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?

  • CreativeTensors@beehaw.orgEnglish
    5·
    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)
  • Hellfire103@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    My last experience with Win10 vs now:

    (FOSS in bold)

    • Edge -> LibreWolf, Brave
    • Windows Mail & Calendar -> Thunderbird, Tutanota
    • Windows Explorer -> Thunar, PCManFM
    • Todoist/iCal -> fruux + Thunderbird
    • NCH VideoPad -> Kdenlive
    • iTunes, Spotify -> CDs, Audacious, DeaDBeeF, Bandcamp
    • VLC -> mpv, Parole
    • OneNote -> Obsidian Joplin + Backblaze B2
    • Firefox Lockwise -> Bitwarden
    • WPS Office -> LibreOffice, ONLYOFFICE
    • VSCode -> Micro
    • Visual Studio -> Micro + GCC + Glade
    • Finale -> MuseScore
    • NT -> Linux (obviously)
    • Windows 10 -> Debian, Arch Linux

    And now, the online services:

    • Ecosia -> LibreX
    • YouTube -> CloudTube
    • Twitter -> Mastodon
    • Reddit -> Libreddit, Lemmy
    • Dropbox, Google Drive -> MEGA, Filen, USB sticks
    • Blogger -> Neocities, Flounder (gemini protocol)

    Sorry for the long post. Here are some potatoes:

    Potatoes

  • WastedJobe@feddit.deEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    I’ve started using Xournal++ in PopOS on my Surface (you need a custom kernel for linux to work) instead of OneNote, so much more stable, crazy amount of options, would be perfect if it picked up pen input a little better, but it’s good enough to replace OneNote for me.

  • ASCIIansi@infosec.pubEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    I think most of them I’d be using on windows as well. Like blender, gimp, krita, librewolf, libreoffice, thunderbird, virtualbox, etc… etc… etc… Although it was 15 years ago I had switched to mostly open source applications in the years prior to eventually switching to linux entirely.

    • pbjamm@beehaw.orgEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Krita is pretty amazing. I got both of my daughters started with it when they expressed interest in doing art. Both of them have used it almost exclusively for years (both in HS now) and produce some great work. They try other tools recommended by friends but keep going back to Krita because it has all the tools they need.

  • PhantomPhanatic@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    I love Notepad++. I use notepad apps way more than I should, but I really prefer the lightweight, no formatting text editing experience. It’s lightweight and can be installed as a portable version and supports all kinds of languages and plugins.

    Edit: I suppose this isn’t in the spirit of the question though since Notepad++ is not for Linux. Still it’s an alternative to a Windows program that’s FOSS. (2/3 on topic)

    • EddyBot@feddit.deEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Kate might be up your alley which works on all operating systems while providing a simple no bullshit editor with potential IDE features
      (also no Electron)

  • klangcola@reddthat.comEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Check out KDE Connect / gsConnect for integration your phone to your computer. It can sync notifications, messages, share clipboard, media playback controls, use either device as mouse/keyboard for the other. Its really good on Android. For iOS the app is much newer and with limited features due to iOS limitations

    If you’re on KDE, something as ‘basic’ as the file manager Dolphin feels decades ahead of the Windows File Explorer

    Zim Desktop wiki is really good for creating a personal wiki. Think building a personal knowledge base or notebook with interlinked articles

  • spcies@beehaw.orgEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Calibre is great for book management. I use Thunderbird for my email/calendar since I’m on Linux and have never even though of changing. Works like a charm and it does everything I need it to.

    Other software I use and recommend are:

    • Web browser: Firefox
    • Image and drawing: GIMP and Inkscapr
    • Plain text editing and programming: Neovim
    • PDF reader: Okular
    • Media player: VLC
    • Terminal: Alacritty (main terminal) and Yakuake (to have a terminal that I can easily access and then hide)
  • slothbear@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    CMUS as a music player. Clean interface, lightning fast and plays anything. I use it daily.

  • bbbhltz@beehaw.orgEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago
    • Inkscape as well for all of the Adobe stuff
    • Pandoc and Pympress for all my presentations
    • Claws Email
    • Khard + Khal + todoman + vdirsyncer for the rest of the PIM stuff
    • Zathura is my PDF reader
    • Syncthing replaced GDrive more or less
    • qutebrowser

    I switched to Linux in 2006.

    Calibre is excellent for ebook management. If you are just using it to sync with your ereader you might be able to do without. I have a Kobo and use Calibre but will likely stop doing that because there are now tools that are a lot lighter to convert epub to kepub and add covers, etc.

    I keep a list of software I like to use, I need to update it.

    What distro did you choose?

  • carnha@lemmy.oneEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    I’ve been a big fan of helix as a terminal text/code editor - while VS Code is open source, a lot of their language servers (for example, pylance) are closed source. Helix lets me integrate open source language servers out of the box without any setup needed (besides installing the language servers), and it has a UI that helps you explore new features and learn keyboard shortcuts. It doesn’t have plugins yet, but I find that the built in features have implemented most things I’d want a plugin for; and it has different keybindings than vim/neovim, but I’ve found the new model for editing more intuitive and worth the relearning process.