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What apps would you love to have open-source alternatives for? (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by ClearCutCoconut@lemmy.world to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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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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[-] vsis@feddit.cl 17 points 7 months ago

Nobody likes Adobe, nobody wants to work with Adobe. Nobody can avoid Photoshop. That’s just the world we live in and I don’t like it.

This sounds like Stockholm syndrome. You are just too familiar with Photoshop, so using anything else is hard and less efficient.

In photography there is this mantra about "the most important part is right behind the camera". A good photographer is not a good Nikon user, or good Canon user. A good photographer can deliver decent pictures with a potato camera if needed.

Sure, a potato camera is less efficient for any work that an actual good one. So it's good to invest in a good brand. But the point is: if you are not capable to make average results with a potato software, the problem is not in the software.

[-] miss_brainfarts@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

You know why the person themselves is the important part of this equation?

Because they know what tools to use for which purpose.
For example, GIMP is only now getting non-destructive editing through adjustment layers, which is such an indispensable feature for important projects

[-] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 7 months ago

For example, GIMP is only now getting non-destructive editing through adjustment layers, which is such an indispensable feature for important projects

it's not like you could ever just copy layers or something. That's never been a feature in gimp, not once.

I understand your point, but to act like that is the sole thing stopping people from using, is kinda silly. (idk maybe i'm wrong and adjustment layers are this incredible feature, with never before discovered productivity benefits or something, i'm assuming not though)

[-] miss_brainfarts@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

They make things so much easier, having to make copies of every layer every time just to keep the original in case you need to re-do something half an hour later is super annoying.

Especially if you do multiple different things with a layer. Do you really have the patience to make backuo copies of a layer after every little edit you apply to it?

And then let's say step 2 of 5 didn't turn out like you want. Backup copies or not, you still have to re-do everything from 2 to 5 because of GIMPs destructive nature as of right now

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

oh so it's basically like a COW fs but for graphics editing? That's pretty slick. I'm sure you could implement something fairly similar to that natively, though it would be a decent bit of work.