What non-FOSS software have you been unable to quit? (beehaw.org)

submitted 7 months ago by hedge@beehaw.org to c/foss@beehaw.org

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For me, Google video search, Google books (Internet Archive is good, but doesn't always have the same stuff), Adobe InDesign (but in the process of learning LaTeX), and Typewise. As for the Google stuff, I liked Whoogle a lot, but almost all their instances seem to have been blocked or shut down. Also, apologies if this is repeating an earlier post.

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[-] Father_Redbeard@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 months ago

Obsidian. Plain text files with as many or as few plugins as you want. All versions of the app look and behave the same (other than mobile, but at least android is kinda close). Nothing stored in a database file, no manipulation of the text files themselves (looking at you, Joplin). I'm open to another option but so far, nothing is as elegant and platform agnostic as Obsidian.

[-] nasi_goreng@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 months ago

Clip Studio Paint IIt was way ahead than any commercial or FOSS alternative. Especially if you're illustrator or comic artist working in specialized workflow (East Asia and SEA industry).

Tried Krita back then, but still lacks a lot of major important feature and customizable UI layout.

[-] anders@rytter.me 2 points 6 months ago

@hedge typewise seems cool

[-] clumsy_cat@beehaw.org 2 points 6 months ago

I feel LaTeX is not a replacement for inDesign. It would be a replacement for something like word. maybe try scribus?

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