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What are some of your favorite Linux FOSS replacements for WIndows software? (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Witch@beehaw.org to c/foss@beehaw.org

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Hi everyone! So I've recently switched to Linux and I'm having a lot of fun downloading software and replacing my old stuff with it. I'm wondering what you all use?

My switched softwares:

Obsidian -> Logseq - Obsidian is great and all but I think Logseq is also competent in its own way even without plugins. I am currently exploring templates to create my own daily journal/habit tracker like I did in Obsidian.

Word/Notepad -> LibreOffice - Seems to have a lot of options. Currently using the writer software for quick notes.

Canva -> Inkscape - I am aware that Canva is a website/android app, but I decided to switch from it to Inkscape by utilizing open source illustrations such as Undraw for graphics needs. I still need to look up tutorials on how to use it properly, though!

Clip Studio Paint -> Krita - I actually made this switch a month or two ago, but I'm really enjoying Krita a lot more than I ever did Clip Studio Paint. Less things to get distracted by, giving you more chances to learn how to utilize the essentials.

Things I'd like to explore in more detail:

Thunderbird as a calendar/email/task software
Whether or not I should stick with Calibre for book management
Kdenlive as a video creating program. I haven't created videos before, but it seems fun.

How about you? What do you enjoy?

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

This is a list of all the open source software I have come across and use frequently to semi frequently. There will likely be some overlap with stuff everyone has already posted.

Photography and Image manipulation

Darktable → RAW photo processing
GIMP→ Photoshop alternative
Krita → Digital painting (have only used it a bit, but I hear it's good)
Inkscape → Vector Graphics
Automatic1111 → Diffusion model AI toolkit (mostly Stable Diffusion but also has extensions for other diffusion based models like OpenAI's Shap-E)

3D modeling and Printing

Blender → 3D Modeling, sculpting, 2D animation, compositing all rolled together (simply one of the best examples of FOSS)
Meshroom → Photogrammetry
PrusaSlicer → 3D printing slicer based on Slic3r

Video editing and Processing

Kdenlive → Genuinely good video editor
FFMPEG → Command line media toolkit (very complex but also works on android through Termux)
Instant NeRF → Neural Radiance Fields, think photoscan to a 3D representation (not meant to make 3D meshes unfortunately)

Misc

Calibre → E-book management
Serge → Self hosted Local LLM's made a bit easier to deal with
Firefox → Web browser

FOSS I'm excited for

DragGAN → Manipulate images by intuitively dragging, more on this here and here (official code being released this month but there are already projects based on the paper with working examples)
CoDi → "Composable Diffusion" Any2Any conversion Txt2Vid, Vid2Audio, Audio+Txt2Img, whatever
Neuralangelo → Promises to be NeRF's for 3D models (don't know if it will be FOSS but I'm hopeful)