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

submitted 1 year 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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[–] loops@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Pretty much anything on my phone. Though I have recently found f-droid, and through that I found Phonograph. I wish open street maps could replace google maps, but I really don't know what it's trying to do.

[–] smpl@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Depends on your country, but where I live Open Streetmap is better than Google's map. I hear OsmAnd is a great app, but I don't use a smartphone so I haven't tested it. I just know that their very compact offline maps are impressive.

[–] cnnrduncan@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I prefer Organic Maps as an OSM Android App, I've found it to be a bit easier to use and more reliable than OsmAnd!

[–] loops@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks, I'll have to try both of those! (☞ ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)☞

[–] Chronoshift@fosstodon.org 1 points 1 year ago

@cnnrduncan @smpl
I use Organic Maps on iPhone and think it's great.

[–] d3Xt3r@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You should also check out Droid-ify if you like F-Droid. Has more sources, notably those apps on Github which aren't on F-Droid. Since it can grab apps from Github directly, it gets updates much faster than F-Droid.

[–] loops@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Ooo that sounds swell!

[–] JohnDumpling@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

OSM has much better coverage in Europe as more volunteers contibute. I heard it's not that great in the US.