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What are some FOSS programs that you think are a far better user experience than their counterparts? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by cujo@sh.itjust.works to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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I used Plex for my home media for almost a year, then it stopped playing nice for reasons I gave up on diagnosing. While looking at alternatives, I found Jellyfin which is much more responsive, IMO, and the UI is much nicer as well.

It gets relegated to playing Fraggle Rock and Bluey on repeat for my kiddo these days, but I am absolutely in love with the software.

What are some other FOSS gems that are a better experience UX/UI-wise than their proprietary counterparts?

EDIT: Autocorrect turned something into "smaller" instead of what I meant it to be when I wrote this post, and I can't remember what I meant for it to say so it got axed instead.

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[-] socsa@lemmy.ml 22 points 2 years ago

Linux in general. MacOS if fine, but the app ecosystem is often annoying. And Windows is just a complete dumpster fire these days.

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[-] Ironfacebuster@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago

I was setting up a Plex server, but when I noticed I had to pay to be able to play my own content on my phone I immediately switched to jellyfin. Haven't been able to test it yet, but as long as I don't need to pay them to be able to watch my own content on my own devices on my own network, I'll be happy!

[-] anthonylavado@lemmy.ca 17 points 2 years ago

No, you don't have to pay us a dime.

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[-] furzegulo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 2 years ago

(neo)vim

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[-] drfp@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 2 years ago

I would love to use Jellyfin but it (indexing, changing metadata...) is too slow with a few hundred movies and shows on my Synology. Plex is way faster.

[-] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago

not sure why indexing speed is a factor - it doesn't require your attention and Jellyfin only needs to index things once, doesn't it?

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[-] kumarettan@lemm.ee 17 points 2 years ago

On Android; mpv, KeePassDX, FlorisBoard, AntennaPod, Read You, NewPipe, Jerboa, Unitto Calculator, CloudStream, Aegis, TrailSense, OpenKeychain, K-9 Mail, EDS lite, ViMusic, InnerTune, GrapheneOS Camera, Librera FD ...are my favourites.

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[-] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I could be biased but 2009scape. While originally a Runescape clone of 2009, they've preserved the integrity of the game much better than the official versions

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[-] kokesh@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago

I switched to Jellyfin two years ago and never looked back.

[-] Daeraxa@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 years ago

Pandoc. I'm not even sure there is a decent alternative.

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[-] wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 years ago

Kicad beat the crap out of EagleCAD. So much so that autocad just folded and discontinued EagleCAD.

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[-] Zerush@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 years ago

I use Gimp and Krita, ShareX also with the complementary Extension, integrated with FileCoffee, old but gold VLC media player, PicView image viewer/editor (IMO best alternative to IrfanView), ProtonVPN (yes, it's OpenSource), Crow Translate, FreeTube, Portmaster, Cherry Tree editor, apart of some games (The Dark Mod, Armagetron Advanced, Scorched 3D, and some more)

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[-] Spesknight@feddit.it 12 points 2 years ago

The scanner app on Linux is far better than Windows: auto preview white scanning, auto pdf creation WITH multiple pages.

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[-] hamid@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 2 years ago

Moodle is better than Google Classroom

[-] Mio@feddit.nu 12 points 2 years ago

Pidgin. Consume soo little memory in comparison to other chat applications. Is really fast, just try start and scroll history in a chat conversation. But it looks ugly.