts are protected by 2FA. Which is a major security risk. Why? Because the ADMINISTRATOR account has full access to domain name DNS records and all USER accounts usernames and...

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    Reviewed Haruna  

    Easy to use, dual subtitles, highly customizable. Powered by KDE, QT, and MPV. But no audio output selector, no audio equalizer, and no plug-ins yet.


    Below is the same review as above. But with details for those interested.


    Strength:

    • Libre Source (Open Source). If you are not familiar with "Libre Source", it means this software has both stronger security &...

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    Reviewed Alpaca - Ollama Client  

    Easy to install and use. Stronger privacy and security with local AI. Libre Source. Confusing name.

    Strength: • Jeffser Alpaca works with most Linux distributions. Thanks to Flathub at https://flathub.org/apps/com.jeffser.Alpaca • Support MacOS at https://github.com/Jeffser/Alpaca?tab=readme-ov-file#macos • Libre Source (Open Source). If you are not familiar with "Libre Source", it means this software has both stronger security & stronger privacy. Because its code is publicly available for...

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    Reviewed TIPP10  

    Unfortunately, Tipp10 software is no longer maintained. Because they now focus their efforts with the online version. Which is much more up-to-date and comprehensive than the software version.

    For those interested in the software version, a Linux fork of Tipp10 is available on Flatpak, they welcome new contribution: https://flathub.org/apps/com.gitlab.tipp10.tipp10 https://gitlab.com/tipp10/tipp10/

    Online version at [https://www.tipp10.com/en/online/](https://www.tipp10.com/en/online/)

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    Reviewed Flathub  

    Benefits of Flathub for users:

    • Easy and quick installation of the latest free application version at https://flathub.org

    • Automatically use any theme to your liking for all apps or selected app. Assuming the app supports theming. This is powered by Flatseal.

    ___•Steps at https://discourse.flathub.org/t/gtk4-apps-do-not-use-adwaita-dark/1327/2

    ___•Get Flatseal at https://flathub.org/apps/com.github.tchx84.Flatseal

    • Integration with GNOME. You are able to easily install Flatpak...

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    Reviewed Flathub  

    Benefits of Flathub for users:

    • Easy and quick installation of the latest free application version at https://flathub.org

    • Automatically use any theme to your liking for all apps or selected app. Assuming the app supports theming. This is powered by Flatseal.

    ___•Steps at https://discourse.flathub.org/t/gtk4-apps-do-not-use-adwaita-dark/1327/2

    ___•Get Flatseal at https://flathub.org/apps/com.github.tchx84.Flatseal

    • Integration with GNOME. You are able to easily install Flatpak...

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    Reviewed Flatpak  

    Benefit for maintainers:

    • All-in-one packages. You save a lot of time. Because Flatpak doesn't depend on outside packages. And Flatpak automatically finds what to bundle using deduplication.

    • Single package for all Linux distributions. List of distributions at https://flatpak.org/setup/

    • Rapid updates. Send your updates directly to all your users. Your users do not have to wait for package repositories to update their list.

    • Strong security. Using automated sandbox. With optional...

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    Reviewed PeaZip  

    Strength: • Libre Source (Open Source). If you are not familiar with "Libre Source", it means this software has both stronger security & stronger privacy. Because its code is publicly available for review and contributions at: ___• https://sourceforge.net/projects/peazip/ ___• https://github.com/peazip/PeaZip • Attractive GNU General Public License version 2. This means the software code is owned and supported by a friendly...

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    Reviewed Betterbird  

    Betterbird is a drop-in replacement for Mozilla Thunderbird. Betterbird has more features, more fixed bugs, and better support than Thunderbird.

    The main challenge with Mozilla Thunderbird is that, in 2020, they changed from a not-for-profit to a for-profit organization. This mean that starting in 2020, there is a very high risk that Mozilla Thunderbird will increasingly value money above you, the people. Source about Mozilla for-profit since 2020 at: •...

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    Reviewed Betterbird  

    Betterbird is a drop-in replacement for Mozilla Thunderbird. Betterbird has more features, more fixed bugs, and better support than Thunderbird.

    The main challenge with Mozilla Thunderbird is that, in 2020, they changed from a not-for-profit to a for-profit organization. This mean that starting in 2020, there is a very high risk that Mozilla Thunderbird will increasingly value money above you, the people. Source about Mozilla for-profit since 2020 at: •...

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    Reviewed PeaZip  

    Strength: • Libre Source (Open Source). If you are not familiar with "Libre Source", it means this software has both stronger security & stronger privacy. Because its code is publicly available for review and contributions at: ___• https://sourceforge.net/projects/peazip/ ___• https://github.com/peazip/PeaZip • Attractive GNU General Public License version 2. This means the software code is owned and supported by a friendly...

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    Reviewed DDEV  

    One big strength of DDEV is that it is legally controlled by a friendly NOT-for-profit organization called "The DDEV Foundation" :) Usually, NOT-FOR-profit organizations value people above money. For you, this means lower risk of future Lock-In.

    In comparison, Lando and Docker4Drupal are legally controlled by FOR-profit organizations. Usually, FOR-profit organizations are at higher risk to value money above people :( Docksal's legal control intent is not yet know. Because it is neither...

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    Reviewed Speech Note  
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    Commented on Brackets

    Bracket was forked as "Phoenix IDE"

    https://phcode.dev

    https://github.com/phcode-dev/phoenix

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    Reviewed KeePassXC  

    Strength: • Libre Source (Open Source). If you are not familiar with "Libre Source", it means this software has both stronger security & stronger privacy. Because its code is publicly available for review and contributions on GitHub at https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc • Attractive GNU General Public License version 2 or 3. This means the software code of this extension is owned and supported by a friendly not-for-profit community. Instead of a for-profit corporation....

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    Reviewed Gitea  

    Strength: • Libre Source (Open Source). If you are not familiar with "Libre Source", it means this software has both stronger security & stronger privacy. Because its code is publicly available for review and contributions. • Attractive MIT license

    Challenge: • The main challenge with Gitea is that starting in October 2022 Gitea is owned and controlled by a for-profit company. The risk with for-profit company is that, usually, they value money above people. So in the future, it is very high...

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    Reviewed Forgejo  

    Strength: • Drop-in replacement for Gitea • Libre Source (Open Source). If you are not familiar with "Libre Source", it means this software has both stronger security & stronger privacy. Because its code is publicly available for review and contributions at https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo • Attractive MIT license. This means the software code of this extension is owned and supported by a friendly not-for-profit community. Instead of a for-profit corporation. https://forgejo.org/imprint/ In...

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    Commented on Keycloak

    Comparison between Keycloak and LemonLDAP-NG. Available in French only at: ___• https://www.worteks.com/assets/support-conference/2022/Presentation-OpensourceExperience-2022-Keycloak-vs-LemonLDAP.pdf ___• https://web.archive.org/web/20230504010955/https://www.worteks.com/assets/support-conference/2022/Presentation-OpensourceExperience-2022-Keycloak-vs-LemonLDAP.pdf

    Both Keycloak and LemonLDAP-NG have strong security and strong privacy. Because they are open source :) My favorite is...

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    Reviewed LemonLDAP::NG  

    Strength: • LemonLDAP-NG is use as 2FA and MFA by many organizations. One high profile example is the "Document Foundation". Which facilitate the growth of the very popular LibreOffice. You can try LemonLDAP-NG for free at https://auth.documentfoundation.org • Won OW2 awards: ___• OW2con'14 Community Award ___• OW2con'18 Community Award • No license fees • Free community support at https://lemonldap-ng.org/contact.html • Libre Source (Open Source). If you are not familiar with "Libre Source",...

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    Reviewed Chromium Web Store  

    Best alternative that I know of for Google Chrome Web Store. Chromium Web Store has no string attached to Google Chrome. Because it does not depend on Google web services. Also, Chromium Web Store has a much stronger privacy and security. Because it is a fully Libre Software (Open Source).

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    Reviewed Flote  

    There are claims on the web that Flote backend software code is decentralized.

    I searched their websites, and the web, but found no source to support this claim. Do you know any? I need a public URL/link to the Flote back end software code is decentralized.

    If Flote back end software is not really decentralized. I do not trust Flote.

    Flote using a decentralized Bitcoin is not to be confused with a decentralized Flote backend software code.

    By "decentralized" I mean, for example, Fediverse...

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    Reviewed OpenContacts  

    Strength:

    • Libre Source (Open Source). If you are not familiar with "Libre Source", it means this software has both stronger security & stronger privacy. Because its code is publicly available for review and contributions on GitLab at https://gitlab.com/sultanahamer/OpenContacts • Attractive GNU General Public License version 3. This means the software code of this extension is owned and supported by a friendly not-for-profit community. Instead of a for-profit corporation....