Self hosted FLOSS fitness/workout tracker

Post by amszmidt » Mon, Feb 17, 2025, 7:16 AM UTC

satvikpendem wrote: post #59

PaulDavisThe1st wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They absolutely do NOT mean the same thing. There is open source software that requires payment to obtain. There is open source software that you are not free to do whatever you want with (non-libre) There is software available at no cost which is neither open source or libre. Just about every permutation of these 3 concepts has some actual example in the real world. Please do not promote the idea that they are in an…

What is an example of open source software that is not libre? Like the other commenter said, the F in F(L)OSS does mean free as in speech, not necessarily free as in beer.

Post by mac-attack » Wed, Feb 19, 2025, 6:40 PM UTC

doix wrote: post #28

ugurs wrote: post #18

Are there any privacy-friendly wearables in the fitness tech scene? It seems like most wearable gadgets send data to remote servers, whenever possible.

Most Garmin watches _can_ work without connecting to your phone and the app. It just stores the files locally on the watch and you can just connect it to your PC and read the files.