It seems like the FOSS community is continuing to grow, and FOSS apps keep getting better (Immich reallh blew my mind recently), which is a big win 😎 but there are still many apps I use that I would kill for an open source alternative. I am curious what you guys think? Are there any apps you'd love alternatives for?

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[–] Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Yeah thanks I’ve read about it but the terminal part is probably above my really modest Linux knowledge for now.

[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

honestly terminal isn't that complicated, if you're surviving using a VM at the moment, you could probably manage to comprehend a terminal for long enough to figure out how that software works (and as a benefit, also figure out how basically every other CLI application works)

[–] Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Thanks for the advice, but, for now, I can’t picture myself managing a professional phone backup without a GUI.

Had it been just a tinkering phone maybe, but not my professional one😇

[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 7 months ago

honestly it's no different than using a GUI, unless your place of work mandates a specific piece of software or something. It's not like you can't fuck shit up, but you can also do that with GUI apps too. I've fucked up more shit using a GUI than using CLI. That could change some day, but that's what backups are for.

[–] RayJW@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago

That's fair enough! I can tell you it's not that difficult but having a nice iDevice suite desktop application would certainly be a big improvement!