FOSS or otherwise

  • Noxious@fedia.io
    33·
    2 months ago

    Going back to a “normal” text editor after using Vim for a few years would be horrible

    Life without qBittorrent would also be pretty difficult, hell no, I’m not paying for DRM content that requires proprietary software to watch

      • skimm@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
        2·
        2 months ago

        Check out zed or lapce. Both are open source but native editors as opposed to chromium with near first class vim support. Much faster but less stable as neither are 1.0 yet. Additionally they have great LSP features.

        That being said I just can’t give up my vim and terminal workflow but I’m actively following both projects.

  • MerchantsOfMisery@lemmy.ml
    211·
    2 months ago

    I’m bored so I’m just going to make a list:

    • Lightroom Classic (I’ve tried Darktable, just not for me. I take a lot of photos on my DSLR and I’ve been using Lightroom since 2015 so for me it’s worth eating the awful monthly subscription that I split with someone else.)

    • Anki (flashcard app, very popular among med school students and folks trying to learn new languages. Open source and tons of useful decks available. I’ve aced plenty of exams thanks to Anki.)

    • Bitwarden (finally caved and got a password manager-- could not be happier)

    • CHIRP (the best for programming handheld, mobile and base station radios)

    • CrystalDiskInfo (great for checking the health of SSDs and HDDs)

    • DaVinci Resolve (love using this for video editing-- pirated copy was easy to find)

    • Deluge (great for torrenting)

    • foobar2000 (I love it for music)

    • Greenshot (useful screencapture software)

    • inSSIDer (great for wifi analysis)

    • IrfanView (very good for photo management)

    • MusicBrainz Picard (amaaaaaaaaazing god tier music management software to get all the correct metadata/album art)

    • reWASD ($7 but it’s so good for no BS macro’ing of keyboard/mouse/gamepad shortcuts and profiles. I have two PCs and two mice + gamepad attached to my PC and this software is very helpful. I think the license is for life.)

    • WizTree (SSD/HDD visualization tool that is useful for figuring out what’s taking up too much space on your drive)

    • scarecrw@lemmy.one
      1·
      2 months ago

      Is there a particular draw for foobar2000? I remember a while back I was looking for a music player and that kept coming up, but I found it underwhelming when trying it. I’ve been using MusicBee for a long while now, and have found it excellent, so I don’t plan on switching, just curious if there’s something I’m missing.

      • 5h17h34d@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        2 months ago

        Back in the 90s, when Winamp was the only game in town, many of us got tired of messing with the interface to make it useable and efficient. Foobar pretty much was plain Jane vanilla, looked like any other window and had the basics so you could do other stuff and not fuss with the horrendous skin.

        After all, you’re typically listening to it, not looking at it, which was the point for me. Winamp’s tiny buttons and such drove me mad.

    • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      12·
      2 months ago

      Three stages of a passwort manager

      Stage 1: I do not need a passwort manager
      Stage 2: Maybe I need a password manager
      Stage: Why didnt I setup one way earlier???

  • Zier@fedia.io
    37·
    2 months ago

    Firefox, uBlock Origin, uBlacklist KDE, Dolphin, Kate, LibreOffice, CherryTree Kid3, Flacon, LosslesCut, qBittorrent, VLC Musicolet, Simplenote, F-Droid, AuroraStore

    • Ledz@lemmy.mlEnglish
      3·
      2 months ago

      I agree with everything and also with Musicolet, like no other mp3 player felt right until this one, it has everything I like, I listen to downloaded audio books, and can effortlessly change audio speed and pitch, sleep timers, and folder directories.

  • feoh@lemmy.ml
    10·
    2 months ago

    Joplin because I struggled for years with a consistent way to keep and refer to notes that I could find easily at a moment’s notice and access from any device, anywhere.

    (Please don’t tell me about how you use a text editor and markdown in your home directory Like GH* INTENDED because I tried that FOR A DECADE and it didn’t work for me. I’m old and cranky. Get off my lawn! :)

  • Christian@lemmy.mlEnglish
    7·
    2 months ago

    My first thought is that my work requires office365 mail and my discovery that davmail exists has been a godsend. I’m not going to install outlook on my linux pc, so being able to check those emails using any client (claws in my case) is a massive convenience upgrade from relying on firefox to login.