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What non-FOSS software are you using that you wish you could replace? (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 year ago by John_Coomsumer@beehaw.org to c/foss@beehaw.org

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For me its honestly a ton of my work software (digital forensics), shit is too niche to be replaced by good FOSS options. Cellebrite, Magnet Axiom, etc. Autopsy is great and free and has a linux version but it simply cannot get the same level of data without a pretty nutty level of custom code.

And the biggest side effect of this is FUCKING WINDOWS. God I would replace this nightmare OS in a heartbeat if the aforementioned work software would make linux compatible versions. We have legitimately wasted 10k hours dealing with windows bullshit that would not be a problem in linux. Though im sure linux would take a different 10k for its own problems.

What about you guys? Doesn't have to be work related, thats just the thorn in my side right now.

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[–] RotatingParts@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Any program that communicates with USB connected hardware via a non-standard, Windows only USB driver as provided by the hardware vendor. In other words, you can't just plug a device into any OS and start programing it via a standard USB driver.

[–] barrybeebenson@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

adobe lightroom and photoshop. no, darktable and gimp are not as good. darktable barely functions with a trackpad and gimp is like photoshop from 2010.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Affiinity Photo, Affinity Designer and Affinity Publisher for me. I can't afford the Adobe stuff, and the Affinity software is pretty decent, but still not OSS.

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[–] asap@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

~~Apart from the new Beta features, I've found 90% of my Photoshop workflow is replicated in Photopea~~

edit: I am an idiot - Photopea is not open source. Although it will help remove a reliance on Windows.

[–] barrybeebenson@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

photopea is not open source ☹️

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[–] lolomgwtgbbq@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Firmware in all the consumer devices I want to hack, but don’t want to reverse engineer.

[–] Ertebolle@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (5 children)

iOS

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[–] redw0rm@kerala.party 2 points 1 year ago

On android, i wish Xplore file manager had an alternative. Didn't find anything to replace it. Dualpane file managers are the best. (btw, its one of the app where donating to dev really feels like he deserves it ).

[–] AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Facebook messenger bc of my waterpolo teammates, discord, google maps bc im horrible at using maps and other apps are just too hard for me lol. Spotify bc i have all my liked songs and albums on it and im too lazy to migrate. On the desktop side everything i use is foss basically.

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[–] CapedStanker@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

photoshop.

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[–] csolisr@communities.azkware.net 1 points 1 year ago

BattlEye, the sole reason why I still need Windows for gaming purposes.

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