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+ <title>Lakes' Software Fanpages</title>
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+ <link rel="stylesheet" href="fanpage-iframe.css">
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+</head>
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+<body>
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+ <a href="index.html">Back</a>
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+ <p><button onclick="myFunction()"><img src="sun&moon.jpg" width="50px" alt="toggle dark/light mode" title="Dark/Light Mode Toggle"></button></p>
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+ <p><a href="#aimp">AIMP</a></p> <p><a href="#decentprotocols">Decentralized Messaging Protocols</a></p> <p><a href="#i2p">I2P</a></p> <p><a href="#radio">Internet Radio</a></p> <p><a href="#plex">Plex</a></p> <p><a href="#qbittorrent">QBittorrent</a></p> <p><a href="#soulseek">Soulseek</a></p>
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+ <p><a name="aimp"><b>AIMP</b></a></p>
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+ AIMP is short for Artem Izmaylov Media Player. It is a customizable music/audio player. Out of all the audio players I've tried so far, this is my fav.
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+ It has various skins/themes in various styles or aesthetics, a bookmarks feature which is useful for audiobooks, & an audio converter but it only works with file types it can already read.
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+ You can also customize the file type icons too. It's great for if you want to switch between various different design trends, especially since some of the skins are *gasp* transparent, including one that looks like the default Windows Media Player skin in the late 2000s.
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+ I wish there were video players with aero glass skins. The closest seems to be VLC's transparency feature and that makes the video transparent too which is kinda annoying.
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+ Overall I can't recommend it enough. Granted I'm not here to debate sound quality. (I know some audiophiles debate what audio player has the best sound quality, but I don't know if I'm a great judge of that.)
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+ <p><b>Edit:</b> Unfortunately I had to switch because the Linux version doesn't run as well. And I didn't dual boot because I had trouble partitioning the hard drive for some reason.
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+ So yeah, I only can recommend it to Windows & Android users until they make a better app for Linux.</p>
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+ <p><b>Edit (again):</b> They finally came out with a proper version for Linux. The sound quality is better. So I'll go back to using it. However certain features are a bit buggy still. But this is a nightly build. So they might work out the kinks later.</p>
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+ <p><a name="decentprotocols">Decentralized Messaging Protocols</a></p>
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+ I've been using IRC, XMPP, and Matrix pretty regularly now. They're great. IRC is the oldest one which is just basic text. It dates back to the 80s. It's technically decentralized in a way more like forums than say, email. Like a forum, you have to have a username with each forum, or in this case, server you use. This is different from XMPP & Matrix where you can just sign up with one site and still interact with rooms/spaces/users from other sites using the same protocol. XMPP & Matrix also have voice chat & message support which is nice. My preferred programs for these messaging protocols are Hexchat (IRC), Gajim (XMPP; altho it kinda ugly), and Nheko (Matrix). I tried Element, Commet, and Cinny. While Element & Cinny are more polished, they were missing certain features I like. Commet was so laggy I couldn't get past the log in without it eating up my CPU.
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+ <p><a name="i2p"><b>I2P</b></a></p>
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+ Everyone who's read my blog knows I love I2P. I know people associate the deep web (and related software like Tor) with unsavory activity & weirdos.
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+ But I2P is not only useful for torrenting pirated media, it's also just fascinating in and of itself. Garlic routing is a peer to peer version of Tor's routing system, ie. it routes your traffic through multiple other users to make it harder to trace.
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+ There's also a lot of indie web stuff on there, like personal blogs. There's some internet radio too but it's kinda laggy. Now my fav version of I2P is I2P+. Mostly for the router. It looks very sleek but skeuomorphic & detailed.
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+ Plus there are a lot of links to useful things like mirrored news websites or an alternate frontend for pinterest called binternet.
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+ <p><a name="radio"><b>Internet Radio</b></a></p>
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+ Other neocities & nekoweb nerds have talked about their alternatives to spotify. I use other more conventional websites like bandcamp or funkwhale or youtube music on Freetube, & piracy sites.
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+ I also use internet radio a lot too. It's good for when you want something in the background with no clear end or when you don't wanna choose a specific song. In fact I use it a lot when reading.
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+ There are a lot of websites to choose from too. Want a site that's free with ads? Accuradio (although you can use ublock origin and it still works just fine).
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+ Want something free with no ads? Soma FM. Want something focused on jazz? Jazz Radio. Want something focused on rock & metal? Epic Rock Radio.
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+ Want something more retro? Poolsuite FM. Or shoutcast. Want something FOSS? Icecast. Want something with more anonymity? There's a bunch of internet radio sites on I2P too.
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+ <p><a name="plex"><b>Plex</b></a></p>
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+ Plex is like a streaming swiss army knife. It's a legal freemium streaming service, a place for seeing what is streaming where, and software for media servers all in one.
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+ Now it's not perfect. There are some privacy concerns. It uses ads for the stuff that's already on there. But they at least notified me & let me choose that they not sell my data.
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+ Pluto won't even let me do that. Pluto instead tricks you into thinking you can select what cookies you get, but then they're all listed as "always active."
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+ As for the "what's streaming where" thing, you can select what streaming services you wanna see results for in your account settings. I selected all free streaming services because why tf not.
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+ So if you want an alternative to the search engine Just Watch, you can use Plex instead. There's also the fact that they provide custom media servers.
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+ This means you can upload your own content to your own server provided you have the "plex media server" installed. And your friends can see it so long as you grant them access and they have the app. (Doesn't work inside the browser for some reason.)
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+ Now I pirate things myself more than on my friend's plex server. Since with newer stuff, I care about video quality & lag. However I still use it and I am very thankful for it. Especially since my friend takes requests.
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+ Of course, if you care about your privacy or if something's FOSS, you can always use Kodi or Jellyfin instead. You can also use Stemio as a streaming search engine if you want a FOSS/privacy-conscious alternative for Just Watch or Plex.
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+ <p><a name="qbittorrent">QBittorrent</a></p>
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+ It was the torrent client to introduce me to torrenting and now it's the only one that I use for clearnet torrents. I've tried others. But QBittorrent balances out customizability with simplicity. Plus it's easy to recommend to others, since it's available on most major operating systems. That said, the configuration to use it over I2Pd could be simpler.
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+ <p><a name="soulseek">Soulseek</a></p>
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+ Soulseek is a file-sharing peer to peer network, meant for sharing music. It's nice alternative to streaming platforms if you don't want to spend the money on physical media or a music download service. But if you do wanna spend money on physical media & music downloads, I'd recommend Bandcamp because it's DRM-free and 90% of the pricing goes to the artist.
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+ </body>
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+</html>
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+<script>
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+ function myFunction() {
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+ var element = document.body;
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+ element.classList.toggle("dark-mode");
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+}
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