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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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[–] doctorzeromd@sopuli.xyz 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Apple Remote Desktop. Batch control of computers through SSH and VNC would be amazing.

[–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

AirPlay projecting to other devices. I only see a tool to receive projections

[–] JimVanDeventer@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

Final Cut Pro. I know it’s asking a lot and I know a lot of talented people have tried and are trying to build NLEs and all my gratitude to them. But—no offense intended—none are there yet and actually accomplishing this would be #1 on my magical (no effort provided by me) wishlist.

Blender has spoiled us with unrealistic expectations.

[–] michel@friend.ketterle.ch 3 points 7 months ago

@ClearCutCoconut
Here a list of comments to the same subject on f-droid forum:
forum.f-droid.org/t/what-types…

[–] umbraroze@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Scrivener!

The frustrating thing is that, at least for me, there are no perfect word processors geared for novels and other scenarios where you manage large text masses.

Scrivener is one of those cases where you have a pretty excellent software that doesn't have a lot of problems OSS alternatives have. I have smooth time with it. But at the same time, the software always could be better.

Probably the best OSS novel writing software I've used is Org-Mode for Emacs. But, you know, it's based on Emacs, so it squeaks around the edges and gives the impression that it's a miracle it runs as brilliantly as it does.

[–] learnbyexample@programming.dev 3 points 7 months ago

Check out https://novelwriter.io/

I'm not familiar with such softwares (I use pandoc for technical writing), but might help you..

[–] bananabenana@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)
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