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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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[–] polymachine@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Im always rooting for FOSS alternatives (like inkscape just got a shape builer tool in 1.3, and now i can finally abandon Illustrator for good!)

I wish freeCAD was usable professinally, but for now it's too convoluted and prone to crashing; and so ill take anything for a testrun that just supports linux natively.

Mechanical CAD is very niche and simultaneously complex to execute... Its just not ideal for hobby development

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

Yeah, I was hoping freecad would get a bigger push after Autodesk screwed people over with fusion. Still it's going, slow but going