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What are some FOSS programs that are objectively better than their proprietary counterparts? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Some FOSS programs, due to being mantained by hobbyists vs a massive megacorporation with millions in funding, don't have as many features and aren't as polished as their proprietary counterparts. However, there are some FOSS programs that simply have more functionality and QoL features compared to proprietary offerings.

What are some FOSS programs that are objectively better than their non-FOSS alternatives? Maybe we can discover useful new programs together :D

I'll start, I think Joplin is a great note-taking app that works offline + can sync between desktop and mobile really well. Also, working with Markdown is really nice compared with rich text editors that only work with the specific program that supports it. Joplin even has a bunch of plugins to extend functionality!

Notion, Evernote, Google Keep, etc. either don't have desktop apps, doesn't work offline, does not support Markdown, or a combination of those three.

What are some other really nice FOSS programs?

edit: woah that’s a whole load of cool FOSS software I have to try out! So far my experiences have been great (ShareX in particular is AWESOME as a screenshot tool, it’s what snip and sketch wishes it could be and mostly replaces OBS for my use case and a whole lot more)

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

Keepass. ill skip the obvious and just mention the really neat features that other server/cloud based password managers dont or cant have.

on desktop, you dont need any browser extension to fill in passwords since the "autotype" feature in keepassXC handles that. this means your browser has no to access your database at all. any password manager thats connected to your browser in any way is a huge security risk imo.
(i would recommend this extension that changes the window title though)
you can have 2 databases open at the same time (in keepassXC and keepassDX at least), which means you can have important logins in one and everything else in the other one. if you ever get annoyed having to unlock your vault using a really long master password just so you can autofill some crappy forum password then you might get why 2 databases is a good idea!
you can fill in login details for desktop programs. (maybe others do this now but they didnt when i switched to keepass years ago)

Aegis authenticator. its been years since ive used google's authenticator app so maybe its improved now, but it used to be very spartan. it showed you your OTP codes and thats about it.

Aegis lets you add an icon to each entry and the different sized text makes things a lot easier to read. the visual timer is much clearer as well and the text turns red when its close to running out.

you can also backup your codes so if you lose your phone its no big deal. you can unlock the app with your fingerprint. you can tap on a code and then have it add that to the clipboard and then go back to the previous app

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

interesting that keepassXC doesn’t need a browser extension. I might have to try it out, seems pretty cool.

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

yea it simulates keypresses somehow, like how autohotkey or xdotool does. i should probably throw out a disclaimer before i hype it up too much though :p

it used to work a lot better back when most sites had both the username and password input box on the same page. sites like google have started putting them on different pages now which confuses things. the sequence of keys it sends is {USERNAME}{TAB}{PASSWORD}{ENTER} so it doesnt really have awareness of the actual input box elements the way a browser extension would

the quick fix for this is to just use the separate hotkeys ctrl+1 to autotype the username and then ctrl+2 for the password

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

ah ok

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

on Notion: aren't the desktop clients just electron apps anyway? The website is really solid from my useage.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

KDE Connect was rock solid when I was testing it out with an S24u. The only real issue I had with it was that it was missing RCS (RCS is locked down to only proprietary google messages/iMessage systems) and a seamless way to go from desktop notification to SCRCPY/screen mirroring.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

hell yeah KDE connect is great! I just use it for transferring files and my clipboard…

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

PCSX2: better resolution than PS2, has save states, and you can use reshade in some games to make them look better.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Lets not forget about games!

Hedgewars is better than most "Worms" games.

Warzone 2100 is more fun than many proprietary RTS games.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

fun!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The OpenStreetMap ecosystem (e.g. Organic Maps as an Android Client) is better than Google Maps.

Tusky is better than any proprietary Twitter client.

F-Droid and Flathub are both better than Google Play.

Thunderbird is better than GMail

Real open Podcasting (e.g. Antennapod) is better than Spotify.

OpenDesk is better than M365.

Signal and Matrix are both better than the chat tools from Meta, Apple, Google.

(It's about ecosystems/platforms, because most software doesn't work in isolation)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Organic Maps is great, Thunderbird as well, never heard of OpenDesk. Might have to check it out

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

fre:ac is way, way better than Exact Audio Copy. Audiophiles like to suck the dick of EAC and don't trust any other software to rip CD's. fre:ac literally has all the same features and more. There's a Windows and Mac version as well but they refuse to even acknowledge it. I'm a Linux audiophile btw.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

As a proffessional, krita shits on photoshop (f tier) and clip (a tier) when it comes to painting.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Kdenlive is really really good. This isn't an expert opinon. I don't do a ton of video editing but it feels both easy to learn (for a layman like me) and powerful enough to do anything I need it to do

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Where it really shines is in that it works on a lot of lower end hardware, specially if you use proxies

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