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What is the Windows Equivalent of Popular Linux apps? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by Subject6051@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I have to use Windows on my work computer and I am finding it hard to get FOSS applications on Windows that can do stuff like

Record a video (like SimpleVideoRecorder does)
Take a screenshot (there's snip, but it isn't very customizable)
Unzip .zip files

Just the routine things I used to take for granted on Linux, so I was wondering if there was a FOSS app store for Windows

And it would be very helpful if someone could suggest alternative for

SimpleVideoRecorder
Archive Manager

Even the apps I installed for these things either had ads or asked me for payment to record more than 2 minutes of video, I am pretty sure there are FOSS apps to do these things out there, but I don't know where :')

PS: To everyone who has tried to help, thank you very much. I was feeling guilty for not replying to most of you, so I thought I would reply to all of ya, but funnily enough, lemmy had had enough of my gratitude!

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[–] xep@fedia.io 0 points 1 month ago

On the build of Windows 11 I'm using PrintScr has been replaced with the snipping style screenshot tool (used to be Shift+Win+S) instead of the fullscreen screenshot like before.

[–] wargreymon@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I have to use Windows

Run a virtual machine
Install your goto Linux distro
Drink a cup of ☕ and pet a 😺 while it's installing
Happy hacking!

[–] Subject6051@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 month ago

The only problem is the resource management, if you are using something like MX Linux and you have good amount of RAM, you can do this, I have 8GBs of RAM and even Windows 10 runs into resource issues when I am using it casually (forget working on it).

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[–] DieserTypMatthias@lemmy.ml -3 points 1 month ago

LibreCAD is shittier version of AutoCAD. Also, we don't have anything like Inventor on Linux. But we do have Heroic Games Launcher for Epic Games Launcher.

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