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Similar projects and alternatives to owl
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mac-se-video-converter
Convert video from a Mac Plus/SE/Classic to a VESA VGA signal using a Raspberry Pi Pico
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forceFullDesktopBar
Utility for macOS that modifies the Dock process so that the desktop bar in Mission Control is always full size and showing previews
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mbpfan
A simple daemon to control fan speed on all MacBook/MacBook Pros (probably all Apple computers) for Linux Kernel 3 and newer
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owl discussion
owl reviews and mentions
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AirDrop support for Pixel 10 likely exists because of the EU ruling
An implementation of AWDL on Linux requires a Wi-Fi card that supports "active monitor mode with frame injection". [1] I tried it with an Intel Wi-Fi card and mine wasn't supported. I'm guessing the situation is similar on Android in terms of SoC support.
[1]: https://github.com/seemoo-lab/owl?tab=readme-ov-file#require...
- Android and iPhone users can now share files, starting with the Pixel 10 family
- Cross-Platform P2P Wi-Fi: How the EU Killed AWDL
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Smartphone sales are so bad even the holidays couldn’t help, says IDC
I guess that wouldn't be convenient because they'd have to press several buttons. Possibly also Airdrop is faster? It uses direct wi-fi transfer (and bluetooth at the same time, somehow). Seems there are open-source reverse-engineered implementations written in C and Python: OWL in C, OpenDrop in Python.
- An open Apple Wireless Direct Link (AWDL) implementation written in C
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AirDrop for Android
The only working airdrop compatible is opendrop which makes use of AWDL reverse engineer OWL
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An open Apple AirDrop implementation written in Python
Nope, it depends on this project and they specifically mention that WSL doesn't work because they need direct access to Wi-Fi card.
Two clicks further: https://github.com/seemoo-lab/owl
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AirDrop Anywhere – Making it work on Windows
"it is unlikely that a non-Apple device has hardware support for adhoc wireless connections between devices. This makes implementation of AirDrop directly on non-Apple devices practically impossible without additional hardware. Instead we’ll implement a proxy..."
I get what they mean here, but it has been done. It does require a Wi-Fi card with support for monitor mode and frame injection. OWL did it with an Atheros AR9280.
See OWL:
https://github.com/seemoo-lab/owl
And Open drop:
https://github.com/seemoo-lab/opendrop
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Channel selection in a mesh network
There’s an open source implementation called OWL — https://github.com/seemoo-lab/owl — it’s experimental, requires certain features to be supported by the wireless driver on Linux and no support for Windows.
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Stats
seemoo-lab/owl is an open source project licensed under GNU General Public License v3.0 only which is an OSI approved license.
The primary programming language of owl is C.