Add @nvpie's Syncthing post and commentary
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## @dragongoose DSP and SDR stuff? It was mentioned on Matrix a few weeks ago
## https://a.exozy.me/posts/guest-post-short-story-5/ (fun but not tech-related? can maybe talk about the whole series? Can remove if we find better projects to talk about for this issue)
## Licensing exozine and the status page
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In [this post](https://nvpie.exozy.me/quartz/Blogs/My-Linux-Desktop-Workflow), @nvpie goes through all the components in their Linux desktop workflow, so check it out if you enjoy tiling window managers and customizing software. The post also mentions some cool CLI software.
Note from @a: I have to admit that as a huge KDE fan, I've never been patient enough to configure a window manager, and I love how KDE just works out-of-the-box. Still, I can understand the appeal of WMs, such as being able to bend the software to exactly how you want it and make it look really cool if you want. So, there's no correct answer to the DE vs WM debate, but rather we should focus on more important debates like Vim vs Emacs... just kidding. (Although I have to agree with @nvpie on Vim vs Emacs.)
## Syncthing to sync all things
@nvpie wrote a [blog post all about Syncthing](https://nvpie.exozy.me/quartz/Blogs/Syncthing-to-Sync-all-things) a handy tool to synchronize files across devices.
Note from @a: I recently switched from Nextcloud to Syncthing for file sync and the difference has been night and day. @nvpie's post says Syncthing uses "magic" which is honestly a pretty accurate description (in reality, it sends to the IPv4 broadcast address to discover devices in the LAN and uses UPnP, UDP hole-punching or a relay server for NAT traversal because NAT is evil). Honestly, Nextcloud is an amazing piece of software, but its scope is just too wide and their developers are stretched thin. File sync should be their core feature, but instead there's one guy maintaining their Android file sync app, which often breaks with each update. They definitely need many people polishing on their main features rather than adding "AI integration" or dozens of other tangential features that no one will ever use. Nextcloud has the potential to be great, but in the meantime I'll just use Syncthing.