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What non-FOSS software are you using that you wish you could replace? (beehaw.org)

submitted 2 years ago by John_Coomsumer@beehaw.org to c/foss@beehaw.org

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For me its honestly a ton of my work software (digital forensics), shit is too niche to be replaced by good FOSS options. Cellebrite, Magnet Axiom, etc. Autopsy is great and free and has a linux version but it simply cannot get the same level of data without a pretty nutty level of custom code.

And the biggest side effect of this is FUCKING WINDOWS. God I would replace this nightmare OS in a heartbeat if the aforementioned work software would make linux compatible versions. We have legitimately wasted 10k hours dealing with windows bullshit that would not be a problem in linux. Though im sure linux would take a different 10k for its own problems.

What about you guys? Doesn't have to be work related, thats just the thorn in my side right now.

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[–] lnsfw3@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

OSX. I miss Ubuntu/Gnome's configurable key bindings so much.

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[–] unix_joe@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Dropbox, Google Photos, Snapseed

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[–] CapedStanker@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

photoshop.

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[–] emr@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 years ago

Reason. It's got a unique workflow that is hard to break from. I even tried Renoise, but it's hard to switch.

[–] sounddrill@lemmy.antemeridiem.xyz 1 points 2 years ago

Winapps moment?

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