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4 days agoWow, thanks, I first thought that’s some trolling (from you), but then I thought that’s some trolling (from Apple). Apparently that’s better than just give us the clear cache option.
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This is the way.
I’m not sure about the MS (which I hate as the next guy), but the point is, it’s what works. You can replace Tailscale with Headscale or NetBird, or even just WireGuard.
FYI it works on anything. I hosted it on a Raspberry Pi 1B (the very first one, it’s slow shite), and now I host it on an Orange Pi Zero. It’s not as slow, but it’s not too powerful either. Both devices are plenty for this project.
Recently, someone hosted it on a ESP32 or something. Not giving the link, simply because I don’t know which one is the genuine one. I use the project for close to a decade and it’s just works, mostly.
Thank you guys. I’ve been using LocalSend for a year or so, and recently I noticed it’s Documents & Data is over 1 GB on my iPhone.
To me, that means that there’s some cache you cannot remove (the only way to clear that on iOS is to remove the app: I have just tried that, and it solves the issue).
I thought KDE Connect is more bloated. Turned out, it’s just 8 MB; and it has the ability to clear cache. All my computers are on Linux (Gnome or sway: perhaps that’s why I forgot about the KDE Connect), and I thought hey, really, why not!
So, as someone who used LocalSend for a long time: it does the job, but KDE Connect is just better, it turned out.
1·6 days agoOh, thanks! Now I see how the rabbity the hole is! NixOS alone would make it pretty deep …
Do you mind sharing the rabbit hole? I tried to search NASty too, but it looks like the result is mostly porno or other irrelevant shit.
Well, I guess everyone had their abusive relationships in their lives at least once. Those abused (used Windows, in this instance) are tend to fall into another abusive relationships, unfortunately. Until they work through their problems.
That said, I’m happy you’re better (and not on Windows, yay!) Now, I sincerely wish you to find a loving and caring partner—
Ok, on a serious note, I can believe you that Kubuntu can be fine too, but I don’t understand why, if you can use a system that respects you. Say, even Debian. Or any other one. On the other hand, if it works, why break it. But I won’t sincerely recommend that to anyone new these days. Go with CachyOS or Fedora or Pop_OS! instead.
Kubuntu gives me some 2000s vibes when I did try it too, off the disks they were sending me for free. (Thanks for that, Canonical.)
Save yourself some time and just use Fedora instead. I’m seriously surprised someone still tries Kubuntu in 2026, and that it’s still alive.
I still don’t get it why would I want it over Arch.
Edit: wow, so many great replies! Thank you guys!
2·12 days agoWell, not exactly the proper replacement, but you can try. I would be curious to learn how it went for you. For me, that worked (I barely touch iPad), for my wife didn’t, she uses iPad mostly.
Yeah, I shouldn’t have been lazy, and might write that ‘if you need to and files from one device to another, you may use LocalSend, which is similar to AirDrop, but does work only when you’re on the same network’ or something like that.
I won’t call it a bad advice, because I’ve been struggling without LocalDrop, as there’s no similar thing for Linux world. AirDrop is surely works better, you can send files just being on the street, connected to no WiFi. However, I had a number of issues with it for family usage, while LocalSend just works seamlessly between my Linux computers and iOS devices.
Yep, Syncthing is great, and I use it heavily. What I meant is that AirDrop is for sending files you select, from one device to another, so LocalSend just closer to that. As the sibling comment pointed out, AirDrop is more robust.
Hardly agree here. I’d try not even replace a MacBook, but provide an alternative calm laptop to, say, browse the internet at home. (For that, iPad often beats any laptop, however. Say, my wife doesn’t even have a laptop of her own, but she uses iPad all the time, and I don’t see how to change that.)
We migrated to Immich this summer, and I’m mostly happy with the transition. (We migrated off Google Photos, which we were using since day one. So that wasn’t an iCloud migration.)
Some things, like passwords: she uses the integrated one, that comes with iOS. I’m just having duplicates in my vault. (I use pass.) So, overall it’s not an easy fight, but I consider us a Linux household, since the primary devices — servers and desktops with laptops — are all Linux, with no macOS (so far), and iOS. We don’t have Apple Watches right now, but I think we may try them. I think you won’t be able to replace them with Androids. To me, Android phones are just unreliable (hardware wise), and software is just an ugly mess. I haven’t tried GrapheneOS yet, and Lineage OS was good the last time I tried, but it’s still a toy device in comparison to iOS, reliability wise, not feature wise. I don’t see them as a replacement to an iPhone, they’re just a different league. For myself, I see Android phone (with Lineage OS) as a second phone only: and only till the moment a true Linux phone would replace it.
AirDrop = LocalSend
I’m the one who migrated off macOS, but I’m still heavily on iOS. All of my family is with iPhones, and we have a bunch of iPads. I’m having MacBooks, and they all run Linux (they’re old Intel models, and work perfectly well on Linux). Our home computer is on Fedora too.
As for the migration, I’d suggest making an attempt at migration with some old laptop: ThinkPad or even older Intel MacBook, the Retina 2012…2015 line up works really well for me. That way she’d have an opportunity to slowly learn and compare.
Apple’s ecosystem wasn’t bad when I migrated, and I was somewhat scared to switch fully. I did that only when I realised I haven’t touched my macOS MacBook for years! (We’ve been watching TV series off it, to keep the battery functioning more or so.)
Also, what helped is me realising I don’t need that tight integration between the phone / tablet and laptop / desktop. They’re different devices: to consume content vs to create it. So, it helped. But, I’m still learning the new apps. Particularly the design ones are awful on Linux. Figma is mostly the same, but Inkscape is just miserable, but I’m trying to keep using it, even despite the interface being terrible. Gimp turned out to be okay, more or so. Krita was mostly good too, so I don’t miss Photoshop. But I do miss video editing software. I hope Blender might help some things I miss, but I’m yet to learn it.
Interface wise, I think Gnome is perfectly fine for a macOS refugee (just search for the solution to keep cmd + v behaviour, there’s the project for that, I forgot the name: Toshy something; I use my own shortcuts now). However, you can make KDE behave very similar to macOS, to ease the transition.
The primary pain point is the apps. They’re different, and usually worse. Sometimes they’re better, if you strive for simplicity. So, it’s a mixed bag. Myself, I don’t see myself going back. I may use a MacBook with macOS, but my primary system at home would be Linux. As I have too many tiny little things now that are Linux exclusive.
I haven’t used macOS since circa 2019, which was Big Sur or something. And it was good, more or so. Perhaps it got worse since then. Specifically the Liquid Ass fiasco, I can believe it’s been a disaster.
But in general, you need to invest into their ecosystem heavily to enjoy them properly. Say, an Apple keyboard, trackpad, display, headphones, iPhone, iPad, etc. The more you invested, the more enjoyable the experience. Also, you need to use it for years (if not decades) to truly get some ‘think different’ things. Otherwise they just feel stupid and unnecessary. (Some things still very stupid to me, yeah.)
I’m heavily invested, however, and I still prefer modern Linux. None of my Apple devices run macOS today, all of them are Arch Linux, Fedora, or even DietPi (an old MacBook used as a server).
In my opinion, Gnome wins as-is. If I’m to suggest a macOS or Linux system to an elder relative, I’d choose Gnome, not macOS. About a decade ago, I’d choose macOS, thinking it’s simpler.
My favourite thing with macOS that I use on all my Linux machines is cmd key for things like copy paste (all my keyboards are from Apple). So useful, especially in a terminal.
I agree. Linux on desktop is so good for at least five years, if not longer, maybe ten. That I imagine many people using it, can recommend it to others, and so forth. And so in absolute numbers, it would be much more than macOS gets.
I ended up with having two problems:
So I gave up on the task. All I need is to clear cache from built-in apps, like voice memos, as deleting them does not help. Deleting the AppStore app helps, it cleans the cache.