Tag: Software

• Fabric.so Is Amazing, But It’s Not For Me

  

  Full disclosure here: This is one of the hardest posts I’ve ever had to write for my site, period. 11 months ago, I decided to try Fabric.so sometime after someone from their site reached out to me and asked if I was interested in it. I was then compensated with a free one-year pro subscription…

  Jack Allan Hyde

  July 19, 2026

  Software

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• The Black Core 2 Duo MacBook is Still Perfectly Usable

  

  I know when I’ve fallen down a rabbit hole. I’m primarily a Linux user first and foremost; I have a desktop running Arch, a secondary workstation running openSUSE, and a server running Ubuntu. Despite that, and despite the fact that I’ve been using macOS on an M1 at work (because it’s either that or being…

  Jack Allan Hyde

  June 4, 2025

  Vintage Apple

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• Make macOS Feel More Like Linux (UPDATED)

  

  NOTE: I made a few updates now recommending both yabai and Sketchybar in addition to the other tools already listed in the post. I have a confession to make. While I love Linux and prefer to use it, I haven’t used my openSUSE workstation in the past few months. My reliable ThinkPad has been collecting…

  Jack Allan Hyde

  November 27, 2024

  Productivity, Software

  Alfred vs Raycast, Amethyst vs Yabai, Dynamic tiling, How-To, iTerm2, Linux, macOS, Make macOS feel more like Linux, Package management on macOS, Productivity, Rofi on Linux, Simple-Bar, Software, technology, Terminal, Tiling window managers, Tutorial, Windows

• Setting Up Fluent Reader with Nextcloud News

  

  I don’t use social media. If you looked on my phone, you would be hard-pressed to find anything like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, or Reddit. I get that so many people rely on social media to keep up with what’s new these days, but I prefer to curate RSS feeds and read what I want…

  Jack Allan Hyde

  July 6, 2023

  Linux, Software

  AppImage, Apps, Flatpak, Fluent Reader, How-To, Linux, Nextcloud News, RSS Feeds, Software, Sync Nextcloud News with Fluent Reader, Tutorial

• Run This, Not That! Recommended Alternatives to Popular Software

  

  I was browsing AlternativeTo recently, a site I like to check every so often. The cool thing about the site, as the name implies, is how it’s designed to look up information on software and apps along with user-curated alternatives. There are also lists edited and created by the community for given subjects or niches…

  Jack Allan Hyde

  July 4, 2023

  Software

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