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What non-FOSS software are you using that you wish you could replace? (beehaw.org)
submitted 2 years ago by John_Coomsumer@beehaw.org to c/foss@beehaw.org
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For me its honestly a ton of my work software (digital forensics), shit is too niche to be replaced by good FOSS options. Cellebrite, Magnet Axiom, etc. Autopsy is great and free and has a linux version but it simply cannot get the same level of data without a pretty nutty level of custom code.

And the biggest side effect of this is FUCKING WINDOWS. God I would replace this nightmare OS in a heartbeat if the aforementioned work software would make linux compatible versions. We have legitimately wasted 10k hours dealing with windows bullshit that would not be a problem in linux. Though im sure linux would take a different 10k for its own problems.

What about you guys? Doesn't have to be work related, thats just the thorn in my side right now.

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[-] thingsiplay@kbin.social 10 points 2 years ago

@John_Coomsumer Besides the mentioned Nvidia drivers, I use Steam. Steam isn't bad by any means, but I wish it was at least an Open Source GUI that uses it's proprietary backend service. This way we could have such a variety in Steam GUIs. Actually impressive that almost everything is Free and Libre software on my system!

[-] xuv 1 points 2 years ago

You can use Playnite as a FOSS GUI that works with multiple backends including Steam, Itch, Epic, and others. It's not a seamless experience and you still need the first party clients installed but it makes it way easier to manage & play games across multiple libraries.

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