What non-FOSS software have you been unable to quit? (beehaw.org)

submitted 7 months ago by hedge@beehaw.org to c/foss@beehaw.org

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For me, Google video search, Google books (Internet Archive is good, but doesn't always have the same stuff), Adobe InDesign (but in the process of learning LaTeX), and Typewise. As for the Google stuff, I liked Whoogle a lot, but almost all their instances seem to have been blocked or shut down. Also, apologies if this is repeating an earlier post.

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[-] mister_monster@monero.town 5 points 7 months ago

FolderSync on android. It's the only automatic sync application I've found that syncs to mydrive.ch.

Also a couple of UI apps, BarLauncher, which is a notification thing that let's you put app icons to launch from the notification drop down, and LaunchyWidget, like a scrolling "fence" to dump app icons in on your home screen. They're both so simple, I'm surprised that nobody has built FOSS versions of them.

On my PC I don't use any proprietary software at all.

[-] hellfire103@lemmy.ca 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Last.fm, I guess. I use Libre.fm as well, but I don't quite get the same experience out of it.

[-] backhdlp@iusearchlinux.fyi 4 points 7 months ago

I haven't tried last.fm but I like ListenBrainz for that stuff.

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[-] nothing@lemm.ee 4 points 7 months ago

QuickBooks. F that software. Give me any double entry accounting software that you can use with multiple companies.

[-] furrowsofar@beehaw.org 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

There are a bunch. There are fewer that are multiuser. Search alternativeto. Thing is people want more then double entry accounting. Electronic payment processing, reporting, payroll, AR, tax... Then how does it work with the professionals you hire.

Edit: For personal stuff, my wife and I use GNUCash. It does have small company features. I do not think it is concurrent though, but it can be used with an SQL backend though. We do not use the database mode so no experience with it.

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[-] mariah@feddit.rocks 3 points 7 months ago

Google photos for finding better photo resolutions. Any alternative?

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[-] brisk@aussie.zone 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Podcast Addict I really want to use AntennaPod, but I can't do without priority podcasts.

Also Feedly. Feeder (FOSS) is so close, but doesn't allow different sorts for different feeds.

[-] Sensitivezombie@lemmy.zip 3 points 7 months ago

Gmail and Google Photos for shared stuff.

[-] delirious_owl@discuss.online 3 points 7 months ago

LinkedIn. Super useful for OSINT

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[-] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 3 points 7 months ago

Spotify and games

[-] kittenroar@beehaw.org 3 points 7 months ago

chrome, the android os and platform and all the apps therein. I mainly use firefox, but some things only work in chrome.

[-] kotats@sopuli.xyz 3 points 7 months ago

makemkv also basically most of my music software

[-] nasi_goreng@lemmy.zip 2 points 7 months ago

Clip Studio Paint IIt was way ahead than any commercial or FOSS alternative. Especially if you're illustrator or comic artist working in specialized workflow (East Asia and SEA industry).

Tried Krita back then, but still lacks a lot of major important feature and customizable UI layout.

[-] uninvitedguest@lemmy.ca 2 points 7 months ago

Square Launcher on Android. Tried a whole bunch of other launchers but keep coming back to the windows tile interface. Scrollable vertically and horizontally puts so much within reach so quickly.

[-] clumsy_cat@beehaw.org 2 points 7 months ago

I feel LaTeX is not a replacement for inDesign. It would be a replacement for something like word. maybe try scribus?

[-] Father_Redbeard@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 months ago

Obsidian. Plain text files with as many or as few plugins as you want. All versions of the app look and behave the same (other than mobile, but at least android is kinda close). Nothing stored in a database file, no manipulation of the text files themselves (looking at you, Joplin). I'm open to another option but so far, nothing is as elegant and platform agnostic as Obsidian.

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