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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago
[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

linux, godot, blender, neural amp modeler

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Would probably say Firefox, but since many others have already mentioned it, I'll go with Nushell

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Thunderbird. Hasn't bugged on me once.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

In terms of what I use daily

  • GNU Guix package manager
  • Kate text editor
  • Quassel chat client
  • KeePassXC and KeePassDX password managers
  • GNU IceCat browser (Firefox ESR derivative)
  • VLC media player
[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Since most of what I would have said has already be mentioned I will just go with almost anything under the umbrella of the KDE organization.

As in the Plasma desktop environment and the whole application suite. Includes programs like Krita, Kdenlive and KDE Connect, plus the whole range of "standard" desktop applications like terminal, file manager, document viewers, etc. pp.

And the DE itself is just adorably hackable. Want to replace the Kwin window manager with i3? Sure it's possible, here you go: https://userbase.kde.org/Tutorials/Using_Other_Window_Managers_with_Plasma

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Pandoc, KeepassXC, NeoVim

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Dolphin Emulator always amazes me in how perfect of an emulator it is.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Suckless software like dwm, st, dmenu

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Voyager, Firefox, Tachiyomi (J2K specifically), Bitwarden, Jellyfin and Findroid, Sonarr, LunaSea...there's so much I can't pick.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

GNU Hurd. Never used it, but I like the idea and would love to see it become a viable option.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Firefox, Bitwarden, and Tachiyomi are some that I use almost everyday

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Ditto ffmpeg gstreamer obs Firefox & addons Thunderbird greenshot everythingtoolbar 7zip Lemmy jerboa and so many more OpenWRT simply a must, eartrumpet gajim conversations

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

OpenSCAD and Gitlab. I can quickly iterate on designs through code, push it to my Gitlab instance, and have my CI/CD pipelines pick it up, render it, and automatically slice it in some common profiles to send to Octoprint

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Arch Linux, LibreWolf & KeepassXC are the first that come to mind.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago
  • Duplicati: A backup software that securely stores and restores data across various platforms and cloud services. Supports encryption and incremental backups (versioning). Lots of possibilities, but use it to back up my PC to my NAS and the other way around.

  • Ferdium: Messaging and other services combined in a single interface. Using it for Telegram, Whatsapp and services like Home Assistant etc. Allows apps to hibernate when not in use.

  • OpenRGB: Control and customize RGB lighting effects on various computer hardware components.

  • Firefox

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Playnite, all your games in one launcher.

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Bitwarden, NetNewsWire, Firefox

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I’ve been using Logseq after trying Notion and Obsidian a good bit and I’m really enjoying it. It’s a block-based note app that makes connecting thoughts together super easy. So far so goo!

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Firefox, Libreoffice, and Bitwarden (I would include Zotero, but idk if it's open source)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

i think Zotero is indeed open source, free software

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Favourite, not sure. Maybe my "favourite" would be the one which would be the hardest to replace with something I like.

There wouldn't be something i can think off that could be irreplaceable. However the hardest thing I like may be FanControl.

For the browser, Firefox is very nice, but it's "just" a browser if you think about it. There is brave, and other open source chromium alternatives if it disappears.

For mail clients, I also like the Mailspring design, however Thunderbird just got a new skin and damn it looks good too.

And for the rest, I don't really know. Either I don't remember right now, or no special "like" for the software. Or I like the closed source software convenience more (I may also have no idea of an open source alternative, or an equivalent in features open source).

It depends on the usage really.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Currently OBS and Motrix

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Definitely OpenFOAM. It competes with commercial software that costs thousands of dollars.

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