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What are your must-have programs? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Trying to discover new/unheard Linux desktop programs (Sorry for the confusion).

Edit: I apologise for confusing a lot of people. I meant Linux desktop “programs” coming from Windows/Mac. I'm used to calling them “apps”.

Edit: 🙌 I’m overwhelmed with the great “programs” people have recommended in the comment section. Thank you guys.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (2 children)

On linux?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Whoops, didn't notice the /c this was posted to 🤦‍♂️

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Hahaha if Aegis was available on Linux I'd switch to it instantly.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (3 children)

I second that. It's been brutal trying to find a good FOSS 2FA app for desktop.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

If you’re in the GNOME ecosystem, you could give Authenticator a shot. It’s worked quite well for me so far.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

I'm on KDE 🥲 That Gnome app has been almost enough to get me to switch though. There's a few Gnome apps that KDE doesn't have a comparable parallel to.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

You could try https://2fas.com/ open source mobile application with browser extensions and cloud sync for backups.

Or www.bitwarden.com password manager is also open source and for a small "premium" supports 2FA for mobile/desktop/browser.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

I haven't heard of 2fas before, they seem pretty interesting. I'm inclined to keep my password and 2fa vaults out of the cloud (thus Aegis and Keepass) so I'm interested in how the browser extension syncs data with a phone. If it uses a shared network or ephemeral data transfers that would be pretty nice.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

If you're already using keepassxc, you can import OTP codes and use that. That's what I do when my phone is not around to use aegis. It's not as pretty, but it works.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

I have a few codes duplicated in my keepass vault for the services I log in to often on desktop. The autotype is super nice in those cases. Other than that I do generally prefer having a separation between password manager and 2fa data though. Probably only a theoretical safeguard in my case, but simple enough to keep in place for the time being.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

My thought exactly