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What are the best proprietary/paid apps for linux? (lemdro.id)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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And why do you use them?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

moneydance for household finance tracking

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Step 1: reduce your household spending by avoiding useless paid software.

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[–] [email protected] 47 points 9 months ago (19 children)

DaVinci Resolve is THE video editor on Linux. Unfortunately the libre apps for it don't get even close, to the point that even with all the limitations in the free and paid versions, it still is the best option.

Also shout out to Bitwig Studio, although I don't use it.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

OpenAudible - because Audible cycles books in and out of the membership too fast and sometimes their phone app sucks.

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[–] [email protected] 81 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Although I don't use them, the Jetbrains products should be near the top of the list.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago

Was going to say this. Pycharm is probably the only paid software I use. With that being said, students don’t need to pay for it, so I don’t have to worry about that.

[–] [email protected] 144 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Steam probably.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I won't say it's "best", as I just want to run a game without friendlists and other bloat, so I really hate the fact Steam is nessesary for so many games.

But I would call it "essentiall".

[–] [email protected] 19 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yup, as time went on, I simply felt less need to have proprietary software on my system. Steam remains as an exception; simply by virtue of having no F(L)OSS alternative (AFAIK).

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