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Are there any Windows-exclusive programs you use? (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago by ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I had to test/fix something at work and I set up a Windows VM because it was a bug specific to Windows users. Once I was done, I thought, “Maybe I should keep this VM for something.” but I couldn’t think of anything that wasn’t a game (which probably wouldn’t work well in a VM anyway) or some super specific enterprise software I don’t really use.

I also am more familiar with the Apple ecosystem than the Microsoft one so maybe I’m just oblivious to what’s out there. Does anyone out there dual boot or use a VM for a non-game, non-niche industry Windows exclusive program?

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[–] EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (20 children)

Sadly, a few. I'd love to know if anyone knows any excellent Linux-equivalents for these:

MakeMKV^1^: For ripping DVDs & Blurays
Bulk Rename Utility – For bulk-renaming files
Exact Audio Copy – For accurately ripping audio CDs
Logitech G Hub^2^: *For controlling peripherals' LED profiles & DPI presets
Mp3tag^3^: The best fucking metadata editor ever made, that's what!
Paint.NET: For raster image editing (more feature-complete than MS Paint but less complex than GIMP).
Playnite^4^: Platform-agnostic game launcher/manager
Star Wars: The Old Republic: Star Wars MMO that was better pre-7.0.
Mod Organizer 2: A mod management software that is open-source but not available on Linux? Heresy, I say!

^1^ Technically, it does have a Linux version, but you have to compile it yourself, and I don't know shit about that kind of stuff. Lol.

^2^ I know OpenRGB exists, and it's good enough for my needs when it comes to LED management, but it doesn't seem to be able to control DPI presets like G Hub.

^3^ I tried it back in like 2016 in Ubuntu 4.x and it worked just fine in Wine, but I'm unsure if it still does as I haven't tried it since then really. Still, any Linux-native software that can do shit just as good is something I'd love to know about. :)

^4^ Yes, I know there are alternatives like GameHub, Lutris, etc. but frankly none of them seem to come close to Playnite in terms of UI, UX, and sheer functionality.

[–] ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I’m old and don’t really sail the high seas these days but does Handbrake not rip DVDs and BluRays?

[–] ITeeTechMonkey@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Handbrake will rip DVDs, but not Blu Rays. That's were good ol' MakeMKV comes in.

I rip with MakeMKV (which will do DVDs as well) and then convert/encode the MKVs with Handbrake.

I do the conversion/encoding because the ripped files can be 35-50 GBs for regular Blu Rays (UHD Blu Rays are even bigger!) and I can get them down to 3-8 GBs with minimal quality loss.

I then toss the smaller MKVs on my jellyfin server.

EDIT: Handbrake CAN rip Blu Rays but only if they arent copy protected. MakeMKV is able to rip protected Blu Rays and DVDs.

[–] EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 6 months ago

Exactly. I do the same thing: rip with MakeMKV then re-encode with Handbrake. :)

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