• Mugmoor@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2 years ago

    Ill throw in some obscure ones I use daily.

    • StemRoller. It’s an AI-powered toolthat takes an mp3 and separates each instrument into its own file. Im a musician, and having access to stems like this is a game changer.

    • Carla is a tool for hosting VST plugins without the need for a full DAW. I primarily use Amp Simulators, and this has become a mandatory tool on any computer I use. It’s also maintained by the creator of KXStudio.

  • gandalftheBlack@lemmy.ml
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    2 years ago

    Proxmox, opnsense, fdroid, and many more on r/selfhosted (now on lemmy also) .

    sunshine, moonlight ( play my games anywhere in the world, games run on my pc at home)

    Firefox (the best browser against google monopoly), thunderbird (best mail client)

    LineageOS, microG, Mozilla Location services, Magisk, aurora store (let me use Android without any of google tracking)

    Bitwarden, Proton mail/vpn, Nextcloud (finally no gmail tracking)

    Jellyfin, kodi (lets me create my own Netflix)

    GNU/Linux, GNOME, KDE and host of other Linux projects. No more windows tracking. Also if you want to really know how the OS works, you should start tinkering with Linux. I expanded my knowledge base by just using Linux as daily driver.

    The list just goes on and on. I am so grateful for all the open source devs that put their time in developing these tools.

    For those wanting to go further, checkout https://github.com/awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted

    • parsonpigeon@feddit.uk
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      2 years ago

      I always read there are better alternatives to VLC that give better playback features or a higher quality picture. I try them but always come back to it as there are always problems.

      Potplayer, Mplayer, MPV.

      Whether it’s stupidly high CPU usage on some files, settings you need to manage through a config file, or unintuitive keyboard shortcuts. I forgo those features for the simplicity and easy configuration of VLC

  • Alperto@lemmy.ml
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    2 years ago

    Blender by a huge mile. Yes, there’s tons of other software like Linux, of course, but Blender is such a powerful, well managed, economically viable and healthy (community) project that it should be shown as an example of how Open Source should be.

    My biggest hurdle with other projects is the fanboys, because many times they’re quite toxic, insulting everybody who doesn’t adore the project and don’t accept constructive criticism.

  • dan@upvote.au
    1·
    2 years ago

    SQLite. Probably the most widely used open-source library in the world. Pretty much every computer, phone, tablet, and a lot of embedded systems, all use it.

  • GnuLinuxDude@lemmy.ml
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    2 years ago

    Not by importance. Obviously that would be the Linux kernel, GCC and GNU coreutils, and the Firefox web browser, among some other foundational things (code to run my desktop GUI, for example).

    So, I’ll say my favorite is PCSX2. Ever since they got rid of the ancient plugin architecture this emulator has been getting sooooooo much better, and it was already great! I would add other top tier emulators like Dolphin, DuckStation, SNES9X, SameBoy, and so on. I just love emulators :)

  • gballantine@lemmy.bitgoblin.tech
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    2 years ago

    I’d go with either Firefox or Thunderbird. Both are immensely useful pieces of software that I use on a daily basis, and have evolved (mostly) nicely over time.

    Not to give Mozilla too much credit, Nextcloud is also pretty slick!

  • pH3ra@lemmy.ml
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    2 years ago

    I think I’ll go with GIMP: it’s such a well made tool and for 99% of use cases is a valid alternative to professional photo editing suites

      • IninewCrow@lemmy.ca
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        2 years ago

        Exactly … I’d say more 80 percent of everything you ever want to do with an image … the other 20 percent is probably stuff that isn’t worth doing anyway … I use GIMP all the time and it’s the image editor I use the most often

        • KᑌᔕᕼIᗩ@lemmy.ml
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          2 years ago

          GIMP is pretty good, but I think the expectation that it should fully replace Photoshop for professionals is wrong anyway. Use whatever you feel is the best tool in the toolbox for the job.