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Discover Hidden Gems: Open-Source Software You Should Know About

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  • P [email protected]

    We all love open-source software, but there are so many amazing projects out there that often go unnoticed. Let's change that! Share your favorite open-source software that you think more people should know about. Here’s how you can contribute:

    1. Single Option Per Comment: Mention one open-source software per comment to be able to easily find the most popular software.
    2. No Duplicates: Avoid duplicating software that has already been mentioned to ensure a wide variety of options.
    3. Upvote What You Love: If you see a software that you also appreciate, upvote it to help others discover it more easily.

    Check out last year's post for more inspiration: Last Year's Post

    Let's create a comprehensive list of open-source software that everyone should know about!

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    CoolerControl - Fan control for Linux based on any available sensors.
    I find it much easier to use than fancontrol included with lm_sensors and much more reliable for me.

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      Joplin: An open-source note-taking and to-do app with markdown support and end-to-end encryption.

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      I've tried it for a long time, and it's the best note-taking program, especially if you run the sync server yourself.

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      • P [email protected]

        We all love open-source software, but there are so many amazing projects out there that often go unnoticed. Let's change that! Share your favorite open-source software that you think more people should know about. Here’s how you can contribute:

        1. Single Option Per Comment: Mention one open-source software per comment to be able to easily find the most popular software.
        2. No Duplicates: Avoid duplicating software that has already been mentioned to ensure a wide variety of options.
        3. Upvote What You Love: If you see a software that you also appreciate, upvote it to help others discover it more easily.

        Check out last year's post for more inspiration: Last Year's Post

        Let's create a comprehensive list of open-source software that everyone should know about!

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        alternativeto.net is great for finding these

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        • P [email protected]

          We all love open-source software, but there are so many amazing projects out there that often go unnoticed. Let's change that! Share your favorite open-source software that you think more people should know about. Here’s how you can contribute:

          1. Single Option Per Comment: Mention one open-source software per comment to be able to easily find the most popular software.
          2. No Duplicates: Avoid duplicating software that has already been mentioned to ensure a wide variety of options.
          3. Upvote What You Love: If you see a software that you also appreciate, upvote it to help others discover it more easily.

          Check out last year's post for more inspiration: Last Year's Post

          Let's create a comprehensive list of open-source software that everyone should know about!

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          fzf fuzzy finder. Great tool to quickly find those files you were looking for.

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            I think the term most would use in this case would be "source available"

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            Yeah, I never said it's open source. There are very few puritans who would care about the licensing terms as long as the app isn't shady.

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              I'll have to try it the next time I have time, but I'm also trying to switch to a real linux phone. Right now, I have to wait for a friend to travel to the EU to be there while Pine64 has what I'm looking for in stock.

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              Pine64 is 2× more expensive in the EU

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                VLC (VideoLAN media player): play media files, DVDs, network streams and more. Just works,

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                VLC is nice, but I switched to the SMplayer, which do the same, but is way faster and easier to handle.

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                • strixuralensis@tarte.nuage-libre.frS [email protected]

                  Pine64 is 2× more expensive in the EU

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                  And doesn't ship PinePhone Pro motherboards to the US at all.

                  I didn't get into details because it wasn't important, but they're always be someone going "wELL AKTsHUally". I already own a PinePhone, but it died. The easiest solution would be to get a new MB and swap it in.

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                  • core_of_arden@lemmy.mlC [email protected]

                    GIMP - unlike Krita - which is made for drawing - this is made for photo-editing. It's like Photoshop. The learning curve is a bit steep, but it is really powerful.

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                    Krita is certainly made for painting and also animation, but you can also edit photos with it, best to have both, GIMP and Krita, they are great complementing tools.

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                      It costs money to be an iOS developer

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                      Serious companies pay their devs.

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                        I don't know what google keep is and I'm too lazy to look up proprietary software while browsing this community.

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                        Google Keep is a very basic note-taking software. Imho its main appeal is that it seamlessly syncs between desktop browser and phone app - I use it for shopping lists.

                        Other note-taking apps are much more advanced in features. E.g. I use Obsidian (sadly not open source) for everything that doesn't need spreadsheets. Logseq, Joplin and SiYuan are open source alternatives recommended elsewhere in this thread.

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                        • kazerniel@lemmy.worldK [email protected]

                          Changedetection.io: track selected websites for updates or price changes

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                          I used to monitor a few things using it, but now they're all asking for captchas due to ai companies crawling everything 😞

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                            fzf fuzzy finder. Great tool to quickly find those files you were looking for.

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                            It's very integrated in some shells as well.

                            Use fzf-tab for tab completion, for instance.

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                              Learned about the mentos thing in 2006. Saw a list of things to flavor coke. This was #4 on the list and I decided to try it (yay mint coke) - at a dollar tree parking lot, in my car. Went off in my mouth and I maintained the pressure until I got the door open and my head out. Thankfully little mess on me or the car. Learned the internet can be full of sneaky assholes that day.

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                              wrong thread?

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                              • core_of_arden@lemmy.mlC [email protected]

                                Inkscape - the best vector graphics program out there. So easy to use, and so powerful.

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                                I'm not sure about that "best" qualifier. From what I've read, it still doesn't really support CMYK colour mode and its text tools are lacking compared to Adobe Illustrator.

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                                  I used to monitor a few things using it, but now they're all asking for captchas due to ai companies crawling everything 😞

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                                  that's sad 😞

                                  I'm only using it for tracking new releases of 400+ Steam developers, which still works 🤞

                                  (mentioning the "400+" part bc I had tried so many other change tracking tools before finding this one, but the free ones all had limits of like 25 sites)

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                                    For some reason, I just can't get my Kubuntu desktop and Android phone to talk to each other with this. It does weirdly connect just fine on Arch/EndeavourOS, though.

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                                    I also have problems with one machine, it just refuses to see the others. It might have something to do with the firewall or SElinux, but I'm not sure.

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                                      I want to like this, but because there's no GTFS/public transport timetables, it makes it kinda impossible to use it to get around cities that publish their transport data.

                                      PT is the one thing I'm still stuck on Google maps for. I REALLY want an open source alternative.

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                                      For public transit routing, I usually use the app of the local provider. But especially (not only) for Germany, Öffi is an open source alternative for them, that uses their APIs, I think.

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                                      • kazerniel@lemmy.worldK [email protected]

                                        I'm not sure about that "best" qualifier. From what I've read, it still doesn't really support CMYK colour mode and its text tools are lacking compared to Adobe Illustrator.

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                                        CMYK is easy to work around.

                                        So, your argument is, that you can find 1 tool where AI is better, and then everything else doesn't matter?

                                        Well, fine - keep paying a sh*tload of money for Adobe, and use AI, that's totally fine by me. 🙂

                                        Oh, if you'd be so kind, show me something made in AI, that Inkscape can't do?

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                                        • zerush@lemmy.mlZ [email protected]

                                          Krita is certainly made for painting and also animation, but you can also edit photos with it, best to have both, GIMP and Krita, they are great complementing tools.

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                                          Sure, you can use it to edit photos. That's just not it's strength.

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