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[–] danekrae@lemmy.world 50 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)

And for software like Microsoft and Adobe:

[–] synapse1278@lemmy.world 31 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Some more recommendations

Category FOSS
Media player mpv
Drawing Krita
Vectorial illustration Inkscape
Video editing Kdenlive
Music making Ardour
[–] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 2 points 2 weeks ago

I don't know Ardour but these are actually solid!

[–] PoopingCough@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago

Look, I love Audacity which is an awesome audio editor but it is absolutely not an alternative to Logic or Fl, which are DAWs.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 8 points 2 weeks ago

FreeCAD is a start, but nowhere as good as AutoCAD, unfortunately. I haven't tried GIMP's v3.0 version yet, but 2.x is terrible to use. Depending on what you need to do, Krita would be a better alternative.

[–] limoncia@lemm.ee 7 points 2 weeks ago

Audacity isn't a good replacement at all for those. It has a different purpose. There should be LMMS and Ardour instead

[–] Know_not_Scotty_does@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The best alternative to commercial CAD systems is commercial CAD systems if you know what I mean. That said, FreeCAD is the only option if you want to run on Linux. Inventor, Solidworks, AutoCAD, etc, are all borked even in wine.

[–] Miaou@jlai.lu 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I've never really tried it, but onshape is browser based.

[–] Know_not_Scotty_does@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I never really cared for onshape/simscale or fusion. Maybe I am just oldschool but the whole browser based thing didn't sit right with me for CAD stuff.

[–] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I've worked professionally with a lot of CAD systems in the past (Caria, Solidworks, Siemens NX, Creo ...) and Onshape feels so refreshing compared to all of these "old school" CAD systems.

The git like system to manage to manage version for example works extremely well, performance wise it can be used on a potato and being browser based it can be used on Linux.

The design process is extremely smooth and intuitive.

My only problem with it is that unfortunately all the data is cloud based and it requires a constant internet connection but so far I have not found a worthy alternative.

Yeah, the versioning and operations history functions a similar to an always refreshing l pdm suite imo which can be handy but I never found it to be all that much better for my needs. I didn't play with the version merging functions much though. The only via internet aspect was a dealbreaker for me from a functional and security perspective.

[–] krolden@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Lol who's using winamp and real player in 2025?

[–] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Who's using VLC in 2025? It renders colours in mkvs so badly sometimes! mpv (with SMPlayer as front end) is where it's at!

[–] krolden@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago
[–] DonAntonioMagino@feddit.nl 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Me :)

With the old UI too (Winamp)

Lots of things in life may change, but my mp3 player must always stay the same.

[–] krolden@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Winamp was good but real player has always been trash

[–] DonAntonioMagino@feddit.nl 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Yeah, I've pretty much just continued to use the media software my dad used in the 2000's, which was Winamp for mp3s and VLC for video.

[–] limoncia@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago

I still use Winamp 5.666 but with the Big Bento theme. I still can't find a replacement that would be just as good or better.

[–] ReluctantZen@feddit.nl 1 points 2 weeks ago

Word alternative: I started trying out OnlyOffice, based in Latvia. So far it seems decent. Definitely doesn't look as dated as Open- and LibreOffice.

Logic, FL Studio alternative: Audacity is in my opinion not a serious alternative. If you want simple voice overs, sure, but otherwise no. I'd recommend Reaper instead. Not open source, but there aren't many DAWs that are (maybe Ardour, but I don't have experience with it ). Reaper is really open as far as proprietary DAWs go.