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    I’m surprised, I never managed to use it efficiently for that purpose. Perhaps AffinityPhoto spoiled me a bit. I love Krita for illustration work though, nothing compares… As far as commercial alternatives go, I haven’t tried Clip Paint although everybody praises it- but I don’t really feel the need to. Apparently it’s excellent?

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    Honestly, its gotta be the MS Office suite.

    Yes if you’re just writing your own simple documents libreoffice/OpenOffice will work, but if you have to do anything more complex than a single page spreadsheet, text-on-white presentations, or 3 page MLA book reports… or, even worse, have to interact with documents and spreadsheets created by basically any other person on the planet, I’ve just never had a good consistent experience with any of the free options.

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      Disagree. Libreoffice is pretty capable for most use cases nowadays.

      Compatibility is also pretty good with Microsoft formats despite Microsoft‘s best efforts.

      OpenOffice is dead.

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        it’s pretty capable in term of most functionalities but you can’t get the formatting, e. g. word docs, exactly one-to-one with its MS office version counterpart. So it would be difficult to share to multiplatforms users.

        And Microsoft intentionally introduce bugs in its files design so that certain functionalities will be extremely difficult to replicate.

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        unfortunately “pretty good” is not “guaranteed”, which is often what I need for both work and school. I tried to make myself use only libre options for like a week and just about every assignment I opened was broken in some way or another so I always ended up back in Word.

        I’ll still use the libreoffice options if i’m, say, already logged into my Linux install and don’t want to bother going back to Windows. But since I get Office for free thru work and school, and so does everyone else, well… I just use it.

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        As someone that despises MS Office, LibreOffice is even worse. All I wanted to do was create a simple database of contact info, donation info, and reservation scheduling for a small nonprofit. Something I could do in minutes in Access. Let me tell you the database part of LibreOffice SUCKS. You can’t even import csv’s! Best you can do is copy paste cells into fields and Hope all the formatting and data types work. And connecting to other external data sources is an incredible pain. I found MS Office on sale for $35 and threw LibreOffice in the trash where it belongs.

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      I hate Office365 with passion. It’s extremely unproductive and alternatives like Quip are much better.

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        I’m surprised to see quip here, honestly it’s never been for me (even with it’s salesforce integration). What do you like about it compared to gdocs / word?

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        That’s why I don’t use any of the real “365” web apps, only their desktop apps which do keep the bullshit to some minimum.

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      If you have to interact with documents created by others it would be better to use open formats not proprietary shit designed to be not cross compatible

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        Unfortunately industry and academia does not view it in such a manner… those microsoft contracts are too appealing for them lol

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      I don’t need office much but when I do, I hate that I can never find what I’m looking for in that stupid ribbon. I also don’t know any good MS Access alternative.

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      Disagree but collaboration is horrible. Online Office sucks too though, they dont even try. They want people to use Windows.

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        Oh yeah 365 online simultaneous “collaboration” is absolutely useless. If I really need multiple people inside the same document I’ll use Google docs and then export it to finish off the formatting.

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          Yeah wow thats not better. Never used that, but finishing off formatting on a complex Paper is not really possible

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      Eh, beamer is more than enough for most presentations. If your slideshow needs to be that flashy, you probably need more substance.

      git puts track changes to shame.

      You’re absolutely right about compatibility though.

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        If you’re using git to track document changes then you’re almost certainly in the tech industry and are quite familiar with the inner workings of your computer.

        For 90% of people using computers right now, asking them to use git to do version management on their day to day work flow would be like asking me to fly a rocket ship to work.

        I agree with the OP here, for what it does office is leaps and bounds ahead of any of the other software I’ve used to try to replace it and I always end up landing back on it.

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          There are many non-technical people in the world of mathematics and they manage to use LaTeX just fine. Overleaf offers synchronization without needing to touch Git.

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            Not only mathematics, pretty much everyone in the world of science/academia uses LaTeX. For git, I’ve seen some stuff, but most researchers that program a decent amount are reasonably familiar with git as well.

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        Imo using a text based tool for presentations is really counterproductive because presentations should use as little text as possible.

        For me currently, libreoffice impress is actually the best option because it has all the necessary features (wysiwyg style editing, svg support, latex equations, some animations).

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        beamer

        I’ve used beamer before but honestly LaTeX is awful to use. It’s the standard tool so I have to use it for my work but I hate every minute of it.

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    Photoshop is easier to use than gimp. I don’t pay for photoshop, but if I needed something like that I would.

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      Krita is closer to Photoshop than Gimp, although still not up to it. Just in case you ever need PS, try krita first.

    • Amilo159
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      I wouldn’t say Photoshop is easy but Gimp is horrendous.

    • PussyDogger
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      Hard to compare.

      The two apps just have a different workflow…

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        Well yeah I was answering for me though, not the whole internet.

        Gimp has a work flow that I can’t get into, photoshop clicks better. For you, it could be the opposite and that’s great.

        I’m not selling photoshop, I don’t even use either anymore. It would be stupid not to try to make gimp work for you first.

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          Depends if you learn gimp or PS first.

          Like if you start life with Linux, windows seems weird

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            Idk, I learned GIMP first for years, and kept being annoying how unintuitive it was.

            Then I tried Photoshop on a friend’s computer for a week, and found how much easier it was to use.

            I don’t use Photoshop though since I use Linux

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          They aim to introduce that in version 3.0, which they say will be a complete overhaul of the app.

          Non-destructive editing through live adjustment layers is definitely the single most useful feature any editing software can have.

          That alone makes life so much easier.

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            I remember people saying “3.0 is right around the corner” several years ago.

            I categorize GIMP 3.0 the same as ASOIAF, Star Citizen, and the Google Drive client for Linux. I’ll be pleasantly surprised if I see it, but I ain’t holding my breath.

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        Well yeah, that’s the whole point. It’s harder to learn another workflow when you’re already in the mindset of the other.

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      If you’re talking about general ergonomy (as opposed to functionality), you may find Affinity Photo to be a breath of fresh air. It’s close to Ps (on purpose) but it is so much better thought out, the way you interact with your documents. Really worth trying

      • @firebyte
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        Same with Inkscape vs Affinity Designer.

        I really wanted Inkscape to work for me, though I was constantly fighting the UI and some weird artifacting Inkscape produced exporting SVG files.

        Affinity Designer was, and still is, especially since their licenses are perpetual/non-subscription, well worth the price and is a dream to use.

      • @Aux
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        Darktable is pretty much a Lightroom replica in terms of the workflow. Its main issue is that Darktable reacts to slider changes in an unpredictable way. Small value differences lead to overblown changes to the image. Fine tuning the result is near impossible.

          • @Aux
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            I tried it once a very long time ago. It was super slow and buggy. It’s easier to get used to Darktable quirks.

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          Does it have a good panorama sticker or HDR merger? Those are the tools I absolutely need from Lightroom

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            Not sure, never used these features.

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          Ah, might be! It’s been 10+ years since I tried it. Back then I found it very hard to navigate

    • @nocturne213
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      Photoshop is one i cannot shake too. If I need to make a graphic to post on social media for my shop, Photoshop does it. If I need to edit a picture, Photoshop.

    • @MtDewaholic
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      I’ve had a pretty good experience using photopea as a photoshop replacement. Definitely not quite as powerful, but it has more than enough features for your average user

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      Also Photoshop, along with DxO PureRaw.

      My camera supports 10 bit/channel color. My monitor does too. GIMP only supports sRGB, so 8-bit color. It’s unsuitable for editing, and even worse for printing.

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    Steam. The support they have for multiplatform almost feels open source and they have been invaluable for the adoption of desktop Linux

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    The most recent one is, of course, Sync for Lemmy. It may just be muscle memory at this point, but I find the experience a step improvement in browsing.

    On my home server front, I would mention Plex despite Jellyfin’s massive improvements over the past 2 years. Plexamp is just a magical piece of software.

    For the most part, though, I think I’d reverse the question. Most of the time, I prefer OSS.

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        It definitely looks promising, but I still don’t think Jellyfin and Reiverr are quite ready to compete with Plex yet.

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      I agree about Plex. But I don’t get the love for Sync.

      It feels kind of clunky and it lacks some features many of the other apps have. Personally, I’m liking Thunder right now, but I’m excited for Boost to come out.

      Sync has ads unless you pay, it’s not open source, and I haven’t actually found anything superior about it.

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        It feels kind of clunky and it lacks features many of the other apps have.

        Care to mention some? I’ve used Thunder but I find it unbearably ugly and not as visually customizable as Sync.

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          It’s missing some of the gesture customization others have. I particularly like the left AND right swipe gestures in Thunder. Plus, there are more actions you can assign to them.

          Thunder also has more visual adjustments. Things like edge to edge images and post action customizations.

          Also, the reply window makes formatting and quoting easier.

          The feature different isn’t big though, and most of them aren’t a big deal.

          I’m not sure why you think Thunder is ugly though. The way I have them setup, they look almost exactly the same, except I have nested comments in factors more visible on Thunder, which makes it a bit easier to track the conversation.

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            I was unable to get the font sizes right, to change only the base font to affect all proportions, and to colorize the indented comments the way I like them. Maybe I just wasn’t able to find the settings, though.

      • @wild
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        What features am I missing out on with Sync? I came from Sync for Reddit and love the app. There are several settings I immediately changed upon downloading sync for Lemmy though, including colorful comments, one tap comment collapse including the parent comment, and the swipe actions.

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          As far as features, you’re not missing much.

          It’s missing some of the gesture customization others have. I particularly like the left AND right swipe gestures in Thunder. Plus, there are more actions you can assign to them.

          Thunder also has more visual adjustments. Things like edge to edge images and post action customizations.

          Also, the reply window makes formatting and quoting easier.

          The feature different isn’t big though, and most of them aren’t a big deal.

          The way I have them setup, they look almost exactly the same, except I have nested comments in factors more visible on Thunder, which makes it a bit easier to track the conversation.

          Overall, there’s not a huge difference, except the fact that Thunder doesn’t have ads and I don’t have windows getting stuck sometimes.

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      That’s funny because I switched off of plex to Jellyfin because of how bad the experience on plex was.

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      I’m glad I used Infinity for Reddit, which was always FOSS, and there is now a new fork Eternity for Lemmy.

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      I use Navidrome over Jellyfin for music hosting. The open source music clients for the subsonic API are a little more varied.

      If you’re happy using closed apps, Symfonium supports both Jellyfin and Subsonic.

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      So i bought plex pass a while ago and i keep hearing about plexamp, I dont really understand why is it considered so good, could you elaborate on why you like it? Does it do more than play music from my home server?

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      I love Jellyfin and mainly use it and recommend it where possible these days, but man, the download situation sucks. Hate having to download files without compressing them, especially since I keep my media lossless. Its the main reason I’ve still kept Plex running on my server. Also sometimes the clients can be wonky, I’ve found Jellyfin works best for me with Kodi as the player for most things, which is interesting. But overall I do like Jellyfin and support it and its mission, hopefully gets better in these aspects in time.

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      I just switched from Plex to Jellyfin. Aside from a few minor features like intro skipping, I don’t miss it.

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    The Jetbrains suite of IDE’s. Particularly Jetbrains Rider. The platform ~~they are all ~~ many of them are built on is open source though, and you can get free licenses for all of their products if you are using them to develop open source software!

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      DataGrip is the one JetBrains IDE I can’t work without and continue to pay for. I’d love to find a pure OSS alternative, but there’s nothing else like it.

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      It’s fucking open source??? Does that me we can build from source to have it for free?

      I have the last version you can use free forever (and I’m the reason they fixed it, by the way)

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        The underlying intelliJ platform is, not the entire IDE. I did edit the post though, as I realized not all of them are built on that platform.

        If you are working on open source, you can still grab free licenses. You just have to renew them each year (completely free, just requires proof of FOSS contribution)

      • @Aux
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        VS Code is not an IDE. There’s no comparison.

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          That’s a bit of a silly statement. Once you’ve installed a few extensions for your language (a language server and linting at minimum), it is effectively an IDE with a reasonably powerful debugger included. Just because it’s modular and not “batteries included” doesn’t make it incomparable.

          • @Aux
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            Have you ever used JetBrains products for any serious development?

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              Yes, I’ve made heavy use of PyCharm, IntelliJ and Datagrip and I’m a huge fan of them all.

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            Microsoft straight up says it’s not an IDE.

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              Sure. But I didn’t say it was either. I only pointed out that it’s silly to say “there’s no comparison”, when most functionality is easily achievable on both. And depending on language, it’s not even difficult.

              Edit: In fairness, I did say “it’s effectively an IDE”, but I stand by the point that after a few extensions - what is the difference? If I can debug, refactor, and and get complete intellisense (including finding declarations etc), I’m doing more or less everything I would in a dedicated IDE.

              Edit 2: I feel I’ve gone to far the other way. I have used am am aware of some of the capabilities that a fill fledged IDE has over something like VSCode. Especially for languages like those of the C-family. But I do take issue with implying they’re not comparable. For many usecases and languages, they’re totally comparable.

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                I guess it depends on your goals. I install Intellij, or WebStorm, or PyCharm, or RubyMine, and I get a working environment right out of the box. I don’t have to figure out what functionality is missing, then go search for the most maintained and up to date plugin, hoping that it has all the features I need. It just works. I use VS Code a lot, every day, but it’s sorely lacking, even with all of the plugins it has, in basic stuff like refactoring an entire codebase, or just regular old code cleanup. I’ll give a few examples, they might have equivalents in the vs code ecosystem, but I have not been able to find them.

                1. Inspect Code

                In JB products I can choose Code > Inspect Code, from the menu bar, and have it show everything wrong with the project, including code that is never hit, code that is duplicated, Control Flow issues, Data Flow issues, typos, probable bugs, Security issues (including in your dependencies), migration aids, the list goes on and on and on. And it doesn’t just do it for one language in your repo, it does it for every file type. So you don’t have to install a plugin that finds security issues in your poms, and then one that finds them in package.json, and then another for your gemfile, etc.

                1. Structural Search and Replace

                This one is quite hard to describe, so I’ll let the intellij docs explain it for me. https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/structural-search-and-replace.html

                A conventional search process does not take into account the syntax and semantics of the source code. Even if you use regular expressions, IntelliJ IDEA still treats your code as a regular text. The structural search and replace (SSR) actions let you search for a particular code pattern or grammatical construct in your code considering your code structure.

                IntelliJ IDEA finds and replaces fragments of source code, based on the search templates that you create and conditions you apply.

                There are a ton of things that I can’t find equivalents for in VS Code, but these are two major ones.

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                  It’s that’s fine that you’ve got some examples of features that are more powerful in JB products. It would be a great shame if such a heavy and reasonably expensive program didn’t.

                  But I’m not arguing that VS Code is better or worse. I’m arguing that it is comparable (on the sense that it is worth of comparison). Which it is.

                  I agree that JB’s search is fantastic. Unmatched perhaps. All of that indexing it does when you open a project really pays off.

                  But you can get a lot of JB’s functionality in VS Code. You can get a very good code inspection in several languages, Python being the premier example. You can also get excellent docker integration, excellent linting, a reasonable search and replace across all files, and a top notch debugging experience for some languages (Python being the premier example again).

                  Sure JB products do some of that stuff better (at the cost of being heavier programs with significant start up time).

                  I use both. I like both. I believe VS Code is very formidable and could be the sole editor a developer uses flr many types of projects (Web Development, Python projects, many Go projects too all come to mind).

  • @Aux
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    There are no good open source CAD systems at all.

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      For electrical engineering there is KiCad, which is pretty good overall. Only reason I’m still using proprietary software is because I’d have to recreate my libraries and it will be a huge pita.

      For mechanical design there is FreeCad, which is usable for simple geometries, but if you come from a proprietary CAD software you may find it lacking.

      • @Aux
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        I got into the 3D printing hobby a few months ago and FreeCAD is pretty much useless. I can be more productive by writing JavaScript code with Three.js library, lol.

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          For 3D printing, did you try OpenSCAD? If you’re already a programmer it’s much easier to get into than it is to get into any classic CAD software.

          • @Aux
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            Yeah, it’s quite bad as well. I’m using Fusion360 now.

          • @remotelove
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            OpenSCAD has its uses, but would hardly classify it as full CAD software. Prusa, I believe, used OpenSCAD for a while but they even moved to Fusion360. FreeCAD would be great if the devs would stop trying to reinvent the wheel in their UI. There is a ton of potential, but it simply isn’t where it needs to be yet.

            Fusion360 or SolidWorks are very well established in that space and their shitty license models reflect that.

            Still, as a free alternative, FreeCAD is where it’s at. You just really need to understand if it will suit all of your needs and for me, it doesn’t.

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          I’ve made some great and somewhat complex designs using freecad, it’s certainly capable.

          I eventually switched to fusion 360 because of the UI and it’s more easy to find help. And less need to find help

          • @Aux
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            Yep, that’s my experience as well. It works, but man… You’re just wasting time fighting the app instead of designing your models.

          • @Aux
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            Not really. Blender is NOT a CAD. It doesn’t ensure that your bodies are solid, it doesn’t provide any analysis tools, it doesn’t support working with blueprints/sketches, it’s not parametric, etc. Basically, it doesn’t do anything CAD at all.

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            Yeah, it’s a great tool for the job. Not as good as Zbrush, but I used it for print prep several times and it just has all the tools you might need.

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      I wonder, what makes a good CAD system?

      I had this idea for a while to build a Frankenstein monster of a 3D software that uses real time graphics and has a multi step build process covering CAD, wireframe manipulation and voxel workflows. If I ever actually make it, your concerns will be heard despite being probably not the best softwsre to do your work in :)

      • @Aux
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        CAD system must be reliable. It is simply unacceptable to have math issues which cause unpredictable geometries.

        CAD system should have a good UI. This is a big issue for open source software in general as UI and UX is usually an afterthought.

        CAD system should be fast and use hardware acceleration. Running single threaded python scripts on CPU to do complex computations kills the productivity. Designing real life objects is already a mentally taxing task, the whole purpose of CAD is to remove the computational bottleneck of a human.

        CAD should be object aware. If I draw two gears and put them next to each other, I should be able to rotate one and see the other moving accordingly.

        This is a bare minimum, I’m not even talking about computational modelling, stress testing, etc.

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        Proper math and an intuitive interface, the opensource alternatives really struggle with some basic functions

      • @PsychedSy
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        Modern day, proper parametric modeling with robust and intuitive constraints.

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        That is a question too hard to answer in a comment and one that depends on the use case of the software. Few users need the power and features of CATIA or NX, but those who need it can’t accept anything lesser. SolidWorks is a good spot in terms of flexibility and features if it could be easier for the average person to use. You need proper accurate parametric modeling (e.g. a NURBS kernel) for solid models and surfacing. Hearing things like wireframe and voxel indicates it isn’t suitable to me.

    • @PsychedSy
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      I got a maker sub to solidworks. I couldn’t keep up with 360’s oddities and feature changes.

      • @Aux
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        Maybe some day.

        • @PsychedSy
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          Once you get the basics down it’s pretty much all transferable. There are some minor workflow changes, but the functionality isn’t all too different.

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    Whatsapp. Everyone in India uses it. Its like the imessage situation in the US. So widespread.

    Schools, college, friend groups, family groups all are on whatsapp.

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      Can second this for Germany, too.

      I tried to degoogle and to only use FOSS apps and services, but ditching WhatsApp would throw me in a black hole.

      • Appukuttan
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        Thanks. May I ask what is so cool about the instance that I am on? ;)

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      Same in France. Even (this is insane) for work coordination…

      • Appukuttan
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        How am I supposed to message people when the only messaging app they use is whatsapp and facebook messenger (which I don’t use)?

        I guess the only easy alternative is to use SMS and email since everyone use it. But it is not safe.

        I am always open to alternatives like Signal, Element,etc. But no one use them. I am not going to force people to use a messaging app.

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          As a workaround, you can bridge most services to Matrix. I currently bridge Telegram, Signal and SMS to my Matrix server and only need Element on my phone and desktop.

          Unfortunately Element is fairly focused on business users, would be cool if they could host bridges for individuals to make the barrier of entry easier.

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    DaVinci Resolve is much better than any open source NLE. Generally, most closed source media production software is better than their open source counterparts except Blender. Blender is incredible and it gives me hope that other open source software can be just as successful in the media industry.

    • @[email protected]
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      112 years ago

      DaVinci is better, but it also provides licence for life. So it’s proprietary but have a good relationship with the customers.

      ‘Generally’ is a really wide word. Better for what? For who? When? That’s the all question…

      • hitagi
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        No. It’s free to use for the standard version with most features available for free. There’s a paid “studio” license which unlocks all the features. Neither have their source code available for the public.

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        Lol you will find out its not when trying to install it on Linux. They only support CentOS, which actually doesnt exist anymore, and there is nearly no info about needed things. A Flatpak? No way. Appimage? Dream on.

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          I mean opening the install guide PDF file you got when you downloaded the installer from their website isn’t that hard.

          In most cases, you only need to left-click the installer anyways so you will probably not need it. I just installed Resolve 18.5 on my Kubuntu laptop which worked very well except that Resolve apparently needs a dedicated GPU to work (at least on Linux, dunno about Windows).

          A Flatpak would be welcome of course, but it’s not needed.

          Btw they support Rocky Linux, Centos 8 and RHEL 8 but the installation works well on presumably every distro. For Rocky Linux, they even got an ISO for quick deployment and standardisation of the OS and Resolve in a company.

    • @[email protected]
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      Don’t get fooled by what’s popular, open source it’s better by design and it’s there to stay. You can do color correction on Blender too

      • snowe
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        Dude, you’re completely ignoring the entire point of the post.

  • leaf_skeleton
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    Youtube, it just has way more content than any libre platform

  • @lemmus
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    I still donate to Inkscape each month (please do the same at https://inkscape.org/support-us/donate/), but it became unusable for me on macOS, unfortunately. I now use Serif Affinity.

    Inkscape is fantastic on Linux. I’d highly recommend it!

    • @Aux
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      Inkscape works good on Windows too, but its UI… It’s like it was made by monkeys for dinosaurs. I’m not sure that Inkscape devs ever tried to use it themselves.

      • @[email protected]
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        62 years ago

        The UI isn’t the best, but is it really that bad? I’ve used some adobe software as well, and I don’t really find Inkscape’s UI that hard to use in comparison. Whether it’s pretty is another question.

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          Pretty bad in my opinion. Especially when you’re working on more than one document at a time.

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            12 years ago

            I agree that it’s bad for editing anything more than a page, didn’t think of that as I only really use it to make figures, which I think it’s pretty great for.

      • @scarilog
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        Idk about you but I thought this was the case as well, since the last time I used Inkscape was probably like 6 years ago, and at the time, the UI was super dated looking (don’t get me wrong, it was still functional).

        The different is night and day now, I honestly couldn’t tell that it was the same software. UI looks super clean and modern.

        • @Aux
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          12 years ago

          I used fresh Inkscape installation to fix some SVG files last month. Its UI is still cancer from 1990-s.

      • @[email protected]
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        52 years ago

        Version 1.3 has introduced a shape builder tool, always nice to have that. Overall, it seems that is has improved quite a bit in the last few years, so that’s good to see

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          They revamped the entire interface, it’s based on GTK3 and feels honestly very modern. I don’t use it every day so take my feedback with a grain of salt

    • @[email protected]
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      What issues have you run into on macOS? I use inkscape on my quite new mac very often, and don’t have any issues. The command line tools for inkscape are also pretty good I think, and work without any issues (I get some critical warning’s every now and then though, but nothing has affected output yet).

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    Photoshop, Fences, Plex, Steam, Unraid. I just highly prefer them to any alternatives I have tried. And believe me, I have tried every alternative to Photoshop and Fences that I could find. They just don’t do it. And because of those two in particular, I have to add Windows to the list.

    Oh, and I guess Sync for Lemmy. The only reason I even know what Lemmy is, is the fact that the Sync for Reddit app stopped working and basically said, “Yeah, move to Lemmy, idiot.”

  • qaz
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    382 years ago

    Jetbrains suite

  • @[email protected]
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    372 years ago

    MacOS instead of some Linux distro. Mostly because of the hardware that comes with it, making a neat integrated product.

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      I agree, love the intervonnectivity with iOS, especially AirDrop. And it’s still more comfortable to use than Windows IMO (no forced updates that slow down the shutting down process!).

    • @wild
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      Apple hardware is fantastic but I much prefer windows to macOS.