Scrcpy lets you view your phone screen on the Linux desktop and interact with it using a mouse and keyboard. The app is free and open-source.
This post, How to Mirror & Control Your Android Phone from the Ubuntu Desktop, was written by Joey Sneddon and first appeared on OMG! Ubuntu!.
A few years ago, The New York Times asked readers to guess a trend line before showing the actual data. It forced readers to test their own beliefs against reality. TheyDrawIt from the MU Collective is a tool that lets you make similar prediction charts:
These line graphs encourage readers to reflect on their own beliefs by predicting the data before seeing it. Only after they draw a prediction does the real data appear. The graph can then show the reader traces of other peoples’ predictions. This progression makes it easy for readers to visualize the difference between their predicted beliefs, their peer’s beliefs, and the actual data.
Tags: beliefs, prediction
Next time you a file you want to send to a friend but don’t fancy the hassle of using Dropbox, try Wormhole. It’s a fast, free and secure way to send files to Linux and macOS users. For such a small python app it is truly cosmic: you just open a wormhole on your desktop […]
This post, Wormhole is a Fast, Secure Way to Send Files to Other Users Through the CLI, was written by Joey Sneddon and first appeared on OMG! Ubuntu!.
Open source animated screen recorder app Peek has hit version 1.0 — and added major new features to celebrate. Screen captures can be exported as animated GIFs, but Peek 1.0 adds WebM and MP4 exporting to the mix, making it a fully-fledged rival to other desktop screen recording apps like Green Recorder and Simple Screen Recorder. Other highlights in the […]
This post, Peek Screen Recorder Hits 1.0, Adds Stacks of New Features, was written by Joey Sneddon and first appeared on OMG! Ubuntu!.
I love using KDE Connect on Ubuntu with the app's indicator applet. It's the easiest way to connect my Android phone to my Linux desktop.
This post, 6 Reasons Why I Love Using KDE Connect on Ubuntu, was written by Joey Sneddon and first appeared on OMG! Ubuntu!.
