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Digital Garden

A pretty exhaustive list of things on the internet I like (and would recommend to others!)

⭐ "I really love this and would go out of my way to recommend this to others"

🌧ī¸ "I've had negative experiences with this in the past, but I would still recommend it"

Reading

Linux

Distros

  • ⭐đŸ–Ĩī¸ Universal Blue (Fedora) - Atomic (rpm-ostree) container-first immutable distros distributed through GHCR. I use Bazzite on all my systems!
  • 🌐 openmediavault (Debian) - NAS-focused distro and web configuration UI, ideal for home servers and other light usage
  • đŸĒļdebian-on-amlogic (Debian) - Debian builds for Amlogic TV boxes with useful scripts to install to NAND flash
  • 🌧ī¸đŸĒļ DietPi (Debian) - Very well supported extremely light distro for anemic devices (experience is too focused on new users, feels bloated)

Software

  • coppwr - Advanced low level node graph UI for PipeWire

Apps

  • MusicBrainz Picard - Extensive tool for standardizing your music library's tags and keeping them up to date with MusicBrainz
  • Lutris - Game manager and Wine wrapper/GUI
  • Feishin - Spotify-like client for Jellyfin, Navidrome, & OpenSubsonic
  • ONLYOFFICE - LibreOffice fork that looks like Microsoft Office
  • LibreWolf - Barebones FireFox builds with privacy-centric defaults

Android

  • ⭐💲 OctoApp - Universal app for managing network-connected 3D printers
  • ⭐💲 Symfonium - Feature-rich music player with local, Jellyfin, and OpenSubsonic support
  • Cromite - Chromium fork with built-in ad-blocking, privacy enhancements, and user scripts
  • Finamp - Music player client for Jellyfin

Server

  • ⭐ Navidrome - Tag-focused, MusicBrainz-first, OpenSubsonic-compatible music streaming server
  • ⭐ Immich - Google Photos lookalike and alternative
  • ⭐ slskd - Config-driven lightweight Soulseek client for headless devices
  • 🌧ī¸ Jellyfin - Fully open source alternative to Plex for Movies & TV (not recommended for music or books)
  • Home Assistant - Smart home hub with support for everything under the sun
  • Traefik - Reverse proxy with excellent Docker integration
  • Mailrise - SMTP server for multi-platform push notifications
  • ddns-updater - DDNS updater for most DNS providers out there

Services

  • ⭐💲 Fastmail - Australian email-first service with many great features (much cheaper than Proton if you just want email!)
  • ⭐💲 Kagi - No-nonsense paid search with fine control over your results (forum lens, exclude AI, etc.)
  • 💲 Nebula - Independent streaming site from the Wendover circle of creators

Arcade

Rhythm

  • TWO-TORIAL - Community written guides on getting arcade rhythm games running on non-arcade hardware
  • Bottersnike's SEGA Documentation - Technical notes and documentation for SEGA arcade games and the RingEdge platform, extremely useful for troubleshooting
  • Bottersnike's Amusement IC Tool - Conversion between different card ID formats & NFC scanning for supported devices

Recipes

  • ⭐ Adam Ragusea - Recipes that a middle-aged class-conscious journalist guy makes at home on a regular basis. I started cooking with these!
  • Thee Burger Dude - Vegan recipes for American diner-style food that would typically be meat-focused
  • ZardyPlants
  • Bread Dad - Simple beginner-friendly recipes for bread machines and other breads

DIY

3D Printing

  • RefMaker - Scaling/fitting tool for 3D-printed helmets and other headwear
  • PlainMesh - Various mesh generation tools

Sewing

Fursuit Making

  • ⭐ Matrices - Incredibly descriptive, in-depth tutorials for fursuit making and other preliminary topics
  • fursuitmak.ing - Fursuit making tutorials and resources, with a focus on modern techniques such as 3D printing. Seems a little abandoned, but still a nice resource
  • FursuitMaterials - Mega list of vendors for fursuit-related supplies
  • TeacupLion on YouTube - Tutorials for niche fursuit techniques

Patterns & Models

  • ZabaCostumes - Many (over 100!) great free fursuit head base models for 3D printing

Plush Making

  • Plushify - Automated tool for rough prototyping of plushies from 3D models
  • Diffeomorphism - Tutorials and introductions to plush making and forms from scratch

Patterns & Models

  • 💲Choly Knight - Large collection of free and paid plushie patterns

Substances

Psychoactive

  • ⭐ TrippyWiki - Detailed information on psychoactive substances and safe use

Health

  • ⭐ SuppleWiki - Evidence-backed information on OTC suppliments

YouTube

Tech

Education

  • Acerola - Game development (and generally computer science) explainers with a focus on graphics
  • Aurailus - Voxel game engine developer with occasional explainers on obscure topics
  • nanofix - Repair tech making tutorials for basic, intermediate, and advanced topics typically focused on soldering
  • Watch Wes Work - Vehicle mechanic with in-depth explainers of problems and how to fix them
  • The Honest Carpenter

Gaming

Making

Food

  • Adam Ragusea - Home cooking recipes & food-centric podcast (with a focus on politics)

Urbanism/Transit

  • About Here - Vancouver-centric short overviews of unique housing related topics. My favorite urbanism channel on YouTube!
  • Paige Saunders - Montreal-centric political commentary focused on urbanism and transit
  • notsmoothsteve - Toronto-area transit history and project coverage

Vlogging

Psychology & Self Help

  • Newel of Knowledge - Easily digestible self-help videos for 21st century mental health problems

Assets

Icons

Fonts

  • Fontsource - Open source fonts (with npm packages for distribution)

Unsorted