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dackdel 1 year ago
This and snapdrop. Also running this inside of deta.space
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npub1fusn...gatx 1 year ago
Switching is handled transparently. If Syncthing detects known peers in the local network it'll connect locally only, and avoid public internet altogether.
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jb55 _@jb55.com 1 year ago
Not really the same at all, airdrop doesn’t require you to be on the same network. From what I understand airdrop does an unspec’d bluetooth thing for discovery and then wifi-direct (p2p wifi) for transfer for much higher transfer speeds. Closest thing to achieving this on linux is
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GitHub - seemoo-lab/opendrop: An open Apple AirDrop implementation written in Python
An open Apple AirDrop implementation written in Python - seemoo-lab/opendrop
 but last I tried the wifi card driver I was using didn’t support it. The fact that the open source hackers are so behind on this is a bit sad because the tech is mindblowing.
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Matt matt@gitcitadel.com 1 year ago
This is pretty cool. I'm reminded of Syncthing. Check it out for local file syncing between devices.
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The Syncthing Project
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LocalSend - An open-source cross-platform alternative to AirDrop
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GitHub - localsend/localsend: An open-source cross-platform alternative to AirDrop
An open-source cross-platform alternative to AirDrop - localsend/localsend
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aljaz aljaz@nostr.si 1 year ago
Well its the problem of unified tech stack - if you control the entire platform (he and sw) its much easier to ensure compatibility, doing it generic for endless amount of hw options and drivers is a different game
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